| 1 | | 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.
| | 2 | | 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.
| | 3 | | 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.
| | 4 | | RACHEL VENIER | | Acting Associate Special Counsel, Investigations and Prosecution Division - HQ | Rachel Venier joined the Office of Special Counsel in 2002. She leads a team of attorneys investigating and litigating prohibited personnel practice matters. She is a graduate of the American University Washington College of Law and Drew University, and is a member of the Maryland Bar.
| | 5 | | ANNE WAGNER | | Associate Special Counsel, General Law | Anne Wagner is an Associate Special Counsel at the Office of Special Counsel. Prior to coming to OSC, Ms. Wagner was the Vice Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the quasi-judicial agency in the executive branch that resolves personnel disputes within the federal civil service system. Ms. Wagner was instrumental in making MSPB's processes more transparent and accountable, in particular, by explaining the bases for Board opinions in non-precedential decisions. Along with her colleagues, she also presided over the first oral arguments before the Board in 30 years.
Before her term at the MSPB, Ms. Wagner served as Chair, Vice Chair, Member, and General Counsel for the Government Accountability Office's Personnel Appeals Board. She also spent nearly 20 years working as an Assistant General Counsel for the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents hundreds of thousands of federal employees. During this time, she led precedent setting litigation challenging policies and practices that violated the rights of federal employees and handled cases arising under the full array of laws governing federal employment. Her federal career began as an attorney focusing on employment law for the General Service Administration's Office of General Counsel.
Ms. Wagner received her bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and her law degree from the George Washington University School of Law.
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