Kathy Gersh 94MBA
President, Kotter International
Kathy is the President of Kotter - a professional services firm driving large scale transformation and change capability. Kathy brings over 25 years of executive level experience to Kotter. She has led teams in strategic planning, change leadership, business development, marketing, branding, merchandising, website development, product management, business analytics, finance, operations and administration. As one of the Founding Members of Kotter, Kathy has worked across multiple industries while at Kotter to help lead their transformation efforts. She has worked in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia in sectors including Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Retail, Energy, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Aerospace, and Financial Services.
Prior to joining Kotter, Kathy was a Vice-President at Nordstrom, Chief Marketing Officer and Retail GM at Drugstore.com and Beauty.com, and an Executive Vice-President leading Marketing and Merchandising at GiftCertificates.com. In addition, Kathy led a consulting firm that focused on senior executive consulting in strategic online and offline marketing, web strategy and re-design, channel strategy, business planning, capital sourcing, new venture development, market entry strategy, mergers and acquisitions, turnaround, and general business challenges. Ms. Gersch has served on the boards of directors of multiple organizations including family-owned, privately-held, and not-for-profit boards. Kathy has been published/featured in Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Reuters, MarketWatch, USA Today, Business Insider and numerous other business publications.
Kathy holds. BA from the University of Virginia, an MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University and a Masters of International Business from Nijenrode University in The Netherlands.
Prior to joining Kotter, Kathy was a Vice-President at Nordstrom, Chief Marketing Officer and Retail GM at Drugstore.com and Beauty.com, and an Executive Vice-President leading Marketing and Merchandising at GiftCertificates.com. In addition, Kathy led a consulting firm that focused on senior executive consulting in strategic online and offline marketing, web strategy and re-design, channel strategy, business planning, capital sourcing, new venture development, market entry strategy, mergers and acquisitions, turnaround, and general business challenges. Ms. Gersch has served on the boards of directors of multiple organizations including family-owned, privately-held, and not-for-profit boards. Kathy has been published/featured in Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Reuters, MarketWatch, USA Today, Business Insider and numerous other business publications.
Kathy holds. BA from the University of Virginia, an MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University and a Masters of International Business from Nijenrode University in The Netherlands.