Empowering Community Banks to Govern AI
with Confidence.
An independent publishing and education firm. No consulting engagements — the program ships in The Community Bank AI Governance Handbook and its Toolkit.
Built by a practitioner
The frameworks for AI governance already exist — SR 26-2, the NIST AI RMF, FFIEC standards, the interagency third-party guidance. What community banks are missing is the program.
John lives that gap daily as VP of Information Technology and Information Security Officer at a $1 billion community bank, where he chairs the IT Steering Committee and faces the vendor, board, and examiner pressures AI now brings.
The Handbook and Toolkit turn public guidance into working documents: built to examiner expectations, sized for a bank without an AI staff, sequenced for a 90-day start — without the six-figure engagement.
You already have what you need to govern AI—you’ve been practicing the principles for decades. This book just shows you how to point them at something new.
First Resource Bank
Evenstar Advisory Group LLC is independent — not affiliated with or endorsed by First Resource Bank. Created on the author’s own time from public sources; all views his own.
What shapes every page
Four commitments, applied to every chapter, template, and tool we publish.
Empowering Community Banks to Govern AI
with Confidence.
An independent publishing and education firm. No consulting engagements — the program ships in The Community Bank AI Governance Handbook and its Toolkit.
OUR STORY
Built by a practitioner
The frameworks for AI governance already exist — SR 26-2, the NIST AI RMF, FFIEC standards, the interagency third-party guidance. What community banks are missing is the program.
John lives that gap daily as VP of Information Technology and Information Security Officer at a $1 billion community bank, where he chairs the IT Steering Committee and faces the vendor, board, and examiner pressures AI now brings.
The Handbook and Toolkit turn public guidance into working documents: built to examiner expectations, sized for a bank without an AI staff, sequenced for a 90-day start — without the six-figure engagement.
Evenstar Advisory Group LLC is independent — not affiliated with or endorsed by First Resource Bank. Created on the author's own time from public sources; all views his own.
What shapes every page
Four commitments, applied to every chapter, template, and tool we publish.
Built for scrutiny
Written for the examiner's desk — every document demonstrates intent, oversight, and rigor.
Proportionate to scale
Programs fit the staffing, budgets, and risk profiles of community institutions.
Grounded in practice
Shaped by an author who works in the field daily — examiner expectations, board questions, real constraints.
Board-ready language
Technical AI risk translated into plain words directors can act on.
