Robin Kramer is managing director of The Smidt Foundation, whose flagship program, Harbor Freight Tools for Schools, she led and help grow over the last several years. Harbor Freight Tools for Schools was launched out of the animating belief that access to excellent education in the skilled trades gives high school students pathways to graduation, opportunity, good jobs and meaningful careers, and a workforce our country needs. A volunteer for many community-serving nonprofits over the years, she completed two terms as chair of the Pitzer College board of trustees, and she is currently a member of the board of the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and the Partnership for LA Schools. Robin holds an MA in urban studies from Occidental College and a BA in political studies and journalism from Pitzer College.
