• Gretchen GlickNeighbor

  • Beverly Hills, CA

Gretchen Glick has been a longtime Brentwood resident for 39 years. She attended Westlake School for Girls, and began working in Fashion Design for Robinsons Beverly Hill, Saks 5th Avenue and Bullock’s Westwood when she was 16. One of her favorite places is still the Brentwood Country Mart.

She attended California Lutheran University, receiving a B.A. double major in art and art history before pursuing graduate school with an M.A.in Pre-Columbian Art. Taking her academic expertise and natural gifts of public relations and fundraising, she entered the museum and art business world. She has become a much sought after Development Director for numerous museums, non-profit arts, education, health organizations and private trusts.

In 1999, she founded The CMTUS Trust which hosts the popular global CMTUS discussion network with a database now exceeding 10,000 people. Gretchen is friendly, outgoing and generous to all who meet her. She has studied CMT in depth for 14 years, authored one book and numerous research articles for her peers. She is always the happy voice on the phone answering a question, making suggestions, or simply ‘listening’ to a person in need. Her patience and kindness to all in the CMT community is stellar. And if she doesn’t know an answer, she will find one!

She has won numerous awards along the way, including Outstanding Achievement from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, an Alumni Career Achievement Award from CLU and several nominations for L’Oreal’s Woman of Worth and CNN Heroes. She is published in several of the Who’s Who directories and is a much sought after Life Coach those living with chronic illness, in addition to accepting speaker requests on “Motivated to Win”.

Gretchen is an avid gardener, having learned much from her father, John “the butterfly man”. Gretchen pursues an all encompassing spiritual growth program to keep her emotionally fit and stress free, with the ability to help anyone in need.

Although Gretchen does not have children she’s a volunteer at a Fijian Orphanage and School, raising funds for simple needs: school uniforms, books, computer equipment. She travels to Fiji several times a year to see her ‘kids’ and meet with staff to ascertain special projects.  She’s a born leader and much admired wherever she goes.

Gretchen is also active as a public servant, serving as a Commissioner with the Parks and Rec. In addition to arts and culture, her interests are travel, collecting antiques, biking and horses.

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