John E Kramer

Mr. Kramer is currently serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and Finance in the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Transportation. He has been at the Department of Transportation since December 2017. After graduating from Colgate University, cum laude, Mr. Kramer started his career with the former Peat, Marwick & Mitchell (now KPMG) accounting firm in New York. While in New York, he received an M.S. in accounting from New York University Stern School of Business and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant. Later, after earning his M.B.A. at Harvard Business School, Mr. Kramer was recruited to Philip Morris International where he remained for two decades, rising to the rank of Vice President. He and his wife, Laurie, have two daughters, Katherine and Kelly.