In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Rebekah Mihm.
Rebekah Mihm builds governance-driven programs in ESG, sustainability, and ethics & compliance that are audit-ready, scalable, and designed to deliver measurable business impact. She advises organizations on regulatory readiness, disclosure controls, climate governance, and compliance program effectiveness – helping clients reduce risk and optimize internal resources.
In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Jordan Henry.
Jordan W. Henry is a results‑oriented leader with a proven track record in healthcare administration, managed care, and emergency management. He excels in driving operational excellence, strategic initiatives, and ethical AI adoption across government, private, and non‑profit sectors. His diverse experience spans leading pandemic response operations with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (ASPR‑NDMS‑IMT), managing surge operations for the CDC Foundation during COVID‑19, and optimizing multi‑million‑dollar contracts at Centene Corporation, all while fostering cross‑functional collaboration to enhance public health preparedness and patient outcomes.
As Founder and Chief AI Ethicist of Veritas AI Consulting Firm, Jordan empowers healthcare organizations to integrate AI responsibly, focusing on governance, ethics, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation. His expertise is bolstered by advanced certifications from institutions like Oxford University, MIT Sloan, and Stanford, enabling him to assess AI implications, promote data‑driven decisions, and address ethical challenges in healthcare innovation. Currently serving as the VP of Compliance for SolvedHealth.ai, he also serves in advisory and board roles for organizations such as the Global Council for Responsible AI, the Institute for AI Governance in Healthcare, and multiple MedTech startups, while leading the Maine Chapter of the Applied AI Association and mentoring the next generation as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maine. A graduate of Rutgers, Seton Hall and Maine Universities, and committed to equitable and impactful progress, Jordan champions responsible AI frameworks to improve global health resilience and foster innovation that benefits society.
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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Maeve O’Neill.
Maeve has worked in behavioral health for over 35 years, 20 years in the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia area, then Texas since 2006, and the last 15 years nationally with jobs covering multiple state locations. Her first 10 years were in direct clinical service with all populations, 10 years in program management with all settings and the last 15 years in executive leadership with national organizations specializing in Ethics and Compliance. As a former Behavioral Health Surveyor with The Joint Commission and a long career committed to excellence, she has a passion for quality and safe care as well as happy and healthy staff.
Combining all her experience and education she most enjoys facilitating staff, team and leadership educational support and development programs for behavioral health professionals to engage staff, empower teams and enhance organizational culture focused on resilience, regulatory and reliability utilizing the research-based work of Brené Brown. Maeve believes this is the roadmap to prevent burnout, detect turnover and correct cultures to ensure healthy and happy staff who are ethical and compliant to provide quality and safe care.
Most importantly, Maeve is a parent to 2 young adult children, Aidan and Delaney who are guides and supports on the journey who inspire her the most. She currently serves as the National Compliance Director at Circa Behavioral Healthcare Solutions!
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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Caveni Wong.
Caveni Wong is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Principle Compliance, a consultancy that helps organizations build ethics and compliance programs employees actually follow.
A Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP) with 20 years of experience, Caveni brings both strategic vision and hands-on execution to every engagement. She has successfully delivered compliance programs and initiatives such as Codes of Conduct, training, and speak-up programs across industries, including real estate, apparel, advertising, manufacturing and government contractors, and across organizations of all sizes.
Before launching Principle Compliance, Caveni served as Regional Ethics & Compliance Director at Dentsu Group, where she led compliance across the Americas and transformed a training-only function into a comprehensive, high-performing program. Her experience as a change management consultant at EY and MBA from Duke University equip her to build programs that work in practice by integrating culture, leadership, and the human side of compliance.
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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Colin McBride.
Colin McBride, AIGP, is a Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist at Pie Insurance, where he leads AI governance initiatives at the intersection of emerging technology and insurance regulation. Colin founded Pie’s AI Governance program, drafting the company’s first AI guidelines and working to develop its AI risk management framework, while managing compliance across commercial auto and workers’ compensation lines in dozens of state jurisdictions.
