Our Leadership

Chioma Chukwu serves as Executive Director of American Oversight, where she sets the organization’s vision and strategic direction, leading efforts to expose corruption, enforce transparency, and hold government actors accountable. She previously served as Deputy Executive Director starting in July 2023. Before joining American Oversight, Chukwu was General Counsel for the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and an advisor to the late Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, advancing the committee’s oversight and investigative strategy.

Chukwu brings extensive experience in civil rights enforcement and government accountability. She served as a senior trial attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where she litigated individual and systemic employment discrimination cases. Earlier, at the California Civil Rights Department, she handled employment, housing, and public accommodation discrimination matters, as well as hate-violence cases, in both state and federal courts. She also litigated complex employment matters at Sanford Heisler LLP, a national public interest law firm, and represented whistleblowers at the National Whistleblower Center.

Chukwu holds a B.A. from the University of California, Riverside; a master’s degree in public administration from George Mason University; and a J.D. from the University of Virginia.