Emory University's Board of Trustees has elected three new members, including Muhtar Kent, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Co. The new trustees -- the others are Kathelen Amos, president of the Aflac Foundation, and Facundo Bacardi, chairman of the board of Bacardi Limited -- will begin their appointments at the board’s February meeting. Kent succeeded Neville Isdell as CEO of Coca-Cola in 2008, and became Coke's chairman in 2009.

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