Know Where You Stand
Your organization is already using AI. The question is whether your leadership has visibility into where, how, and at what risk. Boards are asking questions. Regulators are paying attention. And somewhere in your organization, AI is already in use in ways no one has mapped, approved, or governed. An executive-level diagnostic that gives your leadership team a clear picture of where you stand, what you are missing, and what to do first. This is not a sales call or a technology demo. It is an independent governance review built for decision-makers who need clarity, not more complexity.
What We Uncover
In a focused working session tailored to your organization, we examine your AI governance posture to uncover:
- AI tools already in use across your organization, including shadow AI your leadership has not approved
- Governance gaps across the full AI lifecycle, from adoption through oversight
- Alignment between your AI activity, your organizational values, and your risk tolerance
- Emerging exposure as AI systems become more autonomous and agentic
Your Roadmap to Clarity : Baseline Strategy
Within five business days, you receive a confidential Executive AI Governance Heatmap.
Priority Risk Vectors: A clear view of where your organization's AI exposure is highest today, ranked by likelihood, impact, and urgency so your leadership can make informed decisions without wading through technical complexity.
Governance Gaps: A specific accounting of the policies, controls, and oversight structures your organization currently lacks, mapped against what responsible AI governance requires at your stage of adoption.
Strategic Next Steps: Three immediate, concrete actions your leadership team can take to begin closing the gaps identified in your diagnostic, sequenced for impact and designed to produce visible progress quickly.
About Your Advisor
TC Cooper, Esq., AIGP, CIPM is a Strategic AI Governance Advisor with more than 25 years of experience at the intersection of law, regulation, risk, and intellectual property.
Her federal career was invested at the leadership level of a financial services regulator responsible for regulating systemically important institutions. She served as Managing Associate General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer, Senior Agency Official for Privacy, and the attorney responsible for the agency's intellectual property portfolio. She understands firsthand how IP ownership, data rights, and AI governance intersect, and what is at stake when organizations fail to address them together.
Before federal service, TC practiced at a global Big Law firm, served as Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary for a publicly traded company with board-facing responsibilities, and worked in private equity. She has sat at the table where legal, compliance, governance, and executive leadership converge.
TC holds a JD from Columbia Law School and a BA from Hampton University. She holds AIGP and CIPM certifications and is admitted to practice in Washington, DC and Georgia.
She founded UpwardAction® Advisory to bring enterprise-level AI governance expertise directly to the organizations that need it most: financial services firms, insurance companies, law firms, and professional services organizations navigating AI without a roadmap. Her advisory work addresses the full governance lifecycle, including the IP and data rights questions that emerge when AI enters the enterprise.
Your organization is already using AI. Now it is time to govern it.
Investment: $5,000
This assessment is not a consultation. It is a confidential, executive-level governance review that gives your leadership team a clear picture of your AI risk posture and a defined path forward. For organizations operating in regulated industries, that clarity is not optional. It is foundational.
The full fee is applied as a credit toward any AI Governance Advisory Retainer or Board Education Engagement initiated within 90 days.