Education
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George Washington University, M.P.A., State and Local Policy Analysis, 1994
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University of Connecticut, B.A., 1990
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As Co-Chair of the firm’s Homeland Security, Defense, and Technology Transfer Practice Group, Norma Krayem provides strategic advice on key issues in a range of areas, including homeland security, transportation, defense, international trade, environmental, and a host of appropriations issues for all aspects of critical infrastructure. She applies her extensive experience with key national issues in the policy-making arena based on 20 years’ working in and with state, local, and federal governments to help clients evaluate strategies to build and maintain a competitive edge. Ms. Krayem was elected to the Partnership in 2007.
During her distinguished career in Washington, Ms. Krayem has held executive-level positions in the U.S. Departments of Transportation, State, and Commerce, as well as in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). She has provided key insight and guidance to major officials at the White House, in Congress, and at state and local levels around the country. Ms. Krayem has worked closely on the passage of key legislation such as TEA-21, SAFETEA-LU, NAFTA, GATT, China MFN, and the creation of new Departments including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), among others. During her tenure at these agencies, she worked on nearly 100 bilateral trade and aviation-related negotiations.
As deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Ms. Krayem provided strategic oversight and served as senior advisor to Secretary Rodney Slater on domestic and international policy, regulatory, legislative, budget, safety, and security covering aviation, maritime, rail, highway, transit, pipeline, and motor carrier issues for a department with a $60 billion budget and 100,000 employees worldwide. She also served as the Chief of Staff and Acting Deputy Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration at DOT. There, she focused on freight railroad safety matters, Amtrak, high speed rail corridors, and maglev issues in addition to broader passenger and rail matters. Ms. Krayem also served as director of special projects for the Denver Summit of the Eight, U.S. Department of State, serving as the lead for the Summit to all embassy staff for the G8 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Russia.
At the U.S. Department of Commerce, both within the Office of the Secretary and the International Trade Administration, Ms. Krayem held various senior positions. During that time, she focused her efforts on counseling state and local governments, as well as private sector companies, on the keys to exporting, from identifying export finance opportunities and understanding export controls to helping companies find matchmaking opportunities throughout the globe.
Ms. Krayem has also worked extensively with the DHS since its creation in 2002. She works on a host of security matters, including port, cargo, and supply chain security; international aviation issues; emergency communications and interoperability needs; emergency preparedness and response capabilities; border security; CFIUS; avian flu and pandemic preparedness; as well as U.S.-VISIT and other biometric-related programs. She has helped private sector clients successfully identify funding opportunities within DHS, created public-private partnerships with the various DHS agencies, and assisted in negotiations with the procurement officers within the Department. Ms. Krayem has helped public sector entities identify and apply for applicable grant programs within the Department. In all of these efforts, she works on a daily basis with officials in the Office of the Secretary and key officials in the Policy Office, the Transportation Security Administration, the Customs and Border Protection Agency, FEMA, the Fire Administration, and the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), among others. She also works closely with the White House Homeland Security Counsel on policy and regulatory issues affecting the DHS.
Ms. Krayem works on a daily basis with a variety of Executive Branch agencies in addition to DHS, including the U.S. Departments of Transportation, State, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, and others. She also works extensively with key committees on the Hill including Appropriations, Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, Commerce, Ways and Means, International Affairs, Banking, and Foreign Relations. She continues to help both public and private sector clients successfully ensure that legislation is inclusive of them in various ways from ensuring eligibility requirements to providing agencies with guidance on policy and regulatory procedures.
Professional Affiliations:
- American Bar Association – Section on Air and Space Law; and Section on Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law
- American Association of Public Administrators
- American Society for Public Administration
- International Who’s Who of Professionals
- Women in Government Relations
- WTS International Advisory Board
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