gretchen productions

Gretchen Burns Bergman is: Owner/Director of Gretchen Productions, a Fashion Show Production Company specializing in large theatrical presentations which include professional models, lighting, sound, commentary, special effects and entertainment. It is an exciting union of dance, theatre and apparel. Clients include malls, corporations and national charities. Gretchen Productions has staged shows throughout the Southwest since 1979. She was also a Fashion Editor of San Diego Decor & Style Magazine.

Gretchen’s extensive training in dance and theatre led to a professional career as a dancer/choreographer, as well as a model and fashion coordinator. She was a dance major and drama minor at Cal Western University and San Diego State University. In 1979 she was Artistic Director of S.D. Dance Theatre and from 1980- 1985 she was director of Dancemania, a performing jazz dance company. She was a professional model for 15 years in Southern California. 

She has taught Jazz Dance in Community Colleges, as well as her own studio, in conjunction with runway modeling classes. She also taught Fashion Promotion at San Diego Mesa College. Gretchen is a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, who for 20 years specialized in teaching infants to swim. 

Affiliations: Director + Co-Founder of A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment + Healing), Fashion Group International of San Diego member and past Director, Soroptimist International of San Diego member, East County Visitors Bureau member, Board of Mental Health Association, S.D. Mesa College Fashion Department Advisory Board, Friends of San Diego Psychiatric Society, San Diego Dance Alliance, and Women’s Council Vista Hill Foundation. 

Honors: Women Together honored Gretchen for her contributions to the arts in 1998. In 1999 she received a “Style Award” from Fashion Group International. In 1999 she received a “Women Who Mean Business Award” from the S.D. Business Journal. In 2000 Mental Health Assoc honored her. In 2001 she received a “Health Hero” award from Combined Health Agencies and she was honored at the Mental Health Recognition Awards. In 2001 the S.D Psychiatric Association honored her. In 2002 she received a "Woman of Accomplishment" Award from Soroptimist International.  She also received 10 Leadership Award from ABC Channel 10 in 2003.  Other awards are "Advocacy Award" from the San Diego Psychiatric Society, "A Decade of Style" award from FGI, "National George Washington Medal of Honor" from Freedom Foundation Valley Forge, and finally she received a Leadership Award by the Proposition 36 Alumni.