Mr. Joel Martin Neuman

Joel Neuman recently retired after a 23-year career with The Coca-Cola Company. Most recently, Joel was the Platform Lead responsible for launching the Costa Smart Café business in the United States. Immediately prior to that position, Joel was the General Manager, Global Ventures, responsible for accelerating the growth of the Costa Express business across the globe. Within the Coca-Cola North America business, Joel served as the Vice President, Legal and Industry Affairs for Coca-Cola Foodservice. Prior to that, Joel had a series of increasingly senior roles in the Legal Division of The Coca-Cola Company, which he joined in 1997. Prior to working at The Coca-Cola Company, Joel was a Partner in the Chicago law firm of Sachnoff & Weaver (now part of the national law firm Reed & Smith) where he concentrated in complex commercial litigation. Joel received his JD with Honors from the University of Chicago Law School and his BA with Honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Following law school, Joel was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Judge Joel M. Flaum on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Joel has served as the president of the Boards of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Conexx, the American-Israel Business Connector, and the Georgia Justice Project. Joel currently serves on the Boards of the Atlanta Bar Foundation, Conexx, the Georgia Justice Project and the ADL. Joel resides in Brookhaven with his wife, Amy, and has two adult children, Jeremy (Jennifer Johnson) and Rebecca.