Kenneth M. Donohue

 

Kenneth M. Donohue, Principal

The Honorable Kenneth M. Donohue is a principal with Reznick Government. Ken focuses on compliance issues, fraud and abuse, and prevention and protection internal controls on behalf of the firm’s federal and state and local government clients. He is a Senior Advisor to principals nationwide.

Before joining Reznick Government in 2010, Ken served for nine years as Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In his leadership role with HUD, he managed over 700 staff nationwide in 42 offices with an annual budget of $125 million. His role as HUD’s Inspector General was focused on compliance matters, identification of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, and implementation of prevention and protection internal controls. Ken had oversight of HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (which included 2,700 public housing authorities), a nationwide Community Project Development, Ginnie Mae and the Federal Housing Administration. Ken was a pivotal player in the Federal Government’s effort to investigate fraud in the mortgage industry. He was also one of three chairs along with the Attorney General and FBI Director to lead a Federal task force to investigate and prosecute individual and corporate fraud. This joint effort, launched in 2010 and called "Operation Stolen Dream", resulted in more than 1500 arrests and more than $198M in recoveries.

Prior to HUD, Ken had a distinguished 21-year career with the U.S. Secret Service as a Supervisory Special Agent culminating with an assignment to the Assistant Director's CIA Counter-Terrorism Center. He served a diverse career that included major investigations and various assignments in dignitary protection. During his career he served two tours with the Protective Intelligence Division.

After the Secret Service, in 1990, Ken was appointed as Assistant Director, Office of Investigations, within the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). His staff was successful in uncovering fraud and abuse among directors and officers of failed savings and loan institutions. He served as a member of the National Bank Fraud Working Group, with other regulatory agency senior representatives, as well as senior law enforcement personnel from the Departments of Justice and Treasury.

Ken has consulted in the private sector with law enforcement and investigative issues. This includes a multi-year contract with a classified program at the Central Intelligence Agency that interrelated with U.S. corporations.

Education

M.S., Criminal Justice with Distinguished Honors, University of Maryland
B.A., St. Thomas University