John Alden Director of Sonoma County Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO)
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Dr. Leigh R. Anderson Executive Director of Police Accountability Team for the City of Cleveland, Ohio
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Nicole L. Angarella Inspector General at The Smithsonian
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Robert Baggett Special Agent-in-Charge, Investigations Liaison and Special Operations Division at USDA OIG
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Malion Bartley Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission OIG
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Jonathan Black Chief Advisor for Strategic Planning and Program Oversight at U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General
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Carol "Jodie" Breece Inspector General at Broward Office of the Inspector General
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Yvonne Brooks Deputy Inspector General at MD Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education
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Katharine Brown Chief Investigative Counsel at US Department of Veterans Affairs OIG
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Andrew Brunsden Deputy Commissioner of Legal Affairs and General Counsel at NYC Department of Investigation
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Cynthia Bryant Chief Investigator at Chicago Office of Inspector General
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Robert Campbell Assistant Auditor-Controller and Chief Audit Executive at County of Los Angeles
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John Carey Inspector General at FL Palm Beach County OIG
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Michael Castrilli Executive Director of Association of Inspectors General Michael Castrilli is the Executive Director of the Association of Inspectors General (AIG). Before joining AIG, Michael was a Senior Program Director at Working in Support of Education (W!se). Michael directed W!se’s national financial literacy certification programs for high school students and educators. Previously, Michael was a business fellow at Villanova University’s School of Business, where he taught graduate courses in the Master of Science in Church Management program. Michael is the co-author of a book on church finance, Parish Finance: Best Practices in Church Management. Michael has served in multiple capacities as a strategic adviser, trainer, and executive facilitator to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations.
Sonya Cerne Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations at Farm Credit Administration Office of Inspector General
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Sonya Chapman Director of Intake and Intelligence at Office of the MTA Inspector General
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Kim Chatelain Inspector General at LA Jefferson Parish OIG
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Daniel G Cort Inspector General at NY MTA Office of the Inspector General
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Isabel Cumming Inspector General at Baltimore City OIG
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Kenneth Dieffenbach Executive Director of Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC)
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Kalinthia Dillard General Counsel/Deputy Inspector General at Office of Inspector General Palm Beach County
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Clancy Dubos Political Analyst, Editor, and Columnist at WWL-TV, The Advocate, and The Gambit
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Heather Dunahoo Assistant Director of U.S. Government Accountability Office
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Duane A. Evans U.S. Attorney at Eastern District of Louisiana
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Glenn Fine Nonresident Fellow – Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution. Former Inspector General for the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 in the Clinton, Bush, and Obama Administrations
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William Fletcher Inspector General at IL Chicago Board of Education OIG and President of the Association of Inspectors General
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Larry Frieman Chief Deputy Attorney General at Louisiana Department of Justice
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Gladys Garcia Investigative Analyst and Intake Officer at Office of the MTA Inspector General
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Jordan Ginsberg Assistant U.S. Attorney at Eastern District of Louisiana
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David Hammer Chief Investigative Reporter at WWL-TV New Orleans
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Edward Harness Inspector General at Office of Inspector General - Louisville Metro Government
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David Harper Inspector General at United States Capitol Police Office of Inspector General
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Christopher D. Harris, CIGI, CFE, 3CE Supervisory Special Agent at VA Virginia Office of the State Inspector General
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Jacqueline Hendricks Inspector General at City of Columbus - Department of the Inspector General
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The Honorable Michael Horowitz Chair, CIGIE Pandemic Response Accountability Committee and Inspector General at US DOJ OIG
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Darwyn Jones Deputy Inspector General, Audit & Program Review at City of Chicago Office of Inspector General
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Lauretta Joseph Assistant Inspector General for Evaluation at US AbilityOne Commission Office of Inspector General
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Daniel Kacinski Inspector General at NYC Department of Investigation
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Claire Kruschke Senior Performance Analyst at IL City of Chicago Office of Inspector General
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Scott Levin Senior Counsel to the Inspector General at U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Inspector General
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Yu-Fang Li Chief Data Officer at VA OIG
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Megan Limarzi Inspector General at Montgomery County Office of the Inspector General
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Kelly Madigan Inspector General at MD Baltimore County OIG
Kelly Madigan Inspector General at MD Baltimore County OIG Kelly Madigan has served as the Inspector General for the Baltimore County Office of the Inspector General since the inception of the Office in January of 2020. A native of California, Kelly attended the University of Michigan and received her B.A. in History before moving to Maryland and attending the University of Baltimore School of Law where she graduated magna cum laude, was a member of the Heuisler Honor Society and was the recipient of the Law Faculty Award upon graduation.
Shannon Manigault Inspector General at City of Atlanta OIG
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Ann Maxwell Deputy Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections at HHS OIG
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Dave McClintock Chair-Governmental Relations Committee at Association of Inspectors General
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Julien Meyer Chief Procurement Officer at City of New Orleans - Bureau of Purchasing
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Edward Michel Inspector General at LA New Orleans OIG Edward Michel retired from the United States Department of Justice in 2019 after more than 23 years of service. During his tenure at the DOJ he served in several leadership roles within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to include Special Assistant to the Assistant Director, Unit Chief of the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force and Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force as well as Assistant Special Agent in Charge. Upon retirement from the FBI, Ed accepted a position with the New Orleans Office of Inspector General as the First Assistant Inspector General for Criminal Investigations and IT Program Manager. Ed formerly served as the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force Commander as well as Inspector and has a proven track record of leading teams to successfully complete enterprise-wide goals and objectives to ensure the successful integration of strategies to identify and mitigate fraud, waste, abuse and public corruption.
Melinda M. Miguel Chief Inspector General at FL Executive Office of the Governor, Chief Inspector General
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Darren Miller Deputy Commissioner/Chief at NYS DOCCS Office of Special Investigations
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Christian Nunez Director of Operations at NYS DOCCS Office of Special Investigations
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Michelle Phillips Director Civil Rights of City of Minneapolis
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Patrice Rose Chief of Inspections & Evaluations at LA New Orleans OIG
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Gordon Russell Deputy Spotlight Editor at Boston Globe Media
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Rick Samples Deputy Inspector General for Investigations at Office of Inspector General, City of Jacksonville, Florida
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Sarah Sequeira Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit at HUD OIG
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Deanna Shoss Director of Communications and Outreach at City of Chicago Office of Inspector General
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The Honorable Eric Soskin Inspector General at Department of Transportation - Office of Inspector General
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Terri Spicher Team Leader/Senior Technical Advisor of Technical Support Section at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board OIG
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David Spilker Special Agent in Charge at VA OIG Southeast Field Office Criminal Investigations Division
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William "Bill" Stern Director Office of Laboratory Oversight at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Stephen Street State Inspector General at Louisiana State OIG
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Ivelisse Torres-Rivera Inspector General at PR Office of the Inspector General of Puerto Rico
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Pamela Van Dort Acting Deputy Inspector General at AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
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Hruta Virkar Assistant Inspector General for Audits at Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Defense Nuclear Facilities Board
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Kilah White Assistant Inspector General for Audit at HUD OIG
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Jack Wild Director of External Affairs at New York State Offices of the Inspector General
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Deborah Witzburg Inspector General at City of Chicago OIG
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