Coca-Cola CEO to join Emory's Board of Trustees

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.