Investigations

Mission

The Office of Investigations pursues allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct that could affect Amtrak’s programs, operations, assets, and other resources. Investigative findings are referred to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution or civil litigation, or to Amtrak management for administrative action. The office develops recommendations to reduce Amtrak’s vulnerability to criminal activity.

Investigations is headed by Adrienne R. Rish, Assistant Inspector General, Investigations, with offices in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Ms. Rish brings 30 years of federal experience to her position as Assistant Inspector General, Investigations. Ms. Rish began her tenure at the Amtrak Office of Inspector General (OIG) in April 2010.

Before joining Amtrak OIG, she served as a senior executive for 10 years as the Assistant Inspector General, Investigations, at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). At USAID, she oversaw a global investigative program that involved operations of USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the African Development Foundation, and the Inter-American Foundation.

Prior to her service at USAID, Ms. Rish was a Special Agent and then a Supervisory Special Agent with the Environmental Protection Agency’s OIG. Before that, she was a law enforcement-commissioned park ranger with the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service, where she began her federal career as a trainee.

Ms. Rish is the recipient of numerous performance awards. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from South Carolina State University in Orangeburg. Ms. Rish also completed the Federal Executive Institute’s Leadership for a Democratic Society program.

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