Hannibal “Mike” Ware, SBA Inspector General

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A biography of Hannibal “Mike” Ware states that he was sworn in as SBA Inspector General on May 24, 2018, following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate. It says his oversight normally covers more than $100 billion in guaranteed loans and nearly $100 billion in Federal contracting dollars, and that SBA's pandemic role added oversight of over a trillion dollars of lending authority. He is described as a statutory member of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), where he chairs the Subcommittee on Audits, and as Chair of the Audit Committee for CIGIE. The biography says he was Deputy Inspector General from April 2016 and Acting Inspector General from January 2017, after starting in 1990 as an auditor in DOI OIG's Virgin Islands field office.

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Hannibal “Mike” Ware was sworn in as Inspector General on May 24, 2018, following his
confirmation by the U.S. Senate. He is responsible for independent oversight of SBA’s programs and
operations, which normally encompass more than $100 billion in guaranteed loans and nearly $100
billion in Federal contracting dollars. As a result of SBA’s role in the nation’s pandemic response, he
is providing oversight of over a trillion dollars of lending authority aimed at stabilizing the nation’s
economy and providing vital capital to the nation’s small businesses. He also is a statutory member
of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency’s (CIGIE) Pandemic Response
Accountability Committee (PRAC), serving alongside his Inspector General colleagues to provide a
whole of Government response to the pandemic oversight effort. Within the PRAC, Inspector
General Ware chairs the Subcommittee on Audits. In addition, Inspector General Ware serves as the
Chair of the Audit Committee for CIGIE and is a member of CIGIE’s Executive Council.


Prior to his appointment to be the Inspector General, from April 2016 to January 2017, Mr. Ware
served as the Deputy Inspector General, and he served as the Acting Inspector General from
January 2017. Mr. Ware has over 30 years of experience within the OIG community. In 1990, he
joined DOI OIG’s Virgin Islands field office as an auditor and later became the Field Office
Supervisor. Throughout his long and distinguished oversight career, he performed increasingly
challenging and vital roles within the OIG community. From the Virgin Islands field office, Mr. Ware
was promoted to Eastern Regional Manager, where he provided leadership of all phases of the
technical and administrative operation of the region, including planning and managing audits,
inspections, evaluations, and joint investigations. Mr. Ware later moved to DOI OIG’s Office of
Management and served as the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Management. In this
capacity, he executed DOI OIG’s independent operating budget and managed the logistical concerns
for the office’s nationwide presence. In April 2016, he was appointed to the Senior Executive Service
as the SBA OIG Deputy Inspector General.


Mr. Ware is a native of the U.S. Virgin Islands and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting
from the University of the Virgin Islands. He also is a graduate of the Senior Executive Service
Career Development Program. He has received numerous awards and honors throughout his
career. He was conferred a degree of Doctorate of Human Letters by the University of the Virgin
Islands in December 2020 and has received several awards from the Council of the Inspectors
General on Integrity and Efficiency as recognition for his significant work in the Inspector General
community. Inspector General Ware currently serves on the Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners’ Board of Regents.


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