Gretchen Shoot

Administrative Assistant, R&D Partnerships

Gretchen Shoot is the Administrative Assistant for the R&D Partnerships team at UK Innovate. With more than 20 years of experience in administrative roles, she has supported faculty, staff, executives and directors at Transylvania University, Alltech and The Lexington Theatre Company.

Gretchen has a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from the University of Kentucky and has stage managed over 50 theatrical productions, including the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

Gretchen is also the creator and author of Yuzuru Hanyu is My Emergency Contact, a blog and podcast with a following in 6 continents, 121 countries and over 2100 cities worldwide.