Gretchen's nearly 30 years of experience in the field give her faith in the human spirit and its ability to respond to adversity and conflict with creativity.  Her diverse life experiences lead her to notice how different decision-making processes address social, political, cognitive, and physical boundaries that separate and join us. As a life-long Quaker, she has a special interest in corporate spiritual discernment processes, and how they can appropriately be integrated with, or informed by, scientific discernment processes as well as public processes.  Her current leading is to raise awareness of process tools that can be used to deepen and strengthen climate conversations and collaborative action.  Gretchen is comfortable working with all ages, and brings Spanish language skills to her work.

She holds a MS from George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, a B.A. in Politics from the University of California at Santa Cruz (Honors in the Major), and studied at Drew University's United Nations Semester.