Whistleblowers in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) play a crucial role in the fight to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in federal health care and social services programs. By informing HHS personnel, contractors, and grantees of their rights when reporting wrongdoing, HHS can maintain the integrity of its programs and save lives.
Eyana J. Esters, the HHS Whistleblower Protection Coordinator, is dedicated to this cause. Eyana joined HHS-OIG in 2015 as a Senior Counsel in the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General (OCIG). She created the HHS Whistleblower Protection Program soon after becoming the Deputy Branch Chief of Operations in 2018.
Eyana started her federal career in 2008 after working for several private law firms. She grew motivated to work in public service during the Obama administration and took her first federal job with the Federal Election Commission as a labor and employment lawyer. A few years later, she was promoted to Assistant General Counsel for Administrative Law, which sparked her enthusiasm for leadership in public service. She then went to work for the United States Air Force as a labor attorney, before coming to HHS-OIG.
Eyana's interest in serving others came from being surrounded by a long line of female health care workers. She grew up in Westchester, New York--right outside of the Bronx--in a multigenerational household. Her parents, three siblings, grandmother, aunt, uncle, and a host of younger cousins and foster...
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