Ms. Bush is Vice President, Finance at Hershey Trust Company, as well as Treasurer of the Hershey Trust Company and Milton Hershey School. She joined Hershey Trust Company in 1993 as an Accountant. Previously, she was the Manager of Financial Reporting for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and an auditor in the Financial Services Division of Arthur Andersen in Chicago.

Ms. Bush graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a B.S. degree in Accounting. She received her Certified Public Accountant certification in 1977. She is a graduate of the National Trust School at Northwestern University, Notre Dame Executive Integral Leadership Program, and Leadership Harrisburg.

Ms. Bush is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Institutes of Certified Public Accountants, as well as Financial Executives International.  She is a member of the Citizens' Advisory Board of Dauphin County Social Services for Children & Youth and the Development Committee for Bishop McDevitt High School.  She is also Treasurer of the Notre Dame Club of Harrisburg and a volunteer for other community organizations.

Contact Gayla Bush at: 717-520-1125