Deals and People July 3, 2001

Seven Up to Task at Coca-Cola

July 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The class representatives in the racial discrimination suit settled last year against The Coca-Cola Company have finalized the members of the soft drink giant?s oversight task force.
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The seven-member task force, created by the settlement between Coca-Cola and workers who alleged that the company discriminated against them, will be responsible for ensuring that it complies with the settlement.

Who?s Who

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The members of the task force are:

  • M. Anthony Burns , chairman of transportation services company Ryder System
  • Gilbert Casellas, president and chief executive of software development firm Q-LINX Inc
  • Edmund Cooke, Jr ., a partner of Winston & Strawn, which specializes in labor law.
  • Marjorie Fine Knowles , a Georgia State University College of Law professor
  • Bill Lann Lee , a former assistant attorney general for civil rights at the US Department of Justice
  • Rene Redwood , a consultant on diversity and organizational development

Alexis Herman , a former Secretary of Labor during Clinton administration, was named chairperson of the task force in March.

The members, who will be compensated by Coca-Cola, will serve four-year terms and provide annual reports to the court, settlement class counsel, Coca-Cola chairman and chief executive Doug Daft, and the company?s board.

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