Immigrant of the Day: Jenny J. Ming (Macau)

Jenny J. Ming (b. 1955, Macau), is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Old Navy a unit of Gap, Inc.  In 2007, she was named to the Board of Directors of the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.

From 1999-2006, Ming served as president of Old Navy, a $6.7 billion business segment of The Gap, Inc., where she oversaw all aspects of Old Navy and its 900 retail clothing stores in the United States and Canada. Ming joined Gap, Inc. in 1986 and served in various executive capacities. In 1994, she was a member of the executive team that launched Old Navy.

In 2000, Business Week magazine named Ms. Ming one of the nation's top 25 managers. In 2003, she ranked No. 42 on Fortunes list of 50 most powerful women in American business.

Ming also serves as a board member of the Committee of 100, a national, non-profit non-partisan organization that brings a Chinese American perspective to issues concerning Asian Americans and U.S. relations with China. Ms. Ming serves on the board of the Merage Foundation for the American Dream, which is dedicated to promoting expanded opportunities for immigrants to the United States.

Ming is the recipient of the Business and Community Award for 2006, and also serves on the advisory board of Cornell University, College of Human Ecology.

Ming received her Bachelor of Arts degree in clothing merchandizing from San Jose State University.

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