Joseph Windrem

Joseph Windrem is currently SIGAR’s Acting Assistant Inspector General for Audits and, since 2017, has led SIGAR’s Lessons Learned Program (LLP) which identifies and preserves lessons from the U.S. reconstruction experience in Afghanistan and makes recommendations to Congress and executive agencies on ways to improve efforts in current and future operations. SIGAR’s Lessons Learned reports have been recognized with awards from the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) and have been featured in numerous U.S. and international news articles and reports.

Mr. Windrem joined SIGAR in 2010. He has served as the Deputy Director of Research & Analysis (2014–2017) and as a subject matter expert. He was also a subject matter expert for the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), a consultant on projects for the Department of State and the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. He also worked for the House International Relations Committee (now the House Foreign Affairs Committee) and the House Committee on Homeland Security. He has 23 years of experience working in or for the federal government—including 17 years with federal oversight agencies.