| | | EMILEE COLLIER |  | Acting Associate Special Counsel, Investigations and Prosecution - D.C. | Emilee Collier is the Acting Associate Special Counsel overseeing the Investigations and Prosecution Division (IPD) in Washington, D.C. Prior to this role, Emilee was a chief in IPD, leading a team of attorneys investigating and litigating prohibited personnel practice matters. Emilee also plays a leadership role in OSC's Amicus Working Group, which files briefs in cases pending at the Merit Systems Protection Board and federal courts to help develop or clarify the law, especially with regard to whistleblower retaliation issues. Emilee first joined OSC in 2010 and is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School and Case Western Reserve University, and is a member of the Virginia bar. | | | | COREY WILLIAMS |  | Legislative Affairs Director | Corey joins OSC with more than 15 years federal government relations experience on behalf of nonpartisan non-profit organizations and most recently for IAC, a company of companies, on federal policy issues ranging from telecommunications and technology issues including GenAI, privacy, copyright and intellectual property to appropriations, labor issues, and immigration, among others. Her professional background also includes several years in higher education, including teaching a graduate course on Legal Issues in Managing Information at the University of Maryland, College Park, and as an academic librarian. Ms. Williams received a B.A. in English and a M.A. in Library & Information Science from the University of Iowa.
| | | | ASHLEY TEASE |  | Chief of the Diversity, Outreach and Training Unit | Ashley N. Tease is the Chief of OSC's Diversity, Outreach and Training (DOT) Unit where she leads OSC's 2302(c) Certification Program and oversees a nationwide initiative providing training and education to federal and non-federal entities on the statutes under OSC's jurisdiction, including whistleblower rights and remedies. Ms. Tease also directs OSC's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) program, managing internal processes and procedures for complaint resolution. Prior to joining DOT, Ms. Tease served as an attorney in OSC's Investigation and Prosecution Division, where she specialized in analyzing and investigating complaints of prohibited personnel practices and facilitated resolutions between federal employees and their respective agencies. Ms. Tease received her J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law, and her B.A. from University of Maryland, College Park.
| | 1 | | PATRICK BOULAY |  | Senior Advisor (Detail) | Patrick H. Boulay is serving as a Senior Advisor to the Special Counsel. Mr. Boulay also leads Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) enforcement efforts at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. He has been at OSC since September 2000. Mr. Boulay previously worked as an attorney in OSC’s Investigation & Prosecution Division, handling Prohibited Personnel Practice and Hatch Act matters. He has twice testified before Congress about USERRA and has litigated before the Merit Systems Protection Board, including in Silva v. Department of Homeland Security, which established government liability to contractor employees under USERRA. Mr. Boulay received his A.B. from Brown University and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
| | 3 | | BRUCE FONG |  | Associate Special Counsel, Investigation and Prosecution - Field Offices | Bruce Fong is the associate special counsel for investigation and prosecution for the agency's field offices. He joined the Office of Special Counsel’s prosecution division in 1983 after private practice and served as OSC’s senior trial attorney from 1987-2009. Mr. Fong specializes in whistleblower retaliation and other prohibited personnel practices and has represented OSC before the Merit Systems Protection Board in numerous significant cases, including Special Counsel v. Costello, Special Counsel v. Russell, Special Counsel v. Hathaway, Hillen v. Department of the Army, Special Counsel v. Brown, Special Counsel v. Ross, and Special Counsel v. Filiberti. Mr. Fong has been a frequent presenter at conferences and forums presenting on prohibited personnel practices and OSC’s enforcement program. His article, “Whistleblower Protection and the Office of Special Counsel: the Development of Reprisal Law in the 1980s,” is published at 40 Am.L.Rev. 1015 (1991). He is a past recipient of the S.F. Bay Area’s Federal Executive Board’s Federal Employee of the Year award for civil law enforcement. In 2016, he received the Burton Award for Public Service for professionalism, integrity, and intellectual contributions to his field. Mr. Fong received his J.D. from the University of California Law School (formerly Boalt Hall) and his A.B. from Brown University. He is a member of the State Bar of California and lives in Kensington, California.
| | 4 | | KARL KAMMANN |  | Chief Operating Officer | Karl Kammann joined the Office of Special Counsel in 2010. Before joining OSC, Mr. Kammann was a division chief in the Financial Management Directorate of the Department of the Interior, National Business Center. Prior to the Interior Department, Mr. Kammann worked in similar positions at the Food and Drug Administration. He earned a Master of Business Administration from George Mason University and an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University. Mr. Kammann also holds a Project Management Professional Certification, as well as a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from The George Washington University.
| | 5 | | ZACHARY KURZ |  | Communications Director | Zachary joins OSC after more than a decade working in communications for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. After beginning his career in 2005, Zac served as the committee's director of communications under the leadership of three different chairmen. Zachary departed Capitol Hill in 2016 and joined Cause of Action Institute, a nonprofit government watchdog group. Zachary grew up in Upstate New York and attended Greene Central High School. Zachary graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. in 2003 with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics.
| | 7 | | SUSAN K. ULLMAN |  | General Counsel | Susan K. Ullman is the General Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel and serves as OSC’s Designated Agency Ethics Official. Ms. Ullman joined OSC in 2017 following 16 years at the U.S. Department of Justice, most recently as Senior Trial Counsel in the Federal Programs Branch. Prior to her federal government service, Ms. Ullman was an Assistant Attorney General with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, an associate at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and a law clerk to The Honorable John R. Bartels in the E.D.N.Y. Ms. Ullman has an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Columbia University.
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