Gretchen Wollert McLennon joined the Hyde Family Foundations as a Program Officer in 2007. Currently, as Program Director for Authentic Assets, her work focuses on managing the arts & culture and innovation portfolios, as well as the leadership programming of the Foundations. Hyde Family Foundations’ senior staff works closely with grantees to provide ongoing guidance around such areas as: strategic and long-range planning, organizational capacity building, project management, and development and fundraising activities. Prior to her work with the Hyde family, Gretchen was a Major Gifts Officer for Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) and a Donor Relations Officer for the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.
Gretchen is a trustee of her alma mater, St. Mary’s Episcopal School, and is a member of Tennessee Arts Commission’s community arts and creative placemaking grant review committees. Additionally, Gretchen sits on the boards of several local non-profit organizations, including: ArtsMemphis, Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis, and she is President of the Ballet Memphis Board of Directors.
With over a decade of experience in the non-profit sector, Gretchen regularly presents on panels and at conferences on issues related to city-building, contemporary trends in grantmaking, and equity in the arts. A native Memphian, Gretchen is a graduate of Northwestern (BA) and Wake Forest (MBA) universities.