{{short description|American business executive|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Anne Gust official portrait.jpg | office = First Lady of California | governor = Jerry Brown | predecessor = Maria Shriver | successor = Jennifer Siebel Newsom<br>(as first partner) | term_label = In role | term_start = January 3, 2011 | term_end = January 7, 2019 | office2 = First Lady of Oakland | term_label2 = In role | term_start2 = June 18, 2005 | term_end2 = January 8, 2007 | predecessor2 = Shelia Harris | successor2 = Cynthia Dellums | birth_name = Anne Baldwin Gust | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|03|15}} | birth_place = Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = {{marriage|Jerry Brown|2005}} | education = Stanford University (BA)<br />University of Michigan (JD) }}
'''Anne Baldwin Gust Brown''' (born March 15, 1958) is an American business executive who served as the first lady of California from 2011 to 2019 as the wife of Governor Jerry Brown.
Her career positions include executive vice president for the clothing retailer The Gap and a director of the fast food chain, Jack in the Box, Inc.
==Early life and education== Gust was born on March 15, 1958, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to Rockwell T. "Rocky" Gust, Jr. and Anne Baldwin Gust.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-06-07/anne-gust-brown-the-most-powerful-first-lady-in-the-country/|title=Special Counsel|first=Vauhini|last=Vara|date=June 7, 2015|website=The California Sunday Magazine|accessdate=January 15, 2019}}</ref> She graduated at the top of her class in high school, and attended Stanford University, where she graduated with a degree in political science. After graduation, she returned to Michigan to attend the University of Michigan Law School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sactownmag.com/February-March-2015/Leading-Lady/|title=Leading Lady|website=www.sactownmag.com|date=March 14, 2015|accessdate=January 15, 2019}}</ref>
==Career== After becoming a lawyer, Gust joined clothing retailer Gap Inc. in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=First Ladies of California|url=https://governors.library.ca.gov/firstladies/36-GustBrown.html|work=Governors of California|publisher=California State Library|access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref> She was senior vice president and general counsel from 1994 to 1998, executive vice president of human resources, legal and corporate administration from 1998 to 1999, executive vice president of human resources, legal, global compliance and corporate administration of Gap Inc. from 1999 to 2000, chief compliance officer from 1998 to May 13, 2005, and chief administrative officer and executive vice president from March 2000 to May 13, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anne B. Gust|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=274293&ticker=JACK&previousCapId=316829previousTitle=Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20Inc.|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Gust served as a director of Jack in the Box Inc. from January 1, 2003, to February 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anne B. Gust|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=274293&ticker=JACK&previousCapId=316829&previousTitle=Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105031127/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=274293&ticker=JACK&previousCapId=316829&previousTitle=Jack%20in%20the%20Box%20Inc.|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2014|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=October 11, 2013}}</ref>
==Personal life== Gust met Jerry Brown in 1990 at a party, while he was serving as the chairman of the California Democratic Party. She married him in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|last=Young|first=Samantha|title=Anne Gust Brown's Key Role In Jerry's Life|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/10/anne-gust-browns-key-role_n_781755.html|accessdate=October 12, 2013|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=November 10, 2010}}</ref> Gust has been noted for her political influence on the Governor during his time in office.<ref>{{cite news|last=Morrison|first=Pat|title=Anne Gust Brown: Much more than California's first lady|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-jun-06-la-oe-morrison-gust-brown-governor-california-20120606-story.html|access-date=October 11, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Anne Gust Brown's influence on governor is showing: Opinion|url=http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20130606/anne-gust-browns-influence-on-governor-is-showing-opinion|accessdate=October 11, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|date=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
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