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Gretchen Bayless Anderson
7139 Nolensville Road
Nolensville, Tennessee United States

Phone: (615) 513-8917
Email: Gretchen.Bayless.Anderson@gmail.com
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Journalist


Resumes ID: 1186
Resumes Views: 22
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Posted: 11.14.2023
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Job Type: full time, part time, freelance, intern,
Job Category: Newspapers, Wire Services, Online | New Media, Magazines, Public Relations | Marketing,
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Education:

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Middle TN State University
Business Administration Business Management / Public Relations
Bachelor’s Degree

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Air War College
Distance Learning Program/ Master's Degree Equivalent

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Certified Ethical Leader: Strategic Leadership Master’s Program, Middle TN State University


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US Air Force Targeting Intelligence Formal Training Unit


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US Air Force Advanced Analysis Course


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Air Command and Staff College, Distance Learning Program


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Defense Information School for Public Affairs


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Regional Orientation Courses: South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia



Work Experience:

02.01.2019 - 07.01.2020
Lead Recruiting Assistant
U.S. Census Bureau, Regional Census Center |
Lead Recruiting and Partnership Assistant for 4 counties, top 3 recruiting goal percentages in the region.
• Attained highest recruiting numbers in the State, vital for 10-year Federal Funding for local Communities.
• Consistently moved into leadership / high level responsibility roles.
• Managed and responded to employment inquiries.

12.01.2017 - 09.01.2018
Deputy Chief of Staff
J2 (Lt. Colonel) | HQ TN National Guard |
Held TS SCI HCS/G Security Clearance
National liaison for Tennessee National Guard's Joint Forces Headquarters, serving Army and Air National Guard (ANG)
Intelligence staffs throughout Tennessee. | Led preparation, quality control, and execution of intelligence policy for intelligence oversight, information security, and the state's operational intelligence inspection program. | Developed plans for implementation of
intelligence support to the international state partnership program. Oversaw strategy, planning, development, and communications between Tennessee National Guard intelligence entities; maintained programs and policies through national level inspections and reports regarding National Guard Units. Briefed and prepared written and oral reports for Army and ANG Wing, Brigade, and State

Headquarters Staffs, recommending resources for future capabilities.
• Senior Global Strategy Analyst for ANG Senior Staffs with 75 senior leaders. Briefed monthly situation assessment based on worldwide Army and Air National Guard military operations, deployments, and contingencies.
• Revised policies, adding 14 Air Force and Department of Defense instructional inspection requirements, making command staffs aware of intelligence manning and training deficiencies. Command awareness of resource deficiencies resulted in funding of a permanent security manager position for intelligence staff.
• Built all-new information security program policy and procedures, consistent with new Chief, National Guard Bureau, requirements. Tailored policy to meet local needs. Conducted organization-wide training events.
• Responded to and up-channeled inquiries, concerns, and issues from intelligence units to State Headquarters and National Guard Bureau with consolidated data analysis and recommended program, equipment, and manning solutions.

01.01.2009 - 12.01.2017
Commander / Senior Intelligence Officer
236/237th Squadrons | 118th Wing |
Directed 70-member organization, leading dynamic new geospatial intelligence targeting mission. | Directed activities for 3 Air National Guard groups: Cyber Intelligence, Targeting and Remotely Piloted Aircraft missions. | Oversaw effective missions,
strategies, systems, schedules and policy compliance for US Air Force and Joint Coalition objectives. | Managed budgeting and recommended funding for resources to impact future capabilities. | Submitted justification rationales to support changes to proposed

Air Force Targeting and Air Combat Command program polices. | Authored and executed operational instructions for unprecedented
mission qualification programs.

• 2nd In Charge of 203 – member group: Directed group through weekday operations, key exercises, national, state and wing staff
meetings. Wrote group training and operations guidance initiatives. Led planning conferences for national Intelligence
Surveillance and Reconnaissance initiatives. Led hiring boards, military and civilian performance reviews, and built award
nomination packages.

Senior Intelligence Officer for the Wing: Collaborated with commanders and operators from three intelligence groups to build new, collaborative Senior Intelligence Officer program. Established multiple domain network SharePoint pages to enhance collaboration and facilitate benchmarking between groups. Developed policy, procedures, and operational instructions, entailing extensive policy review considerations for operational guidelines.
• Planned and executed monthly training assemblies for 72-member Air National Guard Squadron, maintaining 95%+ readiness rating, consistently meeting requirements for 48-hour activation capability.
• Executed training day resources. Managed approximately 5,000 training days and $1million per year, resulting in thousands of vital intelligence products delivered to commanders and operational components.
• Managed 26 compliance programs, all rated highest "effective" category, receiving two coins of excellence in first unit Air Combat Command Operational Readiness Inspection.
• Developed and monitored operating instructions, training, certification, and personnel policies. Facilitated inter- and cross-domain collaboration with sister Air Combat Command Targeting Units and the Air Force Targeting Group.
• Coordinated professional development opportunities, including schools, seminars, exercises, and augmentation of active duty and Air National Guard counterparts.
• Represented Air National Guard in development of USAF curriculum for courses in intelligence analysis and critical thinking.
• National leader in program management; led two programs deemed outstanding nationwide; training materials adopted as USAF Standard for Targeting Intelligence.
• Analyzed the effect of high-level policy decisions and recommended changes in functional ownership as necessary; squadrons merited three US Air Force Meritorious Unit Awards; mentored, prepared, and pushed forward package for winner of 2014 United States Air Force Airman of the Year.

11.01.1994 - 01.01.2009
Chief of Intelligence
118th Wing |
Planned, directed and controlled 9-member intelligence functional area / highly active Air National Guard All-Source Intelligence
Team | Provided urgent, critical, complex, and tailored strategic course of action analysis for senior military staffs | Coordinated acquisition and use of intelligence resources, programming, and budgeting | Planned, programmed and budgeted for approximately
$500k per year for military personnel, training and equipment appropriations to maintain consistent readiness for worldwide disaster relief and wartime mobility requirements. | Prepared concise briefings and reports for use in vital conclusions that directly impacted
operations at every organizational level, including monthly briefings for the Tennessee Adjutant General’s staff. | Briefed civilian transient air crews, distinguished visitors, Secret Service, and Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel on threats to aviation.


Occupations:

Multimedia Specialist/Multimedia Digital Journalist, Public Relations Specialist



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