Gretchen arrives at the USGLC with outreach experience gained from the National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM) in Columbus, Ohio and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Ohio Charities. While serving as the Veteran Outreach Coordinator at the NVMM, Gretchen worked to build and engage the museum’s veteran network, partnering with community, veteran service organization, and business leaders to create successful programming locally, across the state of Ohio, and nationwide. At VFW Ohio Charities, she supported veteran service and fraternal organizations in meeting their charitable giving and legislative goals. Gretchen is an Air Force veteran, an Ohio State Buckeye alumna, a 2017 Pat Tillman Foundation Military Scholar, and previously a member of the USGLC’s Veterans for Smart Power network.
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