These roles included being vice president at Bernstein Investment Research and Management, special assistant to Mayor Richard M. Daley for technology and economic development, director of information technology services at Chicago Public Schools, and organization development manager at Oracle Corporation.

[7] Gehl oversaw the company's acquisition by Wind Point Partners in 2015, and still serves on the board of directors.

[9] In 2010, Gehl was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and was confirmed by the United States Senate in October 2011.

Gehl is a board member of the Marcus Corporation, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, Gehl Foods LLC, The History Makers, University of Wisconsin's Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, The Water Council, and The Milwaukee Repertory Theater.

[15] Before her departure from Gehl Foods in 2015, Gehl began supporting No Labels, a national organization working to break the political gridlock in Washington, D.C.[16] She also serves on the CEO Fiscal Leadership Council of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, and is a board member of Unite America (formerly The Centrist Project).

[18] In 2017, Gehl and Michael E. Porter from Harvard Business School published an article in Fortune entitled "Why Politics is Failing America.

[citation needed] On November 3, 2020, a Final-Four Voting structure was adopted by the state of Alaska via a public referendum.