 A lot of people meet me and think I have an MBA from, you know, maybe an Ivy League school and I very proudly said I went to the University of Alabama and I think it all shaped me. I just had the right teachers and I had the right experience as a student leader but I also had an amazing professor who has impacted my entire career and that is Wilma Green. She took us to a Bill Blast fashion show. She took us to the Metropolitan Museum and I just thought I want a bigger life. I want to be part of this and she helped me from my resume to identifying where I should interview and so I applied to Foley's department store which is now owned by Macy's and they wrote me a letter which I have framed in my office to this day and it's on a typewriter and it says, Dear Miss Gerwitch, we at Foley's interview on eight select college campuses and the University of Alabama is not among them. We wish you best of luck in your future career. Sincerely, Jake Lewis, May 8, 1974. And my father said, toss the letter, fly to Houston and try to get that job in person and I did just that. I got the job and became one of two women on Foley's executive board and one of the youngest senior vice presidents.