Marc Huffman, CEO of OnBoard: AI Governance Inside the Board Portal

(0:00) Thank you to all participants of the Boardroom Governance Summit (Aug 26-27, 2026) 

(0:16) Intro *Boardroom Governance YouTube Channel launch.

(1:45) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.

(2:31) Start of interview. 

(3:25) Origin Story of Marc Huffman

(6:26) About OnBoard

(10:35) AI Risks for SaaS and OnBoard

(12:46) Directors Using AI in Shadows. His ideal board books.

(17:05) Building a Better AI Policy

(20:44) Agentic AI for Boards. Semantics search inside the board portal.

(23:30) Recording Risks in Meetings

(27:34) Improving Board Effectiveness

(29:44) Public, Private, and Governance

(32:50) The Private Markets Shift

(37:37) AI and Board Dynamics. Empowering Independent Directors.

(41:40) Semantic Search and Governance IQ Breakthrough (institutional memory).

(44:15) Models, Costs, and Trust

(47:26) Book that has greatly influenced his life: Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts (2003)

(48:17) His mentors

(49:22) Quotes that he thinks of often or lives his life by "I'm a product of my own expectations"

(49:43) An unusual habit or an absurd thing that he loves. 

(50:35) The living person he most admires.

Marc Huffman is the CEO of OnBoard, a global leader in digital board governance solutions, serving over 6,000 boards worldwide.

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