T. Gary Rogers is the chairman of Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) and the former chairman and chief executive officer of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream.
Rogers purchased Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream with his business partner in 1977 and transformed it from a small, regional ice cream operation into the largest manufacturer and marketer of premium and super-premium ice cream products in the United States.
Prior to purchasing Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Rogers was founder and president of a limited menu restaurant company, Vintage House Restaurants, in California and Texas. He also worked as an associate in the San Francisco office of McKinsey & Co., specializing in corporate development and financial issues.
Rogers graduated from the University of California in 1963, where he earned a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering and was awarded several leadership and academic honors and scholarships. He graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1968, where he was a Baker scholar.
Rogers is involved with a variety of business and community organizations. He is currently deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, a director of the executive committee of the Bay Area Council and chairman of Oakland Chief Executive Officer’s Council. Rogers also is a director of the Shorenstein Company, L.P., Stanislaus Food Products, the International Dairy Foods Association and the UCSF Foundation.