Welcome The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice & CIGIE Chair Keynote Paul Martin Inspector General, NASA Keynote Culture: What it is and why it matters Andrew Rahaman, Ed.D. American University Lunch Panel: Why does culture matter in an OIG? Panel: Telling the story: Culture Change in TVA OIG Closing Remarks The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice & CIGIE Chair Michael E. Horowitz was confirmed as Inspector General for the Department of Justice (DOJ) by the U.S. Senate on March 29, 2012. He was sworn in as the fourth confirmed Inspector General on April 16, 2012. As Inspector General, Mr. Horowitz oversees a nationwide workforceof more than 400 special agents, auditors, inspectors, attorneys, and support staff whose mission is to detect and deter waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct in DOJ programs and personnel, and to promote economy and efficiency in Department operations. Mr. Horowitz most recently worked as a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft LLP, where he focused his practice on white collar defense, internal investigations, and regulatory compliance. He also was a board memberof the Ethics Resource Center and the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Horowitz served as a Presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed Commissioneron the U.S. Sentencing Commission. As Commissioner, he was instrumental in rewriting the guidelines for corporate compliance programs, and for fraud, antitrust, intellectual property, and money laundering offenses. Mr. Horowitz previously worked for DOJ in the Criminal Division at Main Justice from 1999 to 2002, first as Deputy Assistant AttorneyGeneral and then as Chief of Staff. Prior to joining the Criminal Division, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District ofNew York from 1991 to 1999. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Horowitz was the Chiefof the Public Corruption Unit, and from 1995 to 1997, he was a Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division. In 1995, he was awarded the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service for his work on a complex police corruption investigation. Before joining the DOJ, Mr. Horowitz was an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton and clerked for Judge John G. Davies of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Mr. Horowitz earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Brandeis University. 1 The Honorable Paul K. Martin Inspector General National Aeronautics and Space Administration Paul K. Martin was confirmed by the United States Senate as NASA Inspector General on Nov. 20, 2009. Prior to his NASA appointment, Martin served as the Deputy Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General (OIG). In that capacity, he assisted the Inspector General in managing the audit, inspection and investigative activities of the office’s 425 employees. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Counselor to the Inspector General, and from 1998 to 2001 he served as Special Counsel to the Inspector General. Before joining the Department of Justice OIG, Martin spent 13 years at the U.S. Sentencing Commission in a variety of positions, including 6 years as the Commission’s Deputy Staff Director. Martin was one of the Sentencing Commission’s first employees when the agency was created in 1985, and helped develop the first set of federal sentencing guidelines. Martin began his professional career as a reporter with The Greenville News, a daily newspaper in Greenville, SC. He holds a B.A. in Journalism from The Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor from The Georgetown University Law Center. Martin is married to Rebekah Liu, an attorney working in Washington, DC. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, he and his wife have three daughters. 2 7 Tom Howard Inspector General AMTRAK Tom Howard was appointed Inspector General on February 4, 2014 after having served as Deputy Inspector General since April 26, 2010. Mr. Howard came to Amtrak with 36 years of experience in the federal accountability community, including 8 years as Deputy Inspector General at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where he assisted the Inspector General (IG) in leading the office’s diverse audit and investigative programs. While at NASA, he also served as the Acting Inspector General for 7 months. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Howard served as Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Maritime and Surface Safety Issues at the Department of Transportation. As a senior executive, he provided leadership for the office’s audit oversight of all Coast Guard and Maritime Administration activities, motor carrier and vehicle safety programs, and multibillion-dollar highway and transit infrastructure projects. Prior to joining the IG community, Mr. Howard had a 24-year career with the Government Accountability Office (GAO); his last position was Assistant Director for National Security and International Affairs Audits. He spent 16 years in GAO’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., and 8 years in its overseas offices in Frankfurt, Germany, and Honolulu, Hawaii. Throughout his career, he was involved in the oversight of numerous federal programs and a variety of issues, including program management, procurement, information technology, and international affairs. Originally from Carbondale, Pennsylvania, Mr. Howard has a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Scranton. He completed the Federal Executive Institute’s Leadership for a Democratic Society Program and the National Defense University’s National Security Management Seminar. His commitment to oversight has been recognized with a United States Presidential Rank Award for Career Senior Executives, GAO’s Meritorious Service Award, and the Frank C. Conahan Leadership Award. 7 4 Mary Kendall Deputy Inspector General Department of the Interior Mary Kendall is the Deputy Inspector General for the Department of the Interior. She has been with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) since the fall of 1999. She has been leading the OIG for Interior since February 23, 2009 when she was named Acting Inspector General, but in keeping with the Vacancies Act, she has since reverted to her title as Deputy Inspector General. Mary has dedicated most of her professional career to federal service. She joined the federal workforce in 1986 as an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of General Counsel. In 1990, she transferred to EPA’s Office of Criminal Enforcement, where she served in various capacities with increasingly responsible leadership roles. In 1995-96, she spent a year detailed as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. Mary received her B.A. from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN in 1978, and her J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN in 1983. 5 Steve Linick Inspector General Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors Steve A. Linick was appointed as the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors in September 2013. Prior to this appointment, he served for three years as the first Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (2010-2013). As Inspector General, Mr. Linick is the senior official responsible for audits, inspections, investigations, and other law enforcement efforts to combat fraud, waste, and abuse within or affecting the operations of the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Mr. Linick’s memberships have included: the President’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Taskforce; the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency’s Investigations Committee; the Council of the Inspectors General on Financial Oversight; and the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group. Mr. Linick was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California (1994-1999) and the Eastern District of Virginia (1999-2006). He also served as Executive Director of the Department of Justice’s National Procurement Fraud Task Force and Deputy Chief of its Fraud Section, Criminal Division (2006- 2010). During his tenure at the Department of Justice, he supervised and participated in prosecution of cases involving, among other things, corruption and contract fraud against the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Linick has a BA (1985) and MA (1990) in Philosophy, and a JD (1990); all from Georgetown University. 6 Christopher R. Sharpley Inspector General (Acting) Central Intelligence Agency Mr. Christopher R. Sharpley brings over 35 years of experience to the position he holds as Acting Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency. He began service at the Agency in 2012 as Deputy Inspector General and became Acting Inspector General in January 2015. He is the recipient of Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Service for his leadership in building the two newest and award-winning federal Offices of Inspector General: The Special Inspector General for Troubled Asset Relief Program (Treasury) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General. Mr. Sharpley also served as Deputy Inspector General for Investigations and Inspections at the Department of Energy, with oversight responsibilities for the nation’s nuclear weapons complex and system of national laboratories. Mr. Sharpley served over 20 of his 3 5 years of service as a federal special agent. Mr. Sharpley retired from the US Air Force Reserves, holding the position of Director,