Our Leadership

Peter Kenny, Vice President of Litigation and Investigations, leads oversight and legal strategies for American Oversight, overseeing a team of litigators and investigators focused on driving impact.

Kenny brings more than a decade of oversight and investigative experience from the Senate, House of Representatives, and Executive Branch. Prior to joining American Oversight, he served as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Oversight at the White House. He also spent more than ten years on Capitol Hill, including as Chief Counsel for the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, where he managed teams of attorneys and investigators across the committee’s broad jurisdiction.

During his tenure on the House Oversight Committee, Kenny helped lead high-profile investigations into government corruption and national security failures during the first Trump administration. He also helped manage the committee’s litigation portfolio, including the landmark Supreme Court separation-of-powers case Trump v. Mazars, and consistently advanced efforts to strengthen government transparency. 

Kenny earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan, a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin, and a M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University.