Overview
is the recently retired director of special projects and Detroit Homecoming at , a family-owned B2B media company. She held a number of roles at Crain, including vice president and group publisher for Crain鈥檚 city business publications in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and New York. Before joining鈥疌rain鈥檚 Detroit Business鈥痠n 1989, Kramer had 16 years of reporting and management experience at daily newspapers.
, which Kramer co-founded in 2014, is an initiative to bring successful Detroit-area 鈥渆xpats鈥� back to their hometown to reengage with its revitalization.鈥疘t has produced more than $600 million in pending and closed investments.
She is chair of the , a $500 million endowment focused on improving the lives of Detroit children.鈥疭he ended an eight-year term on the board of Michigan鈥檚 fourth largest university, Grand Valley State University, in 2020, serving the the last two years as chair. In addition to Grand Valley, she has served on the Board of Visitors for the Wayne State University School of Business and School of Medicine.
Kramer was the first woman to be elected president of the historic Detroit Athletic Club, and in 2017 was named to the .鈥疭he is a member of the board of directors for鈥疢iBank鈥疌orp. in suburban Detroit.鈥�
Kramer serves on the advisory board for the Widener Global Leaders Program at 黑洞社区鈥檚 W. Frank Barton School of Business, a unique program to develop selected women scholars as tomorrow鈥檚 global leaders.
She holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree from Grand Valley State University and a master鈥檚 in integrated marketing communications from Eastern Michigan University. She has honorary doctorates from Grand Valley, Walsh College, Alma College, Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University.