Catherine L. "Cathy" Stepp (née O'Donnell; born August 17, 1963) is an American government administrator and former Republican politician.
[1] After marrying, she joined the homebuilding firm of her husband, known as First Stepp Builders, in Racine, Wisconsin, and became co-owner of the company.
[3] Stepp was only the second Republican to win an election in the Racine County Senate district in the previous 50 years.
[5] In January 2011, Governor Scott Walker appointed Stepp to be his Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
[9] Stepp resigned from the EPA in January 2020, and moved to Missouri, where she worked for a clean water non-profit and an ecological restoration company.