Who We Are
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned Coca-Cola bottler. Coke Florida’s exclusive territory covers over 21 million consumers across 47 Florida counties, and includes the major metropolitan markets of Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa. Coke Florida manufactures, sells, distributes, and merchandises over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies. Coke Florida is the third largest privately held, and the sixth-largest, bottler of Coca-Cola products in the United States. The company is also one of America’s largest black-owned businesses. Coke Florida was founded in 2015, employs over 4600 associates, and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
Coke Florida is one of the largest minority-owned businesses in Florida, is a certified Minority Business Enterprise, and in 2020 the company was honored as 2020 Minority Business Enterprise Supplier of the Year Class IV by the Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council. The Class IV award recognizes the certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) supplier of the year that has annual sales of more than $50 million and has demonstrated solid business performance, strong community involvement, and a commitment to supporting and expanding supplier diversity.
In 2023, Coke Florida was selected as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte-Private and The Wall Street Journal for a second consecutive year. Coke Florida joins an elite group of U.S. private companies holding this designation for excellence in business strategy, execution, culture, and governance/financials. Learn more
Coke Florida operates manufacturing facilities in Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa producing more than 114 million cases of products each year. Three of the four facilities hold GreenCircle Zero Waste to Landfill certifications. Zero Waste to Landfill certification evaluates all waste leaving the site, which includes packaging and manufacturing waste generated before a product reaches shelves. Coke Florida has demonstrated its commitment to a sustainable future by reinforcing the efforts to reduce, reuse, recover, and renew by making its packaging more sustainable, working to minimize water use, and reducing its carbon footprint.
For more information about Coke Florida, see At A Glance
OUR LEADERS

TROY TAYLOR
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

THOMAS BENFORD
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

DAVID CROSS
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATION

TERRENCE GEE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION

PAUL PHEFFER
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

DEBORAH POND
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL

KARLA RADTKE
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OF STAFF

JASON REED
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT SUPPLY NETWORK

ERIN BLACK
VICE PRESIDENT, RISK MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

SHEILA EBANKS
VICE PRESIDENT, CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT – RETAIL

SALLY FORSYTH
VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC INTEGRATION AND ANALYTICS

JOE GENTRY
VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING

TOD HOYME
GROUP VICE PRESIDENT, FOOD SERVICE AND ON-PREMISES-INTERMEDIARIES

JASON MADDOX
VICE PRESIDENT, CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT- FOODSERVICE AND ON-PREMISE

SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN
VICE PRESIDENT, PLANNING-COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS

J. KATRINDA MCQUEEN
VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS

JEFFREY ORTMEIER
VICE PRESIDENT, FIELD FRANCHISE OPERATIONS

GREGORY PARK
VICE PRESIDENT, TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION

ERIC WARD
VICE PRESIDENT, SECURITY

PERCY L WELLS, II
GROUP VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AND COMMUNICATIONS

DALE YAHRMATTER
VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS
