# Falkovia

> Executive AI governance and strategic advisory practice. Falkovia advises on consequential AI decisions and designs the governance infrastructure, decision rights, and human authority structures that determine whether AI strengthens or destabilizes a regulated institution. Founded by Dr. Tiffany Masson, Psy.D., a clinical and forensic psychologist, founding university president, and strategic AI advisor to executive leaders. Engagements produce board-ready governance architecture in twelve weeks.

## Overview

- [Homepage](https://falkovia.com/): What Falkovia does and why human authority architecture matters more than AI technology selection.
- [About Dr. Tiffany Masson](https://falkovia.com/about/): Founder bio, philosophy, credentials, and the institutional experience behind the practice.
- [Services](https://falkovia.com/services/): Four engagement models including the twelve-week Architecture Engagement, Fractional Chief AI Officer, Board Advisory, and Investment Due Diligence.

## Sectors

- [Healthcare](https://falkovia.com/healthcare/): AI governance for clinical decision rights, override protocols, shadow AI exposure, and regulatory readiness across hospitals and health systems.
- [Higher Education](https://falkovia.com/higher-education/): Academic authority frameworks, accreditation readiness, faculty governance, and AI policy architecture for universities.
- [Investment Firms](https://falkovia.com/investment-firms/): AI governance diligence for private equity and venture capital firms, plus post-acquisition governance architecture for portfolio companies in regulated sectors.

## Insights

- [Insights index](https://falkovia.com/insights/): Long-form analysis on AI governance, decision authority, and institutional architecture.
- [Ten Percent Technology, Ninety Percent Human](https://falkovia.com/insights/techround-interview-ten-percent-technology/): TechRound interview, April 2026. Why most AI initiatives fail and what changes when governance becomes the foundation.
- [Your AI Did Exactly What It Was Told. That's the Problem.](https://falkovia.com/insights/ai-did-what-it-was-told/): Healthcare's human authority architecture gap.
- [Your Retention Algorithm Decided a Student Was At Risk. Who Authorized That Decision?](https://falkovia.com/insights/retention-algorithm-student-risk/): Higher education AI governance under accreditation scrutiny.
- [The AI Risk Your Due Diligence Isn't Catching](https://falkovia.com/insights/ai-risk-due-diligence/): Private equity and AI governance in portfolio companies.
- [How to Set Up AI Governance Before a Regulatory Audit](https://falkovia.com/insights/governance-before-regulatory-audit/): Pre-audit governance architecture playbook.
- [What Board-Ready AI Governance Documentation Actually Looks Like](https://falkovia.com/insights/board-ready-ai-governance-documentation/): Board fiduciary oversight of AI governance.

## Newsletter

- [The Blind Spot](https://falkovia.com/newsletter/): Where AI decisions actually succeed or fail. Newsletter from Dr. Tiffany Masson for executives, advisors, and investors carrying AI risk.

## Resources

- [The AI Trust Blueprint](https://theaitrustblueprint.carrd.co/): Falkovia's foundational framework for executives building AI governance architecture that holds under scrutiny. Free download.
- [10 Questions Every CEO Should Ask Their AI Vendor](https://falkovia.kit.com/92600f7898): Vendor evaluation checklist for executives selecting or auditing AI vendors. Free download.
- [25 Board Questions for Higher Education](https://falkovia.kit.com/8655090265): Board-ready question set for higher education trustees exercising AI oversight. Free download.

## Key Concepts

- AI Human Architecture: Falkovia's framing that AI adoption is ten percent technology and ninety percent human architecture.
- G.U.A.R.D. Framework: Governance, Understanding, Authority, Reputation, and Design. Falkovia's structured model for whether AI governance holds under pressure.
- Human Authority Line: The documented point at which AI involvement ends and human judgment is required for each consequential decision.
- The First 90 Minutes: The window between an AI incident detection and external inquiry. A diagnostic measure of whether governance architecture holds under pressure.

## Contact

- Confidential conversations: https://calendly.com/tiffanymasson-falkovia/new-meeting-1
- Email: tiffanymasson@falkovia.com