Senior Vice President,
Global Human Resources
Cathy Unruh is Senior Vice President of Human Resources and leads all aspects of our Human Resources organization worldwide. She is a member of the company’s worldwide leadership team, which sets the company’s global strategic direction.
Unruh first joined LS&Co. in 1983. During her first 20 years with the company, she held numerous regional and global HR leadership roles in our regions and at corporate. In addition to ensuring that HR was fully integrated and aligned strategically with the business, Unruh was a key contributor and champion in many critical business initiatives, including the transformation of our sourcing operations, the development of the Levi Strauss Signature® brand, and the design of innovative HR planning, performance management and compensation programs.
In 2004, Unruh joined Gap Inc. where she partnered with the international division president on a major change initiative that reshaped the division’s business model and repositioned the roles of the merchandising, marketing and design teams around the world. She rejoined Levi Strauss & Co. in June 2007.
Unruh earned her Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley.