Gretchen Ehle is the Chief Financial Officer at the Atlantic Council responsible for the Council’s financial operations, compliance, and strategic business development growth. Gretchen is a non-profit executive with over 20 years of experience in foreign policy, international diplomacy, and global entrepreneurship. She brings a wealth of experience in academia, federal government program management, operations, compliance, and business development.
Prior to joining the Council, Gretchen was the vice president for Global Programs at the Meridian International Center, quadrupling division revenue and tripling the staff during her tenure. Prior to that Gretchen worked with USAID’s Bureau for Global Health, as associate director for the Center of Science and Technology Policy at George Mason University, where she supported the launch of an academic journal entitled INNOVATIONS: Technology | Governance | Globalization published by MIT Press. Gretchen is ABD in Public Policy and received an MA in International Commerce and Policy from the Schar School of Public Policy and Government at George Mason University and holds a BA degree from The George Washington University in International Affairs. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Atlas Corps and has previously served on the boards of the Junior Leagues of Washington and Northern Virginia, the Rotary Club of Dupont Circle and the Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation. She lives in Bloomingdale with her husband Quinn and dogs Dingus and Mila.