2026 AI Compliance Showcase: A Framework for Responsible AI In Compliance

AI Compliance Showcase: A Framework for Responsible AI In Compliance

Are you racing to adopt Artificial Intelligence within the bank? If your bank does not have an AI governance program, this session is for you!

INSTRUCTORS:

Dru Childers
Sentry Advisors

Joey Croom
Sentry Advisors

A banker wouldn’t go to an AI showcase because it’s trendy—they’d go because compliance is one of the most expensive, risky, and time-consuming parts of banking. If AI can meaningfully improve that, it directly impacts the bank’s bottom line and risk exposure.

Here’s what’s in it for them:

• Reducing compliance costs (which are massive)
• Keeping up with constantly changing regulations
• Lowering risk of fines and reputational damage
• Improving audit readiness
• Scaling without hiring endlessly
• Competitive advantage
• Vendor and tech evaluation
• Understanding limitations and risks of AI

During this session, we will speak to responsible use of AI. AI governance focuses on the frameworks, policies, and oversight mechanisms that ensure AI technologies are used in ways that are transparent, fair, and aligned with organizational and regulatory expectations. We will provide guidance to banks on implementing an AI Governance and then demonstrate ComplyPilot showing how it is designed to mitigate regulatory compliance risks in using AI.

INSTRUCTOR BIOS:
William A. (“Dru”) Childress has advised financial services companies over the last fifteen years, primarily focused on consumer compliance risk management and independent compliance and BSA/AML testing. Formerly with one of the “Big 4” accounting and advisory firms, he led a number of engagements related to assessing compliance risk management program effectiveness and exam preparedness for organizations supervised by the CFPB and prudential regulators. In addition, he spent over six years with a local firm, serving community banks across Tennessee. He is a member of the Institute of Certified Bankers, Tennessee Bankers Association, American Institute of CPAs and the TN Society of CPAs.


Allen B. (“Joey”) Croom, II has over seventeen years of experience advising financial institutions across Tennessee and surrounding states on a wide array of regulatory compliance topics, including federal lending and deposit regulations, fair lending, HMDA, CRA, and BSA/AML/OFAC. He attended the ABA’s National, Intermediate, and Graduate Compliance Schools, and hold the Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist designations. He is an active member of the Tennessee Bankers Association, where he has led a panel discussion with examiners from the OCC, Federal Reserve and FDIC. Prior to joining Sentry Advisors, he was most recently named Director of Regulatory Compliance in the financial services practice of a super-regional accounting firm. Prior to that, he led the Regulatory Compliance practice of a local firm, serving community Banks across Tennessee.