Robert Crear

Brigadier General (Retired) Robert Crear joined Rye’s management team in 2008 at Free Flow Power. He is the former Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District, Southwest Division, Mississippi Valley Division and President of the Mississippi River Commission, a Presidential appointment. He led the Corp’s infrastructure recovery and restoration efforts after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and he was the commander of the task force to restore Iraq’s oil infrastructure in 2003. General Crear also served as Chief of Staff of the Corp’s headquarters in Washington, DC. He has a BS from Jackson State University and an MS from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.