Shannon Nash: Boards, AI Agents, and Human Judgment
Shownotes
(0:00) About the Boardroom Governance Summit (Aug 26-27, 2026)
(0:43) Intro
(2:08) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.
(2:54) Start of interview.
(3:56) Origin Story of Shannon Nash
(7:00) Her pivot from Law to Finance
(9:15) Her operating and finance career
(12:55) Her experience in tech (subscription businesses) and current COO and CFO role at Vibrant Planet
(15:50) Her first board (UserTesting) and subsequent board career (Netscout, SoFi, Lazy Dog Restaurants, Silicon Valley Community Foundation)
(22:04) Cybersecurity Meets AI
(28:47) Where are the Humans? The next wave in the agentic era
(31:44) Regulated Boards and Risk
(36:25) Private Board Experience (VC and PE).
(41:13) About Alpha AI, focusing on AI Governance
(43:53) On her podcast No Boxes, Just Verses
(46:45) Her obsession with the Acquired podcast
(47:41) Her mentors
(49:40) Quotes that she thinks of often or lives her life by.
(51:06) An unusual habit or an absurd thing that she loves. Beat Shazam show
(52:15) The living person she most admires.
Shannon Nash is a qualified financial expert, attorney, and CPA with over 30 years at the intersection of technology, finance, and governance. She serves as a board member in both public and private companies.
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