Lisa Borders to Succeed Ingrid Saunders Jones at The Coca-Cola Foundation

February 19,2013

CAP Member, The Coca-Cola Co., Senior Vice President of Global Community Connections and Chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation Ingrid Saunders Jones will retire on June 1 after 30 years with the beverage giant.

She joined Atlanta-based Coca-Cola in 1982 and has held roles of increasing responsibility around the company’s corporate giving and community outreach. She has been chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation since 1991. Under Jones’ watch, The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded more than $500 million to thousands of community organizations around the world.

“Ingrid’s contributions to our company and to the communities we serve worldwide cannot be overstated,” said Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola chairman and CEO, in a statement. “Simply put, she has been the heart and soul of Coca-Cola in the community for three decades. Her passion for serving and improving communities has made a profound difference in the world and taught us that we all possess the ability to transform the lives of others. We are deeply indebted to her incomparable legacy of service and we wish her all the best as she moves into the next phase of her life.”

Grady Health Foundation President and former Atlanta City Council President Lisa Borders will succeed Jones on May 1.

Borders also was vice mayor of Atlanta and co-chair of the transition team for Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. She is currently a trustee at The Westminster Schools, a board member at Clark Atlanta University, a member of the Board of Visitors and Board of Ethics at Emory University, and a board member of the Atlanta Downtown Community Improvement District (ADID).

-Courtesy, Atlanta Business Chronicle