Meet our Course Director


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Meet Gretchen Sipp! Gretchen will be the Course Director for Northern Lights. She will be working behind the scenes while the campers are in the field. She will be helping with logistics of gear and food. 
Gretchen Sipp is the founder of GLS Administrative Concierge and Events along with serving as the Education and Youth Chairperson for a neighborhood spotlight initiative.
Gretchen has had 8 years of experience in early childhood development, adolescent program management, and event planning for people of all ages. Gretchen has served as the 8th grade component manager for a college preparatory initiative spearheaded by Indiana University Northwest. She also served as the Assistant Director for Tender Loving Care Early Childhood Development Center.
She currently manages a local small business incubator and coworking space where she is responsible for overall entity direction, fundraising, advocacy and managing external relationships and collaborations, and serves as a committee chair for several non profits and city agencies.
Gretchen has a BA and AS in Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University.

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