As a certified Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP), Colin brings a practitioner’s perspective to AI ethics, navigating the complex challenges of implementing responsible AI systems in a highly regulated industry. His work bridges the technical, legal, and operational dimensions of AI governance—from evaluating new AI tools for regulatory risk to translating the NAIC’s AI model law into actionable business practices. Colin’s approach to AI ethics is grounded in real-world constraints: how do you innovate responsibly when your systems impact consumers’ access to essential insurance products, and when compliance failures can have immediate regulatory and consumer protection consequences?
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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Ellen Hunt.
Ellen is a lawyer, ethics & compliance professional, audit executive, and chief privacy officer. She has expertise in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating risks as an advisor to the Board of Directors and senior management. She has over 20 years of management experience in various industries including health care, food service, and not-for-profit associations in creating, designing, implementing, and operating world-class ethics and compliance programs including board governance and reporting, designing instructor-led and online ethics education, creating policy management frameworks, implementing conflict of interest processes, managing enterprise and compliance risk processes as well as handling investigations and regulatory agency inquiries.
She is the Vice President – Global Ethics & Compliance Program for Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate company with 52,000 employees in 60 countries. Her responsibilities include developing the global ethics & compliance strategy, developing education to foster a culture of integrity, managing third party due diligence, as well as conflicts of interest.
In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Mike Halbach.
Mike P. Halbach is a Compliance & Risk Management Advisor and Trading Expert with over 30 years of in-house experience across US-based and global industrial and commodity trading firms. His career has focused on helping trading organizations navigate complex regulatory environments while supporting commercial teams with robust, practical, and business-enabling compliance solutions.
Mike has worked extensively across physical and financial markets, including agriculture, energy, metals, and emissions, with hands-on experience in major trading venues such as CME/CBOT, MATIF, ICE (globally), BMD, SGX, and the LME.
Today, he is a Partner at Sybius Consulting, a Geneva-based boutique consultancy advising more than 30 clients worldwide — including listed producers, commodity trading firms, and quantitative hedge funds — and delivering tailored compliance frameworks and regulatory insight grounded in deep market expertise.
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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Forrest Deegan.
Forrest Deegan is an accomplished Legal, Risk & Compliance executive who has succeeded by partnering with business leaders to build high performing teams, drive organizational enhancement, and reduce risk.
After ten years in private practice with Arnold & Porter, Forrest became the first-ever Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer (CECO) for Abercrombie & Fitch and then Victoria’s Secret. Most recently, Forrest was the CECO for Albemarle Corp. At all three companies, Forrest was a member of the legal leadership team and supported third party risk and supply chain transparency efforts.
Forrest is currently a Lecturer at the University of Chicago School of Law, where he teaches a course entitled “Corporate Compliance and Business Integration” and is the Co-Chair of the ABA’s Corporate Compliance & Ethics Subcommittee of the Business Law Section.
Forrest received his J.D. with honors from Duke Law School and his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Forrest is married to a world-class litigator (Ryan Richardson) and loves spending time with her and their 3 kiddos.
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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Ken Myers.
Ken Myers is Executive Director of Regulatory Avenues Consulting, a boutique advisory firm helping global wellness, beauty, and pet care brands align product compliance with business strategy and growth. With nearly 25 years of regulatory leadership experience, Ken advises organizations on modernizing compliance functions through AI-enabled systems that shift regulatory work from repetitive analysis to competitive decision-making.
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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick Gallo welcomes Joe Murphy.
Joe Murphy, CCEP, is the editor of Compliance and Ethics: Ideas & Answers, a weekly newsletter for compliance and ethics professionals around the world. For over 45 years Joe has been a tireless champion of compliance and ethics in organizations and has done compliance work on six continents. Joe has published over 100 articles and given over 200 presentations in 21 countries. Joe is author of 501 Ideas for Your Compliance & Ethics Program and A Compliance & Ethics Program on a Dollar a Day. He is a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional and a former member of the board of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics. Joe was named one of The National Law Journal’s 50 Governance, Risk and Compliance Trailblazers and Pioneers 2014 and received SCCE’s Compliance and Ethics Award. He has been recognized as a lifetime member of the Australian Compliance Institute.
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