Lori Billingsley

Lori George Billingsley is a prominent corporate executive and diversity leader with an extensive career at The Coca-Cola Company. She served as the Global Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officer for Coca-Cola from October 2018 to March 2022.12 During her 20-year tenure at the company, she held various roles in Public Affairs and Communications, progressively increasing her responsibilities.1

Professional Highlights:

• Led Coca-Cola's DEI Center of Excellence, focusing on creating a more engaged and inclusive global workforce12
• Set bold diversity goals for the company, including aims to have 50% women leadership and mirror market diversity by 20302
• Launched the company's first global pay equity analysis and tied executive compensation to DEI metrics3

Board Memberships and Affiliations: She currently serves on several prestigious boards, including:

• Shake Shack (Board Member)
• Pioneer Natural Resources
• NAACP Foundation
• Arete Executive Women of Influence1

Background and Education:

• Bachelor's in Public Relations from Howard University
• Master's in Public Communications from American University
• Completed Executive Leadership Experience Program at Harvard Business School in 20192

Notable Achievements: Billingsley has received numerous awards, including:

• Alumni Award for Distinguished Postgraduate Achievement from Howard University
• Atlanta Business Chronicle Top Diversity and Inclusion Officer
• Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Order of the Phoenix Award2

Prior to Coca-Cola, she led her own public relations consultancy and was a vice president at Porter/Novelli, where she co-founded their Multicultural Communications and Alliance Building practices.12 She is also an ordained minister.2