Lisa Deshaun Leslie is an American former professional basketball player. She is currently the head coach for Triplets in the BIG3 professional basketball league,as well as a studio analyst for Orlando Magic broadcasts on Bally Sports Florida. In 2002,Leslie made history as the first player to dunk during a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) game. Leslie was ranked 5th on ESPN.com's 2021 list of the WNBA's greatest players of all time.
Asa Griggs Candler Sr. was an American business tycoon and politician who in 1888 purchased the Coca-Cola recipe for $238.98 from chemist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta,Georgia. Candler founded The Coca-Cola Company in 1892 and developed it as a major company.
Roberto Críspulo Goizueta Cantera was a Cuban-born American business executive who served as the chairman,president,and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Coca-Cola Company from August 1980 until his death in October 1997.
The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational corporation founded in 1892. It manufactures,sells and markets soft drinks including Coca-Cola,other non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups,and alcoholic beverages. Its stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of the DJIA and the S&P 500 and S&P 100 indexes.
Sarah-Elizabeth Langford is the former first lady of Atlanta and a former beauty pageant titleholder. Langford was the wife of the 59th Mayor of Atlanta,Kasim Reed. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She competed in the Miss America pageant in 2002 and the Miss USA pageant in 2005.
Mohammed Kasim Reed is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 59th mayor of Atlanta,Georgia's state capital and largest city,from 2010 to 2018. A Democrat,Reed was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002 and represented the 35th District in the Georgia State Senate from 2003 to 2009. He served as campaign manager for Shirley Franklin's successful Atlanta mayoral campaign in 2001. After Franklin was term limited from the mayor's office,Reed successfully ran for the position in 2009. Inaugurated on January 4,2010,Reed was elected to a second term in 2013.
Ana Patricia Botín-Sanz de Sautuola O'Shea is a Spanish banker who has been the executive chairman of Santander Group since 2014.
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is a museum dedicated to the achievements of the civil rights movement in the United States and the broader worldwide human rights movement. Located in downtown Atlanta,Georgia,the museum opened to the public on June 23,2014.
John F. Brock,is an American businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE),the world's third-largest marketer,distributor,and producers of Coca-Cola products. He has more than 25 years of experience in the beverage sales industry.
Helene D. Gayle is an American physician,and academic and non-profit administrator. She has been president of Spelman College since 2023. She formerly was CEO of the Chicago Community Trust,one of the nation's leading community foundations. Earlier in her career she was the director of international humanitarian organization CARE,and spent much of her career in the field of public health research in epidemiology at the CDC.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia,concurrently with the election of the Governor of Georgia,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states,to the United States House of Representatives,and to various other state and local offices.
The 2017 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on November 7,2017,with a runoff election held on December 5,2017. Incumbent mayor Kasim Reed,a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 2010,was ineligible to run for reelection due to a personal crisis.
Bodyarmor SuperDrink is an American sports drink brand owned by The Coca-Cola Company. Products launched under the brand include:Sports,"Lyte" Sports,"Edge Sports," and "SportWater".
A'ja Riyadh Wilson is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Mark A. Tatum is an American sports and business executive who is currently serving as the Deputy Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) under Adam Silver. Additionally,Tatum also currently holds the position of the NBA's chief operating officer. For his work in these capacities,Forbes ranked him at No. 8 on its list of "Most Influential Minorities in Sports". He is of Vietnamese and Jamaican descent.
Kelly Lynn Loeffler is an American businesswoman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2020 to 2021. Loeffler was chief executive officer (CEO) of Bakkt,a subsidiary of commodity and financial service provider Intercontinental Exchange,of which her husband,Jeffrey Sprecher,is CEO. She is a former co-owner of the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Loeffler is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2021 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on November 2,2021,with a runoff between the top two candidates taking place on November 30. Incumbent mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms did not seek reelection. City council member Andre Dickens defeated council president Felicia Moore in the runoff by a margin of more than 20%. Candidates eliminated in the general election included former mayor Kasim Reed and attorney Sharon Gay.
Michèle Taylor is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council. She previously served as a board member of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights and was a founding board member and vice chair of President Joe Biden’s Super PAC,Unite The Country.
EyeMail Inc. is an American communications technology and digital marketing company based in Atlanta,Georgia. Founded by entrepreneur Lisa S. Jones,EyeMail Inc. is both a black and woman-owned business enterprise (WBE),and is an officially certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) by the NMSDC.
Lisa S. Jones is an American businesswoman and entrepreneur,best known for being the founder of Atlanta-based video email company EyeMail Inc. As both a black and woman-owned business,EyeMail Inc. is classified as a Minority Women Business Enterprise (MWBE). Her company began as a start-up,eventually growing exponentially through partnerships with Microsoft,Delta Air Lines,Time Warner,Porsche North America,the Atlanta Tech Village,PepsiCo and,most notably,The Coca-Cola Company,through which EyeMail Inc. got selected by Microsoft as a premier MWBE supplier in digital marketing. Prior to dedicating herself to entrepreneurship,Jones worked in supplier diversity for telecommunications provider AT&T,and continues to develop a career as a thought leader and public speaker in the matter.
