Hannibal “Mike” Ware, Inspector General, Biography
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Office of Inspector General
U.S. Small Business Administration
Biography
Hannibal “Mike” Ware
Inspector General
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
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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 holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from the University of the
Virgin Islands and was conferred a degree of Doctorate of Humane Letters by the
University in December 2020. He also is a graduate of the Senior Executive Service
Career Development Program. He has received numerous awards and honors
throughout his career as recognition for his significant work in the Inspector
General community. Inspector General Ware is a Chairman Emeritus
of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Board of Regents and was recently
named Certified Fraud Examiner of the Year by the Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners.
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