{"id":43618,"date":"2023-02-16T17:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T22:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=43618"},"modified":"2023-12-01T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T18:39:34","slug":"nc-state-alumna-entrepreneur-styles-execs-pro-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/nc-state-alumna-entrepreneur-styles-execs-pro-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"NC State Alumna, Entrepreneur Styles Execs, Pro Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

By Carole Tanzer Miller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germanee Gerald (B.S. Fashion and Textile Management \u201913) had just reached a new rung on the corporate ladder at Gap Inc. when she marked her 10th anniversary with the apparel company in an unusual way: She quit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had always wanted to sit in the C-suite at Gap corporate\u2009\u2014\u2009that was my plan. That was not God\u2019s plan,\u201d Gerald says. \u201cI was like, \u2018OK, what\u2019s really fueling my passion?\u2019 And it was doing what I was doing from the hours of 5 to 9 versus my 9 to 5.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her off hours, Gerald was showing tech executives, entrepreneurs and entertainers how to develop their signature style. The company she created\u2009\u2014\u2009GG+Co Styling Firm\u2009\u2014\u2009in 2018 is a product of happenstance if not divine intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n