Overview

• The addition brings Gap’s board to 12 directors.
• Gap CEO Richard Dickson highlighted her "fashion‑tainment" expertise as key to engaging younger consumers.
• Gerson leads Universal Music Publishing Group and is reported as the first female CEO of a major music publisher.
• Gap’s recent KATSEYE denim campaign more than doubled streams of Kelis’s “Milkshake,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
• The board move follows quarterly results of $3.7 billion in net sales, 1% growth in comparable sales, and $216 million in net income.