Kathryn Denise Rucker KreppOfficial Congressional Directory (2011) - page 1181 is an American lawyer, who formerly served as the Chief Counsel for U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) which operated under the United States Department of Transportation.

Before her political appointment by President Obama, Krepp served in the United States Coast Guard for two years and worked as a United States Congressional staffer for seven years. Krepp left government service in February 2012.

Krepp was a critic of Obama administration maritime and USAID policies after leaving government service.

Education Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs of The George Washington University, 1995

Juris Doctor, University of Miami School of Law, 1998

Biography Krepp is a lawyer specialized in a homeland security, transportation and energy. She is a former Chief Council for U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) which operated under the Department of Transportation, who has also served as a senior counsel to the House of Representatives' Committee on Homeland Security.Homeland Security senior counsel leaves for Maritime Administration, The Hill, September 29, 2009 Ms. Krepp began her career as an active duty U.S. Coast Guard officer in 1998.

In 2001, Krepp was a member of the team that created the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration.

In 2005, Krepp joined the House of Representatives' Committee on Homeland Security as senior counsel under the chairmanship of Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi. There, she drafted the maritime and surface transportation sections of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, part of which involved the enshrinement into legislation the Container Security Initiative, Global Trade Exchange ports data gathering initiatives.

In 2009, Krepp was appointed by the President to serve as chief counsel at the U.S. Maritime Administration and special counsel to the general counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

In February 2012, Krepp abruptly left her role as chief counsel.Marad Chief Counsel Departing?, 8 February 2012, Maritime Reporter and Marine News Magazines Online

Post-2012, Krepp works as a private consultant. She was a professor at the George Washington University and Pennsylvania State University.

In 2015, in an editorial in a local D.C. blog, Krepp claimed her "great-great-great father" was Howell Cobb, President of the Provisional Confederate Congress.Op-Ed: Abolishing My Grandfather’s Confederate Flag, The Hill is Home, June 23, 2015

Criticism of Obama administration

Since her departure from government service, Krepp has increasingly criticized the Obama administration's management of the maritime sector, making negative remarks about USAID's transition to international direct food aid from distribution of through the merchant marine.The Merchant Marine and Food Policy, Maritime Executive, Sept 27, 2013U.S. jobs, defense versus world's hungry?, Delta Farm Press, Nov 15, 2013 Krepp has also been critical of USAID management.USAID - Waste and Mismanagement Exposed, Maritime Executive, July 8, 2013Denise Krepp Discusses Recent Editorial on USAID's Waste and Mismanagement, Maritime Executive, June 12, 2013The End of the U.S. Merchant Marine? , 12 March 2013, The Maritime Executive

In a series of 2013 op-eds, Krepp has claimed Obama administration policies decrease U.S. jobs by debilitating the U.S. merchant marine.U.S. jobs, defense versus world's hungry?, Delta Farm Press, Nov 15, 2013

Krepp also criticized her former boss, MARAD administrator David Matsuda, as unqualified to have managed the U.S. Maritime Administration, calling him an "inexperienced outsider" and "a former Senate staffer who did not have a maritime background".Who Will Lead U.S. Maritime?, Maritime Executive, May 30, 2013

Krepp also attacked 2013 Congressional agriculture-related legislation (i.e. the "Farm Bill"),U.S. jobs, defense versus world's hungry?, Delta Farm Press, Nov 15, 2013

In 2014 Krepp was critical of the handling of sexual assaults by both the military as well as at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. She also served as a member of Response Systems to Adult Sexual Assault Crimes Panel, calling the lack of Open hearings the panels recommendations and testimony a "whitewash".

See also Supply Chain Security U.S. Coast Guard Container Security Initiative Global Trade Exchange The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS Convention) Transportation Security Administration U.S. Coast Guard Judge Advocate General United States House Committee on Homeland Security

References

External links BOOK: Global Supply Chain Security, James Giermanski, Scarecrow Press, 2012 - 218 Pages C-SPAN: Homeland Security Law Institute, American Bar Association , 18 January 2008. C-SPAN: Military Sexual Assault Crimes Response, 5 May 2014. July 12th, 2013 Denise discusses her criticisms of USAID Prior biography at the Maritime administration Linked-in Account of Ms. Krepp Legistorm data on Congressional service of Ms. Krepp