Mary Alderete Bridging the Gap and Creating Conditions for Breakthrough Work

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Mary Alderete is a boomerang” having first worked at Gap on the Banana Republic brand in 2001 and came back after working with other major retail brands like Levi’s, TrueReligion, and ModCloth a few years ago. Earlier this year, she transitioned from Banana Republic to Gap with trusted, creative partner-in-crime, Len Peltierwho she first worked with at Levi’s about a decade ago. 

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Together, along with Mark Breitbard, President and CEO of Gap, they revisited the brand’s roots founded on the principles of togetherness and equality set forth in 1969 by Donald and Doris Fisher during another time of great social unrest.

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