Piloting the Journey: Global corporate leader Ingrid Saunders Jones on making a difference and being fearless

Ingrid Saunders Jones understands the importance of being intentional. She says she hopes that she has made a difference.

Saunders Jones, one of Atlanta’s most respected global corporate leaders, is a trailblazer. While building her corporate career in the early 90s, during a time when many women didn’t wear pants to work, she was the first woman to wear a pants suit to The Coca-Cola Company. She received an ovation from her colleagues at the multinational beverage corporation.

Saunders Jones worked at Coca-Cola for three decades, holding various roles, including the senior vice president of global community connections and chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation. She was also the former chair of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.