Gretchen Williams

Gretchen Williams joined IFG in 2018 as Managing Director, responsible for business development within California State and local government. In her role as Director of Business Development, she partners with executives, managers, and project teams to advance initiatives and achieve programmatic goals. Investing in organizations, and their people, is a passion for Gretchen. The leadership, communication, and collaboration skills she brings to each partnership opportunity and client engagement supports an increase in their organizational success. Gretchen invests both internal and external to IFG through facilitation of a variety of Innovation initiatives and leadership development practices.

Gretchen has a wealth of experience in State and Local Government. Most of her state carrier was spent within the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) as the CHHSA Deputy Agency Information Officer. Her leadership fostered the collaborative development of the first Agency-level Strategic Plan, which casted a common vision for CHHS. Her development and implementation of agencywide enterprise governance, project portfolio management, enterprise architecture, and security practices supported multiple departments in achieving their defined strategic, programmatic, and technology modernization goals. Gretchen’s extensive experience and understanding of government programs and organizational needs are furthering IFG’s commitment to help make government services more efficient for departments and more effective for citizens.

Just before joining IFG, Gretchen served as Deputy Director of the CA Department of Technology’s Office of Professional Development where she created and led multiple leadership academies, mentorship programs, and training services for state and local government. Her background also includes Chief Information Officer and Strategic Planning Manager at the Office of Systems Integration and Customer Engagement Manager at the Health and Welfare Data Center – All positions in which her strong collaboration and communication skills were key to her success. Gretchen is Certified in Dare to Lead, a Lean Six Sigma White Belt, and a Certified Prosci Change Management Practitioner. In her free time, she loves to work in the shop with her husband rehabbing vintage furniture, raising chickens, and riding around her property on the tractor with her grandchildren.