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Ingrid Saunders Jones is the senior vice president of Global Community Connections for The Coca-Cola Company and Chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation. Under her leadership, Global Community Connections makes a unique and sustainable difference around the world by focusing its engagement efforts on water stewardship, active healthy living, community recycling and education.
Ms. Jones also leads the Company's philanthropy efforts, which under her leadership has contributed more than $340 million to support sustainable community initiatives, including the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Catalyst, the Critical Difference for Women program at Ohio State University, the International Costal Clean-up, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and the World Wildlife Fund, to name a few. The Foundation also funds The Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship Program for first generation college students. Ms. Jones also serves on the boards of The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Jones worked with the Honorable Maynard Jackson, then Mayor of the City of Atlanta; served as a legislative analyst for the president of the Atlanta City Council; served as the Executive Director of the Detroit Wayne County Child Care Coordinating Council; and also taught in the public schools of Detroit and Atlanta.
Ms. Jones' commitment to community development extends beyond the doors of Coca-Cola's corporate headquarters. She is a board member of Clark Atlanta University, the Carter Center, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, The Ohio State University President's Council on Women, and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. She also is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Society of International Business Fellows, and serves on the board of the National Board of Directors for the Girl Scouts.
Recognition of her work and contributions include the 2011 Jackie Robinson Robie Humanitarian Award; the 2010 Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America; the 2010 Corporate Responsibility Award from ESSENCE Magazine; the 2008 Executive Leadership Council's Achievement Award; The President's Award from Morehouse College; The Ohio State University Foundation's John B. Gerlach Development Award; and the Georgia State University School of Business Hall of Fame -- among others.
A native of Detroit, Ms. Jones earned a bachelor's degree in education at Michigan State University and a master's degree in education at Eastern Michigan University. Michigan State University honored her with an honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree. She also received honorary degrees from Spelman College and Knoxville College.
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