2024-2025 Board of Regents

Kimberly A. Howell, CFE
Inspector General
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Washington, District of Columbia

In 2019, Kimberly Howell, CFE, was appointed as the Inspector General (IG) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a federally funded nonprofit. Her office is responsible for independent oversight of the CPB and regularly conducts audits, evaluations and investigations of CPB funding, programs, operations and initiatives.  

During her 25-year career in federal law enforcement, Howell conducted and led nationwide health care, grant, procurement, counterfeit and intellectual property fraud investigations. In 2011, she was appointed as a member of the Senior Executive Service, where she led compliance and oversight efforts and worked with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies on various critical programs and initiatives. She also trained national and international organizations on a variety of topics.

In addition to her role as IG, Howell was appointed in 2018 by the Maryland Governor to serve as a member of the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities. She also serves as an adjunct associate professor in the criminal justice program with the University of Maryland Global Campus and has a master’s degree in public administration.