Senior Staff

Members of the Senior Management Team

Cathy Alix, Deputy SIG – Operations

Cathy D. Alix is SIGTARP's Deputy SIG for Operations. Prior to assuming this position, she served as a senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Management. Ms. Alix brings 30+ years of management experience to SIGTARP. Her public service experience has included both federal and state-level positions, including two years of service at the White House as the Special Assistant to the President for management and Administration. Her private sector experience has been concentrated in the communications arena including positions at Icon Solutions Inc., Fleishman-Hillard and Shandwick Public Affairs, as well as several broadcasting companies.

Ms. Alix attended Braxton Business College in Richmond, VA.

Roderick H. Fillinger, SIGTARP’s General Counsel, comes to SIGTARP as a veteran attorney with an extensive background in government. Immediately prior to joining SIGTARP, he served as Chief Counsel to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), where he supported work on a variety of tax administration and oversight issues. Prior to joining TIGTA in 2000, Mr. Fillinger worked for the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel in Atlanta and Cincinnati where he provided legal support to the IRS in federal employment law, government contracting, ethics, criminal tax and general government matters. He also litigated on behalf of the IRS in the United States Tax Court and served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Ohio.

Mr. Fillinger holds a J.D. degree from Northern Kentucky University and a B.A. from the University of Cincinnati.

Troy D. Gravitt, Director of Communications

Kurt Hyde, Deputy SIG - Audit

Kurt W. Hyde is SIGTARP’s Deputy SIG for Audit. A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Hyde began his government career as an Audit Manager for the U.S. General Accounting Office, and later was detailed to the United States House of Representatives Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, where he investigated property and casualty insurance company failures. Later he was Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit at the Resolution Trust Corporation. From 1997 to 2004, Mr. Hyde worked in the private sector, first as Lead Partner in the Government Services Channel and Customer Solutions for Andersen LLP, and then as a Partner in Worldwide Government Services for Customer Relationship Management Solutions at Unisys Corporation. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Hyde was the Assistant Inspector General for Surface and Maritime Programs for the U.S. Department of Transportation, which was responsible for auditing $50 billion in transportation program spending. In 2007 to 2009, Mr. Hyde was an independent consultant to a Gates Foundation funded not-for-profit, assisting this group in its efforts to elevate education levels urban areas with predominantly minority and low income students.

Mr. Hyde holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Virginia Tech.

Mia Levine is Chief of Staff and comes to SIGTARP from the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. While there, Ms. Levine served for 14 years with the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section. She worked first as a line prosecutor and was most recently an Assistant Chief of Section’s litigation unit. Ms. Levine prosecuted several noteworthy cases, including prosecutions of financial institutions and individuals who have violated the money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act statutes. In 2009, Ms. Levine led the prosecution of Lloyds TSB Bank for violations of U.S. sanctions laws, resulting in a deferred prosecution agreement with the bank and a forfeiture of $350 million. Ms. Levine also supervised several other notable prosecutions of financial institutions, including Barclays Bank, Credit Suisse AG and the former ABN AMRO Bank for violations of U.S. sanctions laws and Union Bank of California and American Express Bank International for violations of Bank Secrecy Act statutes. Prior to working at DOJ, Ms. Levine worked for three years in private practice at the law firm of Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Better in Baltimore, Maryland.

Ms. Levine received her B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from Tulane University Law School.

Scott F. Rebein became the Deputy Special Inspector General of the Investigations Division in November 2010. Mr. Rebein provides leadership to the investigative operations and represents SIGTARP in public forums. He joined SIGTARP in March of 2009 as the Special Agent in Charge. With over 23 years experience as a Federal special agent, Mr. Rebein started his federal law enforcement career in 1987 as a Special Agent with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) investigating, managing and overseeing all aspects of investigations into criminal tax violations, money laundering and related financial crimes. He was a Special Agent in both the Richmond, Virginia and Los Angeles, California Field Offices. He began his management and leadership career with IRS-CI as a Supervisory Special Agent in the Louisville Field Office in 1996, then as a Headquarters Analyst in Washington, DC. He began his senior leadership with IRS-CI in 2001 as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in the Miami Field Office, then as the Special Agent in Charge in the Indianapolis Field Office, and finishing as the Director, Special Investigative Techniques at IRS-CI Headquarters, overseeing all covert operations conducted by IRS-CI nationwide.

Mr. Rebein earned his Bachelor's Degree in accounting from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

Members of the Senior Staff

Kimberley A. Caprio, SIGTARP's Assistant Deputy SIG for Audit, is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Government Financial Manager. Ms. Caprio comes to SIGTARP as a veteran government auditor. Prior to joining SIGTARP, she served as the Assistant Inspector General for Audits at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) where she stood up the Audit Division to support both ODNI and the 17-agency intelligence community, and chaired intelligence community-wide task forces and advisory panels. From 1990 to 2008, Ms. Caprio was an Audit Manager and Audit Director for the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (DoDIG) leading audits of billion dollar DoD programs in contracting, acquisitions, systems, human capital, and financial statements. She later became the Deputy for Readiness and Logistics at DoDIG. Ms. Caprio began her career as an auditor at the Government Accountability Office and was briefly detailed to the Senate Banking Committee as a subject matter expert.

