Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) chairman and CEO Jody Gerson has been named to Gap Inc.’s board of directors, Gap announced Monday (Sept. 15).

Gerson, who joined UMPG in 2015, is notable as the first female CEO of a major music publisher and the first woman to chair a global music company. She has signed artists including Adele, Harry Styles, Kendrick Lamar, SZA and Coldplay and led the acquisition of catalogs from music legends like Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond and Sting. She also serves on the boards of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Ancestry.com, Project Healthy Minds and the National Music Publishers Association. She’s a co-founder of the nonprofit She Is the Music.

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