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Katharine began her career with the Department of the Interior, Office of Inspector General (DOI OIG) in August 2019 as a Special Agent assigned to the Western Region Investigations office in Lakewood, Colorado, where she has worked on grant and procurement fraud cases and was the lead agent on many multi-agency fraud investigations. Prior to working for the DOI, Katharine worked for the U.S. Department of State OIG in Arlington, Virgina, for approximately 7 years as a Special Agent and Forensic Accountant. Katharine earned her bachelor's degree in accounting from Michigan State University and a Master of Business Administration from George Mason University. Katharine is a certified forensic examiner and a certified anti money laundering specialist. 

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Mr. Kowalski had 33 years of HR professional experience in the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.  He was a line manager for 21 of those years in large VAMCs.  For 6 years, he served as a national internal consultant in the VHA Human Resources Management Group that provided HR support and consulting services to VHA’s senior leadership in HQ and in the VISNs. He served on VA’s national labor management partnership council and on the national All Employee Survey committee. 

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Esther Lameko-Poutua is the Chief Executive of the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI), responsible for leading the PASAI Secretariat team to deliver the strategic plan, to engage and support Supreme Audit Institutions in the Pacific region to deliver their individual objectives and responsibilities while working closely with stakeholders and development partners.

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Bob is Director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement. His book, Engaging Government Employees (Harper Collins), is the first book to focus on employee engagement in the public sector. Previously, he was Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of Human Resources for the University of Wisconsin, Vice President-Research for the Partnership for Public Service, and Director of the Wisconsin civil service system. 

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Stefani has over 15 years of experience as a federal management and program analyst. She joined the U.S. Department of Interior, Office of Inspector General in 2009, becoming the third generation of her family to work for the DOI.

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Sarah Markley holds the role of Director, International Engagement at the Office of the Auditor-General of New Zealand. As Director Sarah leads our work with the PASAI Secretariat by contributing to PASAI’s programmes, administration, and twinning support to SAIs Cook Islands and Samoa. She...

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Kip has approximately thirty years of auditing, consulting, and training experience at the international, federal, state, local government and private sector levels. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Utah and a Master of Arts degree with a certificate in Public History from Arizona State University, and is a graduate from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government’s Executives in State and Local Government executive education program and has earned a Certificate in Public Leadership from the Brookings Institute. 

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Anna H. Mendiola has been the President and Chief Executive officer of the FSM Development Bank (FSMDB) since March 2001. Prior to her current appointment, she served as Chief Financial Officer of the FSMDB for one year. From 1986 to 2000, Ms. Mendiola held various high-level positions with the FSM National Government and Pohnpei State Government ranging from Assistant Secretary for International Development Finance to Director of Treasury and Administration.

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Deborah Milks, CPA is a former consulting partner with Deloitte, Guam and Micronesia. She currently provides accounting and consulting services to the U.S. insular areas through the Graduate School USA.

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Nicki Miller is the Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations for the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG). She has over 28 years of experience as an auditor and has led audits, inspections, and evaluations related to contracting and grants, as well as program efficiency and effectiveness of DOI programs.

Prior to joining the DOI OIG, Nicki was an auditor at the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of State. Nicki is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting from George Mason University.

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