Faculty & Staff Profiles

Gretchen Mueller Burke '83, '79 LS

Gretchen Mueller Burke '83, '79 LS

Titles: Director of Development
Degree(s): B.A., Trinity College
M.A., Art Conservation and Art Criticism, Universita Internazionale Dell'Arte

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
- Mark Twain

Mrs. Burke returned to Catalina in 2011 as an engaged alumna, having served in many volunteer positions since her graduation from both the Lower and Middle and Upper Schools, where she was both a day and boarding student. Before returning to Catalina to work in alumnae relations and development, Mrs. Burke spent 25 years working in the art world. Following graduate school in Italy, she worked for her university restoring a frescoed room from Pompeii. She also worked for Christie’s Old Master Painting Department in New York City and the National Trust for Historic Preservation at the Philip Johnson Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. She has a long history of advocating for children with disabilities, especially intellectual disabilities, so that they are fully included and appropriately supported in their local communities and neighborhood schools. Her sons are graduates of the Lower and Middle School.