Ms. Caprio holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Rhode Island and a Masters in Business Administration from The American University.

AJ Germek is SIGTARP’s Chief Information Officer. Prior to this role he was the Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. Department of Transportation and served as the Acting CTO. In that role, he evaluated emerging technologies such as Web 2.0, secure remote access, ubiquitous network connectivity and on-demand storage. He also developed a Data Center strategy to improve the security and efficiency of the numerous data centers in use by the Department, and a methodology for evaluating and rating the processing centers. Prior to that assignment, he worked for the DOT’s National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration where he developed the IT strategic plan and modernization blueprint. Mr. Germek has also served as Chief Operating Officer for GuideComm, a systems integrations company in the telecommunications industry, as Vice President of Business Development for Fidelity Investments, as Chief Financial Officer for Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems, as Controller for AT&T's Advanced Mobile Phone Service and as a Consultant for Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Mr. Germek holds a Masters Degree in Finance from Case Western Reserve University, a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Art from Cornell University and earned his CPA in Massachusetts.

Maryann Haggerty is SIGTARP's Managing Editor. She is a financial journalist who has spent most of her career with The Washington Post, including nearly a decade as the newspaper's Real Estate Editor. In addition, she was Managing Director for the federal Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which investigated the causes of the 2008 crisis.

Ms. Haggerty earned her Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Deborah A. Mathis, is SIGTARP’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SIGTARP she was at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia as the Financial Effectiveness Officer for the Coordinating Center for Infectious Disease; she served in this position for five years. Ms. Mathis spent twenty years of her career at CDC including serving as the Budget Officer and Associate Director for Management and Operations. In addition, she served on the CDC Federal Credit Union’s Board of Director’s for more than 9 years.

Ms. Mathis has a undergraduate degree in Public Health from James Madison University and a graduate degree from Pepperdine University in Human Resource Management.

Lynn Perkoski is SIGTARP’s Associate Deputy SIG for Special Programs, Operations Division. Lynn brings over 32 years of Federal experience with enterprise-wide knowledge, cross-functional disciplines and collaborative experience in Information Technology, Employee Relations, EEO, Customer Service, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Section 508, policy, and training. Lynn’s previous assignment was at the Department of Transportation (DOT) as a policy advisor and senior technical advisor to the CIO, Deputy CIO, Associate CIOs and senior department officials ensuring regulatory compliance with all applicable statutory and federal requirements. Lynn analyzed IT best practices and trends from the public and private sectors and crafted applicable departmental guidance and process reengineering. Prior to DOT, Lynn rose through the ranks of the US Postal Service applying her knowledge and experience to progress into management, leading many TIGER Teams.

Ms. Perkoski holds a Master degree with high honors conferred by The Johns Hopkins University in Information Sciences; and, a double-major undergraduate degree with high honors from George Washington University in Sociology and Political Science.

Michael J. Rivera is Chief Investigative Counsel in SIGTARP's Investigations Division. Mr. Rivera joined SIGTARP in August 2010 as an Investigative Counsel and was promoted to Chief Investigative Counsel in May 2011. As Chief Investigative Counsel, Mr. Rivera leads a team of highly experienced white collar lawyers engaged in conducting criminal and civil investigations into complex banking, securities, mortgage and other frauds involving the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Mr. Rivera and his team work closely with law enforcement agents from SIGTARP and numerous other federal, state and local agencies to assist prosecutors and regulators in investigating and prosecuting crimes involving TARP. Mr. Rivera came to SIGTARP after practicing with the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP for over 17 years (1993-2010), the last 10 years as an equity partner in the firm. Mr. Rivera was a member of the Securities Enforcement and Regulation practice group at Fried Frank. Mr. Rivera has extensive experience handling regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters for companies and individuals involving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the stock exchanges. His experience also includes conducting internal investigations and advising on trading, compliance, disclosure and enforcement issues. Mr. Rivera has authored numerous articles in a variety of publications, including the National Law Journal, Business Law Today, Investment Lawyer and Insights. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Rivera worked as a staff attorney in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC.

Mr. Rivera received his J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and his B.S. degree (magna cum laude) from St. John's University. He is admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and New York.

Sally Ruble is SIGTARP's Associate Deputy SIG of Human Resources. She comes to SIGTARP from the Department of Transportation where she worked in the Human Resources Office for the Office of the Secretary for 20 years. Prior to Transportation Ms. Ruble worked in Human Resources for the Department of Labor and the Department of Justice for a period of 18 years.

Ms. Ruble holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.