Kathleen S. Tighe

Background

Tighe, Kathleen S. was born in 1954. Daughter of Edward and Susanne Tighe.

Education

Bachelor with distinction, Purdue University, 1976. Master of Arts in International Relations, American University, 1979. Juris Doctor with honors, George Washington University, 1986.

Career

Attorney Lewis, Mitchell & Moore, Vienna, 1983—1988. Trial attorney fraud section Commercial Litig. Branch United States Department Justice, Washington, 1988—1991.

Assistant counsel to inspector general United States General Services Administration (General Services Administration), 1991—1995, counsel to inspector general, 1995—2006. Deputy inspector general United States Department of Agriculture, 2006—2010. Inspector general United States Department Education, since 2010.

Chair Federal Council of Counsels to Inspector General, 2002—2004.

Achievements

• Kathleen S. Tighe has been listed as a reputable federal agency administrator, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Father:

Edward Tighe

Mother:

Susanne Tighe