Tonya Humphrey is a governance, risk, and compliance executive with more than 15 years of experience helping organizations navigate complex regulatory, technology, operational, and business risk. Her career spans healthcare, technology, financial and operational risk, internal audit, privacy, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance, with particular expertise in highly regulated and rapidly evolving environments. Throughout her career, Tonya has built and led enterprise programs focused on governance, enterprise risk management, privacy and cybersecurity compliance, third-party risk, internal audit, regulatory readiness, and organizational resilience. Her experience includes deep familiarity with regulatory requirements and industry frameworks such as HIPAA, SOC 1 and SOC 2, HITRUST, and SOX. She is particularly skilled at translating complex legal, regulatory, technical, and risk considerations into practical business strategies that support innovation, responsible growth, and stakeholder trust. Tonya holds a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), with research focused on information systems management. Her academic interests center on the intersection of technology, organizational decision-making, governance, risk, and the ways organizations manage increasingly complex information environments. She brings this research perspective to her professional work, combining business strategy, technology, and risk management to help organizations make informed decisions in areas where regulation and innovation intersect. Feel free to find Tonya on LinkedIn to connect! Tell us about you. Would love to get to know what you are about, and your “reset” story. What careers/occupations have you had? What are you doing now? How have they all fed into who you are now, today? Where can people find you? Instagram, Medium, Website? Brand? What are your guiding principles? What is some of the best advice you ever got to get to the path you have now? What were your biggest challenges? How did you navigate those? What would you tell your past self from 5 years ago? 10 years ago? The term portfolio career has been tossed around a bunch. What does this mean to you? Let’s chat about AI and Talent/People. What are your predictions - Thoughts for the future?
