Liz Hempowicz

Liz Hempowicz is a passionate advocate for truth, government accountability, and access to information. She currently serves as the Deputy Executive Director at American Oversight, a nonprofit, nonpartisan watchdog that uses public records to expose corruption, enforce transparency, and hold government actors accountable. A nationally recognized leader in government transparency and accountability, Hempowicz has testified to Congress on issues of government transparency and accountability over ten times, and she currently serves as a member of the federal FOIA Advisory Committee.

Before joining American Oversight, she was Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs at the Project On Government Oversight, where she successfully advanced anti-corruption reforms for a decade. Hempowicz secured improvements to the Freedom of Information Act, expanded access to information for inspectors general, and protected core checks on executive authority. In 2024 and 2025, Washingtonian magazine named her one of the 500 most influential people shaping public policy. 

Hempowicz holds a B.A. from the University of Bridgeport and a J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law.