Jillian Bommarito

Jillian is a risk and governance expert with 15 years of experience across startup, corporate, and consulting environments, specializing in financial compliance, privacy, and AI auditing.

She brings a rare combination of CPA, privacy, and AI auditing credentials, and has held leadership roles at multiple ventures at the intersection of technology and compliance.

She oversaw the development of the first 'Fairly Trained' certified large language model, which was subsequently open sourced through a nonprofit. She is adept at distilling complex technical concepts for boards, regulators, and executive teams.

Jillian has been featured in Wired, BBC World Service, Law360, AICPA Journal of Accountancy, and the Canadian Bar Association National Magazine. She co-authored research on AI CPA capabilities and contributed to empirical surveys published in the Virginia Tax Review.

She currently serves as Executive Director and Head of Governance at the ALEA Institute, where she oversees responsible AI development practices, and as Chief Risk Officer at 273 Ventures. She previously founded and led licens.io, a technology diligence and valuation firm for software and data assets.