Gretchen joined the staff of Christ Episcopal Church in 2013 as Director of Communications. However, she has been at the church much longer. She has been a member of the Christ Episcopal Church since childhood and has raised her children there as well.

Until recently, Gretchen has been a professor of humanities at San Antono College where she taught for 22 years.  Before that, she taught elementary school, ran an Intellectual Properties law firm, and was the arts and entertainment reporter for a small newspaper in Canada.

When she is not working Gretchen loves to cook and bake, spend time with family and friends, read, travel, and knit while watching British mysteries.