Gretchen Groebel

Gretchen recently served as Radnor Conservancy’s Executive Director for the last nine years, where she established strong community relationships through educational programming, volunteer opportunities, fostered a beloved native tree giveaway program and helped grow fundraising efforts to support mission driven initiatives.

She holds an MA in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University and an MFA in Book Arts/ Printmaking from The University of the Arts. Her early career was in fine art printing and publishing. Gretchen lives in Wayne with her family and enjoys travel, hiking, photography, her husband’s cooking and also loves sharing the benefits of native plantings and meadows! She also enjoys being a Tree Tender and spending time increasing local tree canopy with native trees and acting as a resource for Shade Tree Commissions and Environmental Advisory Councils’ interested in starting Tree Giveaway Programs.