Kimberly Kuo, a veteran communicator of AOL, CTIA and Baker & Taylor, has moved to top Coca-Cola bottler Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Charlotte as senior VP of public affairs, communications and communities.
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She takes the post vacated by the retiring Lauren Steele, who logged 34 years within the Coca-Cola system and departs as SVP of corporate affairs. The post covers internal and external communications, federal and state government affairs, and community engagement.
Publicly traded CCB primarily serves the southeast U.S. as the top marketer, producer and distributor of Coca-Cola products. Third quarter revenue was $618.8M with net income of $12.1M.
Kuo had been consulting for the past two years since departing Charlotte-based publishing giant Baker & Taylor as its chief marketing officer in mid-July 2013. She was VP of comms. and advocacy for CTIA, the wireless industry trade group, and spokeswoman for AOL.
Kuo started out as a press aide for Sen. Majority Leader Bob Dole and his presidential running mate Jack Kemp.
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