Gianetta Jones

Vice Chair

Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer - Coca-Cola Bottling Company United

Gianetta Jones is Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc. Coca-Cola UNITED is the 3rd largest Coca-Cola Bottler in the United States and the largest privately held bottler.

Gianetta began her career with Coca-Cola in April 2007 as a Region Human Resources Director. In 2015, Gianetta was promoted to Coca-Cola UNITED’s Corporate Human Resources Director. She served in this role until 2018 when she undertook her current position. In her current role, Gianetta oversees the following departments within UNITED: Benefits, Compensation and Payroll, Employee Relations, Recruitment, Compliance, Learning & Development, and Talent Management.

Prior to joining UNITED, Gianetta began her career in the healthcare industry and held various benefit management roles. Subsequently, she was employed at both Mason Corporation as Human Resources Director and later Hyundai of Alabama, serving as Manager of Payroll, Benefits, Compensation & Relocation.

A native of Birmingham, AL, Gianetta graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business with a Finance concentration from Auburn University. She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and an alumnus of Project Corporate Leadership in Birmingham. Her community outreach involved serving on the Jefferson-Shelby Board for the Red Cross, the Board of Directors for the American
Cancer Society, and volunteering with United Cerebral Palsy.

She and her husband, Clint, are active within their community in Clanton, AL, and are members of First United Methodist Church. In their spare time, they enjoy their two (2) children and spoiling their six (6) grandchildren, conducting estate sales and appraising antiques.