CCSF Board of Directors Welcomes 4 New Members

The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation's Board of Directors has elected 1992 Coke Scholar Jany Brown and The Coca-Cola Company leaders Emma Corcoran, Ben Johnston and Brad Spickert to the board.

"Jany, Brad, Emma, and Ben each bring exceptional leadership, deep expertise, and a shared commitment to creating positive impact. Jany's lifelong dedication to the Coca-Cola Scholars community, Brad's extensive experience leading complex operations and innovation across the Coca-Cola system, Emma's global perspective on communications, sustainability, and stakeholder engagement, and Ben's deep expertise in governance and organizational transformation will strengthen our Board and help advance the Foundation's mission to empower the next generation of visionary leaders." said Kirk Tyler, CCSF Board Chair and Chairman of Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company.

 

Jany A. Brown is a Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor at UBS Financial Services Inc.

In addition to her work at UBS, Jany is an entrepreneur and founder of Belated Goods, a gift company focused on celebrating life's meaningful moments. She has remained actively engaged with the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation since receiving the scholarship in 1992, serving in a variety of leadership and volunteer roles, including the National Selection Committee, Leadership Development Institute, and as a founding member of the Alumni Board.

A strong believer in servant leadership, Jany serves on the Executive Committee of Ferst Readers and founded Chili for the Children, an annual charitable event that has supported children's health, education, and welfare for more than 20 years. She also serves on the Scheller College Advisory Board at Georgia Tech, her alma mater.

Jany holds a degree from Georgia Tech and is a Certified Financial Planner™. She lives in Sandy Springs, Georgia, with her son, Graham (17), and their rescue dog, Bailey.

 

Emma Corcoran is the Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability (PACS) for North America at The Coca-Cola Company – leading corporate reputation, sustainability, community engagement, public relations, government affairs, and strategic communications across the United States and Canada.

Emma joined The Coca-Cola Company in 2024, bringing extensive experience leading businesses through complex commercial, policy and reputational environments, and advising on corporate transformation and change.

Prior to Coca-Cola, she held leadership roles across global organizations including IHG Hotels & Resorts, and during her career has been based in the UK, the U.A.E., Singapore, Australia and now the United States.

She holds a BA in Philosophy & Politics from the University of York (UK) and resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ben Johnston is Senior Vice President, People & Culture – Global Corporate Functions at The Coca-Cola Company.

In this role, Ben leads people and culture strategy across the company’s global corporate functions, including Finance & Strategy, Marketing, Technical, Innovation & Supply Chain, Legal, People & Culture, Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability, and Enterprise Services. He partners with senior leaders, including the company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, to align talent, culture, and organizational capabilities with business priorities. He also oversees enterprise-wide HR policy, governance, and employee relations.

Ben brings more than 25 years of global experience in human resources, organizational transformation, talent strategy, and leadership development. Since joining The Coca-Cola Company in 2005, he has held senior global and regional leadership roles spanning Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, driving talent and organizational strategies across diverse markets and business functions.

Prior to his current role, Ben served as Global Senior Vice President, People & Culture, leading people strategy across six international operating units in partnership with the President of International Development. Previously, he served as Vice President of Human Resources for Latin America, where he supported culture transformation, talent development, and organizational design initiatives. Earlier in his career, he led HR across 39 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and held global HR leadership roles supporting Finance, Integrated Services, Technical, Research & Development, and Supply Chain functions.

Before joining The Coca-Cola Company, Ben held talent management and leadership development roles at Accenture and Arthur Andersen.

 

Brad Spickert is the President of Supply Chain & Customer Experience for the North America Operating Unit.

In this role, he is responsible for leading all aspects of Coca-Cola’s Supply Chain operations in the US & Canada for the Stills, Juice and Foodservice businesses as well as the customer and equipment operations for the Fountain business. Brad also has oversight for the National Product Supply Group which works with the bottling system on production sourcing and infrastructure planning.

Prior to this role, Brad was the SVP of Innovation & Commercialization leading development and commercialization of all product innovations for North America’s Sparkling, Still, Juice and Foodservice businesses. Previously Brad was the SVP and General Manager of the glacéau/Hydration brands (DASANI, smartwater, vitaminwater and Powerade).

Brad joined Coca-Cola in 2006 as the Group Director of Strategic Initiatives working primarily on overall strategy and M&A opportunities including the acquisition of the glacéau and FUZE businesses. Brad has also served as VP of Marketing for the Foodservice & On-Premise Business Unit, VP of Strategic Initiatives for North America and VP of On-Premise Marketing & Commercial Capability.

Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Brad was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company in the Atlanta office working primarily with clients in the CPG and transportation industries on key strategic issues such as pricing, long range planning, and operational performance improvement. Brad started his career in Product Development with Boeing’s Commercial Aircraft Group in Seattle, Washington as an Aircraft Performance Engineer.

Brad graduated from the University of Kansas where he received a BS in Aerospace Engineering and earned his MBA degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Brad resides in the Morningside neighborhood of Atlanta with his wife Kate and children Daniel, Morgan, and Emmett and dogs Liberty and Azalea.

 

 

 

 

The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation empowers visionary leaders refreshing the world. Celebrating 40 years of impact since 1986, the Foundation has provided more than $90 million in scholarships to over 7,200 Coke Scholars who together have become a powerful force for positive change. 

Learn more at www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org.