Gretchen Fox
President
Fox RPM Corp.
As President of Fox RPM Corp., the largest full-service real estate
project management company in New England, Gretchen Fox has
directed two decades of expansion and growth. The firm she founded
in her Lexington home in 1988 today employs people trained in space
planning, interior design, facility management, project management,
move coordination and CAD/CAFM. Fox staff are highly proficient in
construction management, facility relocations and restack projects,
furniture management, and outsourced facilities services.
Headquartered in downtown Boston, with offices in Providence, RI;
Buffalo, NY; and Washington, DC; Fox serves dozens of the region's
best-known corporations, such as Sovereign Bank, Fidelity Investments,
Staples and State Street Corporation. In addition to corporate clients,
Fox serves institutional, quasi-public and governmental organizations
such as Harvard University, the International Monetary Fund, World
Bank and General Services Administration. Gretchen attended
Randolph-Macon Woman's College and attained her MBA degree in
1987 from Simmons College Graduate School of Management, where
she was awarded the Trahey Marketing Prize.
In 1999, Gretchen was named “Business Woman of the Year” by the
New England Women Business Owners (NEWBO), having been
selected from among 55 qualified candidates throughout the region. In
2000, her firm was named Mentor of the Year by the Boston Chapter of
International Facilities Management Association, in recognition of their
active internship program. From 2002-2007, Fox Relocation
Management was named one of Massachusetts’ Top 100 Woman-Led
companies by The Commonwealth Institute and Babson College’s
Center for Women’s Leadership.
In 2003, Gretchen was named as a Women’s Business Enterprise
National Council “Business Star” in Washington, D.C. In 2005, she was
named as one of the “NFTE 50” by the National Foundation for
Teaching Entrepreneurship and in 2006, Women's Business named her
one of their top 10 bosses. At the Commonwealth Institute’s 10th
Anniversary Gala in October 2007, Gretchen was honored to receive
the 2007 Silverman Award, presented to an entrepreneur who
demonstrates a commitment to giving back to the community and
mentors other women in business. In 2008 Gretchen celebrated Fox
RPM Corp.’s 20th anniversary.
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