Michelle Gass

Michelle Gass

Board Member at PepsiCo
Company Tenure: 4 years
Education:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (B.S.)
Biography:

Michelle Gass has served on the Board of Directors at PepsiCo since 2019 and has served as the President of Levi Strauss & Co. Since January 2023. Ms. Gass served on the Board of Directors at Cigna from 2014 to 2017. Ms. Gass served as the Chief Executive Officer of Kohl’s from 2018 to 2022 and Chief Merchandising and Customer Officer from 2013 to 2018 and on the Board of Directors at Ann Inc. from 2008 to 2013. Ms. Gass served as the President of Starbucks EMEA from 2011 to 2013 and President of Seattle’s Best Coffee from 2009 to 2011 and Executive Vice President of Marketing and Category at Starbucks from 2008 to 2009 and Senior Vice President of the Office of the CEO and Global Strategy in 2008 and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Category from 2003 to 2007 and in various other leadership positions in marketing from 1996 to 2003. Prior to his time at Starbucks, Ms. Gass served in various brand management and product development roles at Proctor & Gamble from 1990 to 1996. Ms. Gass currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the National Retail Federation.

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Affiliated Companies

PepsiCo

PepsiCo

Key Statements

“We are deeply committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for our associates and customers, and we recently established a diversity and inclusion framework to accelerate our progress. This effort is being driven by a diversity task force with leaders from across the company, and we are focused on a number of key initiatives across the three pillars of our D&I framework: our people, our customers, and our communities.”

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“With that lens, we are motivated to take actions to advance racial equity. Kohl’s is committed to making progress and fostering greater diversity and inclusivity for our associates, customers and communities we serve. Some recent actions to deliver on that commitment include providing unconscious bias training for all associates by the end of the year, focusing on increasing and developing our diverse talent enhancing our marketing efforts with a cross-cultural approach, increasing diversity in our supply chain and supporting nonprofit organizations that serve and benefit people of color in our communities.”

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"We are deeply committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for our associates and customers, and we recently established a diversity and inclusion framework to accelerate our progress. This effort is being driven by a diversity task force with leaders from across the company, and we are focused on a number of key initiatives across the three pillars of our DEI framework: our people, our customers, and our communities."

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"We have made great progress in the area of ESG, a journey that began more than a decade ago. We have established 2025 goals related to climate change, waste and recycling, and sustainable sourcing. Our efforts receive frequent recognition, including the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and Barron's most sustainable companies."

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