Deirdre Power
JD, CIG, Director – Government and Public Sector – CohnReznick Advisory LLC
Deirdre Power is a Certified Inspector General with more than 32 years of investigative and fraud prevention experience.
Experience and credentials
Joined through the acquisition the Construction Monitorship and Public Sector Forensic Investigations Division from Exiger
While at Exiger, Deirdre was Managing Director and Practice Lead for the firm’s Construction Integrity Monitoring practice
Served as the Assistant Deputy Inspector General, Investigations and Legal, at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Office of the Inspector General (OIG); In that role, she assisted the Deputy Inspector General with planning, organizing, and overseeing investigations of criminality, mismanagement, fraud, and abuse in the operations of the MTA and its constituent agencies
In MTA role, managed a team of attorneys and investigators, editing and approving investigative reports including the applicability of criminal statutes and MTA rules and regulations to specific conduct
Created and implemented the MTA Office of Inspector General’s federally mandated integrity monitorship of the MTA projects funded by $4 billion in Federal Transit Administration grants
Served the MTA as Deputy General Counsel
Previously worked as an Assistant District Attorney with the New York County District Attorney’s Office with service in the Appeals Bureau as well as the Criminal Trial Division
Education
J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
B.S., Education - State University of New York, College at Cortland
Professional affiliations
New York State – Admitted to Practice Law
National Association of Inspectors General – Certified Inspector General
10-Hour Construction Outreach Certification (OSHA)