Terry V. Harris was selected as the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigation Services in June 2024. Prior to this role, Harris served as the Special Agent-in-Charge of the OIG’s Eastern Regional Office, a position she held since 2020, after having served as an Operations Officer at the OIG since 2016. Deputy Assistant Inspector General Harris brings to the position more than 20 years of experience and expertise in planning, conducting, supervising and managing complex programmatic criminal and civil investigations.
Harris began her law enforcement career in 1992, as a U.S. Air Force Security Police K-9 Handler. In 2001, she joined the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, serving in various positions. She became the Deputy Branch Chief, Central Systems Fraud Unit in 2005, and two years later, was selected to serve as the Acting Resident Agent in Charge for the Joint Criminal Investigation Task Force, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where she conducted complex counterintelligence and counterterrorism investigations. In 2011, Harris served as Special Agent-in-Charge of a large unit where she supervised investigations involving counterintelligence, contract and loan fraud, and felony criminal investigations affecting Air Force and Department of Defense resources. In 2013, she assumed the position of Deputy Desk Chief, Fraud Integration Desk where, as a subject matter expert, she monitored and directed investigations of fraud, waste, and abuse focused on white collar crime.
Harris completed her undergraduate studies at the University of New Orleans, and holds a Master of Arts, Criminal Justice degree from the University of Alabama and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Washington. Deputy Assistant Inspector General Harris is also an adjunct instructor for the CIGIE Inspector General Academy, leading courses in the Inspector General Investigator Training Program and the Transitional Training Program.