Gretchen Ehle Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia (D.C.), Us

As CRFO I oversee the Atlantic Council's financial strategy, compliance, development operations and fundraising functions.• Leadership & Strategic Oversight: Serve on the Executive Management Team of a $66M nonprofit organization with fiduciary responsibilities.• Public Sector Development: Established and lead a public sector development team, diversifying organizational funding and increasing secured public revenue from 11% to 22% within two years.• Fundraising & Financial Management:o Secured over $1.2M for the NATO Public Forum in collaboration with consortium members.o Obtained initial NICRA with the USG leading to $1.4M+ absorption of overhead annually.• Budget Management: Manage an annual $14M divisional P&L budget, growing it from $3.5M, and oversee a team of 28 full-time employees.• Board Experience: Volunteer on several nonprofit boards of directors, including current service as Treasurer of Atlas Corps.• Global Business Development: Implement business development and financial management activities in over 25 countries worldwide.

Washington, District Of Columbia (D.C.), Us

Bridge the gap across financial operations, development and revenue generations, and programs and centers to ensure timely and accurate reporting on financial health of the organization. Manage revenue generation across all revenue sources, corporate, individual, foundation, and public sector, to ensure seamless interaction and donor stewardship for unrestricted and restricted awards throughout the Council and within all programs and centers.

Washington, District Of Columbia (D.C.), Us

Washington, District Of Columbia (D.C.), Us

Washington, District Of Columbia (D.C.), Us

• Develops and implements strategic cultivation plans for US and non-US government funding leading to 100% growth in USG revenue after one year while diversifying USG revenue sources by over 200%• Establishes internal processes and controls to negotiate and comply with funding requirements• Provides strategic guidance to programs and centers on government funding opportunities and partnerships• Authored policies and procedures (e.g., subrecipient and procurement) to ensure compliance with USG regulations • Leverages Council-wide resources to support donor engagement

Washington, Dc, District Of Columbia, Us

Combatting disinformation can’t be done alone; ultimately it requires a growing movement of individuals taking the lead around the world and in their own communities. It’s these Digital Sherlocks who are at the heart of our movement. 'Launched October 2020, our 360/Digital Sherlocks training program currently involves over 500 participants from 82 countries in an online initiative designed to foster the capacity of independent media and civil society to protect the information ecosystem and combat disinformation.The Spring 2021 cohort will include trainings on social media analysis, advanced OSINT techniques, deepfakes detection, data visualization, and open source tools, and facilitated discussions on topics such as online extremism, digital regulation, State-sponsored information operations, and more.

Washington, Dc, Us

Works with US and foreign public and private entities to achieve public diplomacy, training, and leadership development goals. She is responsible for program and operations management of a division with revenue of $13M+ and supervisory responsibility for 25 full-time employees. Ms. Ehle is responsible for representing Meridian within USG agencies, corporate audiences, academic environments and non-profit organizations to ensure sustainable engagements and partnerships across sectors. Selected Accomplishments:• Diversified divisional revenue including increasing corporate client share from 8% - 25%• Raised $500,000+ in corporate cash and in-kind donations to support division programs• Implemented procurement strategy and issued RFPs for vendors, partners and organizational support• Directed organizational technology audit to ensure successful integration of data

Washington, Dc, Us

Responsible for managing day-to-day operations, support, and guidance to SVP and project staff ensuring the operational well-being of the GC projects by allocating staff to projects, developing proposal budgets, creating systems for approaching new business development, and overseeing department proposal development activities.

Manage Bureau for Global Health Support Services Contract at USAID. Provide daily supervision and coordination of all contract staff, ensuring that roles and responsibilities are clearly defined, performed in a timely fashion, and meet established quality and performance standards.

Fairfax, Virginia , Us

Assisted in drafting federal and private grant proposals Assisted director in administrative activities related to the management of the CenterOrganized bi-annual graduate student colloquiums in Science and Technology

Fairfax, Virginia , Us

Assisted in the creation of a new course in the M.P.P. program, Culture, Organization and Technology

Served as visiting faculty and performed dissertation research at USTC within the MBA department.

New York, Ny, Us

Phd (All But Dissertation), Public Policy

M.A., International Commerce And Policy

B.A., International Affairs, Latin American And African Studies

African Studies