Pacific Education Institute
Gail Kramer currently serves as the Finance & HR Director at Pacific Education Institute since January 2016. Prior to this role, Kramer was the Director of Administration & Finance at Freedom Foundation from August 2004 to August 2015. In this position, Kramer guided and managed overall provision of Administration, Finance, Facilities Management, and Equipment Management. Kramer also conducted periodic analysis of operations performance and assisted with human resources issues.
Pacific Education Institute
The Pacific Education Institute (PEI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Olympia, WA, and working statewide to deliver high-quality professional development and consultation for educators. PEI’s mission is to advance science literacy and deepen student engagement by empowering educators to teach real-world science outdoors. To accomplish this, PEI provides equitable, professional learning opportunities to K-16 formal and nonformal educators. We work to empower educators to offer inclusive, integrated, career connected, locally and culturally relevant, field-based learning opportunities for all students. PEI collaborates with education leaders to build systemic and sustainable programs using our award-winning FieldSTEM® Model. PEI also actively engages within the educational pathways work to ensure that our FieldSTEM Model aligns with career connected learning and workforce development efforts in the state and that employers in the natural resource and environmental sectors of our state have employees to ensure their success into the future.