Macy’s Appoints Emilie Arel to Board of Directors

Before joining Casper Sleep in 2021, Arel served as CEO of FULLBEAUTY Brands, a plus-size apparel company, where she led the company through a debt restructuring and initiated a digital transformation. Prior to FULLBEAUTY, she was the CEO of Quidsi, an Amazon company with 10 brands, including Diapers.com and Soap.com.

Earlier in her career, Arel spent seven years with Gap Inc., holding multiple merchandising and licensing positions and leading a team of over 12,000 employees and more than 220 stores. She also held various roles at Target Corporation for six years.

Arel holds MBAs from Columbia Business School and the University of California, Berkeley, and completed her undergraduate work at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. As a member of Macy’s board of directors, Arel will serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

The addition of Arel brings the total number of board members to 14. Jeff Gennette, chairman and chief executive officer of Macy’s, Inc., expressed his enthusiasm for Arel’s appointment, stating that her two decades of impressive, digital-first, and brick-and-mortar retail experience would benefit the board and the broader…