Biography

Gersh is an experienced operating executive and public company board member, having been the CEO of multiple companies and currently serving on two public company boards. Most recently, Gersh was the CEO of the fashion brand, Alexander Wang. Prior to that, Gersh was the CEO of Goop, Inc. (a lifestyle brand founded by Gwyneth Paltrow), serving in that role from 2014 until 2016. Prior to Goop, Gersh served as President and CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. until 2013.

In 2000, Gersh co-founded Oxygen Media with Geraldine Laybourne and served as its President and COO. In 2007, Oxygen was acquired by NBC Universal and Gersh was made the President of Strategic Initiatives at NBC. While she was at NBC, Gersh played an instrumental role in NBC Universal’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of The Weather Channel Companies and served as interim CEO in 2009. In addition, she pioneered the creation of Education Nation, a multi-media platform focused on engaging the public in a conversation about improving education in the U.S.

Previously, Gersh had 13 years of experience creating strong corporate partnerships and other strategic relationships at the New York law firm, Friedman Kaplan & Seiler LLP, which she co-founded and where she served as partner from 1986 to 1998. Gersh began her career as an attorney with Debevoise & Plimpton.

Gersh has served on the Board of Directors of Hasbro, Inc. since July 2010 where she is the Chair of the Compensation Committee and serves on the Nominating, Governance and Social Responsibility Committee. Gersh serves on one private company Board, Jones Road, a cosmetics company founded by Bobbi Brown and is on the Board of The Bail Project, a national nonprofit organization that pays bail for people in need, reuniting families and restoring the presumption of innocence. Additionally, Gersh served on the Board of Directors of MoneyLion from 2021 to 2025 and was the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Gersh is the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and serves on the Compensation Committee.