On July 30, National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is hosting a National Whistleblower Day event on Capitol Hill to celebrate the bravery and sacrifices of whistleblowers and their contributions to rooting out fraud, abuses and corruption. The event will feature remarks from U.S. Senators, government officials, whistleblower advocates and whistleblowers themselves.
Speakers include:
- Members of Congress: Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden, co-chairs of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus; and Representative Jamie Raskin.
- Representatives from Whistleblower Offices: Special Counsel at the Office of Special Counsel, Hampton Dellinger; Director of the House Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds, Shanna Devine; Director of the IRS Whistleblower Office, John Hinman; Inspector General of the Department of Justice, Michael Horowitz; and Director of the CFTC Whistleblower Office, Brian Young
- Whistleblowers and Advocates: Big Tobacco whistleblower Dr. Jeffrey Wigand; ExxonMobil whistleblower Lindsey Gulden; FBI whistleblower Jane Turner; Army Corps of Engineers whistleblower Dr. Tommie “Toni” Savage; Executive Director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety Ed Pierson; Vice Chair of the Board of the Lamplighter Project Austin Handle; Mexican anti-corruption attorney’s María de los Ángeles Estrada and Carlos G. Guerrero Orozco; National Whistleblower Center’s Chairman Stephen Kohn; and, National Whistleblower Center’s Chairman Executive Director Siri Turner.
Each year since 2013, the U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution designating July 30 as National Whistleblower Day. The date commemorates the first whistleblower law in the history of the United States which was passed on July 30, 1778. In recent years, a growing number of federal agencies have celebrated National Whistleblower Day by informing employees of their whistleblower rights and by highlighting the critical role whistleblowers play in exposing fraud, corruption, and abuse of power.
WNN’s Jane Turner will be speaking at the National Whistleblower Day event. In past years, speakers have included whistleblowers such as Sherron Watkins and Linda Tripp as well as government officials like SEC Chair Gary Gensler and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh.
