Gretchen Smith

Executive and Project Assistant

Gretchen Smith headshot
Gretchen started at Nous as the Canberra Office Coordinator before moving into the role of Executive and Project Assistant.
In addition to being invaluable to the Principals and Directors she works with, she also also enjoys supporting Nous' consultants, corporate staff, and other Executive and Project Assistants.

Influential work

  • Acted as project coordinator on a leadership and development program for a large government department, which involved coordinating workshops for multiple cohorts of participants, individual and group coaching sessions for each participant, and overseeing assessments and debriefs
  • Supported the long-term evaluations of the Victorian HeadtoHelp hubs and the Adult Mental Health Centres (AMHCs) for the Department of Health and Aged Care, which involved multiple rounds of stakeholder consultations
  • Acted as project coordinator for an evaluation of the National Psychosocial Support Programs for the Department of Health and Aged Care
  • Supported a team to undertake organisational performance reviews of the 13 Native Title Representative Bodies-Service Providers across Australia

Outside of Nous

Gretchen holds an Advanced Diploma of Special Event Planning & Wedding Design.

In her spare time...

Gretchen dedicates a lot of time to running and training for races, with a particular passion (or is she a glutton for punishment?) for ultra marathons. She also has two fur children, Meeko and Flit.