Gretchen Ki Steidle
In 2004, Gretchen established and now leads Global Grassroots. Gretchen is a producer of the three-time Emmy-nominated documentary film, The Devil Came on Horseback, about her brother's tenure as a military observer in Darfur, Sudan, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. That same year, Gretchen was honored by World Business Magazine and Shell as one of the top International 35 Women Under 35. In 2010 she was honored as a CNN Hero in Haiti for her work providing support for survivors of the earthquake, and was also recently nominated for a national CNN Hero Award. In 2011 she was chosen one of seven Remarkable Women of the World by New Hampshire Magazine. Gretchen is a certified practitioner of the alternative healing modality Integrative Breathwork and is trained in Coherent Breathwork, which she utilizes in her work in Haiti, Rwanda, and Uganda to help women and children heal trauma from war, disaster, and sexual violence.
