Inspector General Nominees

Department of Education

Name

Mark Elmer Priebe

Nominee

Date nominated

2026-09-28

Prior experience

Director of the OIG’s Non-Federal Audit Team and National Single Audit Coordinator

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Name

Jeffrey Ledbetter

Nominee

Date nominated

2026-04-17

Prior experience

Special agent; leader in DoD OIG; served on: FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations Task Force, International Contract Corruption Task Force in Baghdad, Iraq; Army Criminal Investigation Division

Department of State

Name

Carl Anderson

Nominee

Date nominated

2026-06-01

Prior experience

Deputy Legal Adviser in the Department of State's Office of the Legal Adviser

Department of the Interior

Name

Dennis Kirk

Nominee

Date nominated

2026-08-07

Prior experience

Currently serving as senior adviser in the Interior OIG; former adviser to Tulsi Gabbard when she served as director of national intelligence, and placed in the Intelligence Community as a special advisor; staff member at the conservative Heritage Foundation, where he co-authored parts of Project 2025

General Services Administration

Name

Maria D'Avanzo

Nominee

Date nominated

2026-07-14

Prior experience

Current: Partner of D'Avanzo LLP; Prior: Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and Chief Data Privacy Officer for Cushman & Wakefield; Chief Evangelist Officer at Traliant; Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for AIG Asset Management

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Name

Robert Steinau

Nominee

Date nominated

2026-09-28

Prior experience

Assistant IG for Investigations, NASA OIG