Jennifer Herrmann currently serves as the Acting General Counsel to the USAID Inspector General. In this position, Ms. Herrmann leads a team of attorneys and specialists, providing independent legal counsel and comprehensive legal advice, research, and guidance to the Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, and OIG’s Offices of Audit, Investigations, and Management.
Jennifer has served the OIG legal community for several years, prior to onboarding with USAID OIG she served as Lead Counsel for the Office of Special Reviews for the IG at the Social Security Administration. There, she helped stand-up a newly formed unit with a staff of attorneys and criminal investigators charged with conducting special reviews at the bequest of the IG. With SSA OIG, Jennifer previously served the Director of Quality Assurance and Professional Responsibility and as an Associate Counsel. Jennifer also served as Associate General Counsel for the Department of State OIG where she advised special agents on criminal, civil, and administrative matters, and employee misconduct cases in addition to assisting with Special Projects and Audits. While at State OIG, she detailed to the Office of the Vice President, Executive Office of the President serving as Ethics and Compliance Counsel for the Vice President and staff.
Jennifer started her career with positions at the Department of Defense as an Associate General Counsel and as a Judge Advocate for the U.S Marine Corps. Jennifer received her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, her M.B.A. from University of Maryland Global Campus which followed earning a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. Jennifer was born and raised in Baltimore and currently resides with her family in Pasadena, MD.