Dr. Freddie Seba

AI Governance Keynote Speaker  ·  Author  ·  Scholar Operator

EdD · USF  ·  MBA · Yale  ·  MA · Stanford  · Teaching · UIC  ·  20+ years · Silicon Valley Founder & Global Executive · Digital Health · Fintech · Higher Ed.

Helping boards and executives turn responsible AI governance into advantage — leading with AI, not reacting to it.

Artificial intelligence is transforming how organizations make consequential decisions. The organizations that win won’t be the ones that adopt AI fastest — they’ll be the ones that can trust what they deploy. That capability is governance, and done right, it’s a source of competitive advantage, not a brake on it.

Dr. Freddie Seba helps boards, executive teams, healthcare organizations, and universities turn responsible AI governance into advantage — moving from reacting to AI to leading with it, before competitors or complacency decide the outcome. He works forward-deployed: embedded alongside your people, independent and vendor-neutral, with no tool to sell and no agenda but your outcomes — and the humans the technology is meant to serve.


Advisory Services

Dr. Seba works forward-deployed — embedded alongside your teams, not handing down a framework from the outside — helping leaders turn responsible AI governance into advantage. Independent and vendor-neutral, with no tool to sell, his only agenda is your outcomes and the humans the technology serves.

AI Transformation & Leadership Briefings
Cut through the noise and align your board and executives on where AI creates real advantage — and where it creates real exposure.

AI Readiness & Opportunity Assessments
A clear-eyed read on where you can win, where you’re exposed, and what to do first — turning uncertainty into a defensible plan you can act on now.

Embedded / Fractional AI Advisory
Ongoing, hands-on guidance as your AI adoption scales — working alongside your teams to turn strategy into adoption that sticks, responsibly and at the speed of the business.

Board AI Governance & Briefings
Board- and trustee-level oversight: what to govern, who decides, and how to stay accountable as AI reshapes the enterprise.

Executive Workshops & Retreats
Half-day and full-day sessions that equip leadership teams with a practical, deployable governance framework — grounded in Minimum Viable Governance and the 12 Ps of Responsible AI Oversight.

Not sure where to start? Book a short intro conversation → freddieseba.com/contact


Signature Talks

Keynotes and workshops are often where the conversation starts — each built to give leaders a practical framework they can act on now, and a foundation for deeper advisory work.

Ungoverned: Why AI Fails Quietly, and What Leaders Must Do Before the Incident
Boards · Trustees · C-Suite · Founders · Higher Education · Financial Services
The first AI failure rarely looks like a scandal — it looks like a workflow. This keynote gives leaders the Minimum Viable Governance (MVG) framework: a compact, deployable oversight structure they can put to work now — turning governance from a brake into the confidence to move fast.

The 12 Ps of Responsible AI Oversight: A Framework Every Board Can Use
Boards · Governance Committees · Compliance · Financial Services · Healthcare
Translates responsible AI from aspiration into infrastructure — inventory, risk tiering, decision rights, vendor accountability, and incident readiness — so your board can govern with clarity and adopt with confidence.

Governing the Agentic Era: What Changes When AI Acts Without You
Corporate Executives · Digital Health · Banking · CIOs
As AI shifts from tool to actor, the risks — and the advantages — change. This keynote maps the drift risk, the governance gaps, and the board-ready response, with a practical Minimum Viable Governance framework, before agentic AI becomes your headline risk.

Healthcare AI Governance
Health systems · Academic medical centers · Digital health organizations · Healthcare executives
Practical frameworks for trustworthy clinical AI, digital health, and responsible implementation.

AI Governance in Higher Education
Presidents · Provosts · Deans · Faculty leaders · Trustees · Higher education associations
Helping colleges and universities integrate AI responsibly while strengthening academic integrity, institutional trust, and resilience.

Formats: Keynote (45–60 min) · Half-Day Workshop · Full-Day Workshop · Virtual Keynote · Board Briefing · Fireside Chat

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Book & Research

Ungoverned: A Practical Guide to AI Minimum Viable Governance
“The first AI failure at your institution won’t look like a scandal. It will look like a workflow.”
The compact, deployable governance framework for boards, trustees, and executives who can’t wait for the perfect policy — grounded in doctoral research across healthcare, higher education, and enterprise.
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Peer-Reviewed Research
· Seba et al. (2025) — Incorporating Generative AI into a Health Informatics Curriculum: Building 21st-Century Competencies. JMIR Medical Informatics.
· Gonzales Howell, Seba & Ramos (2026) — Implications of AI in Higher Education and Faculty Development. Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship.

Also: Ungoverned newsletter (84+ issues, as of end of August 2026) · Ungoverned podcast · YouTube @AIEthicsAndGovernance.


Whether addressing a conference audience, an executive retreat, a board workshop, or a university leadership team, Dr. Seba brings a practitioner’s frameworks grounded in executive leadership, scholarly research, and real-world implementation — always independent, vendor-neutral, and built for the people accountable for outcomes.

Work with Dr. Seba → freddieseba.com/contact