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Lottie H. Watkins
FEMALE FIRST AWARD

The Atlanta Business League (ABL) has renamed its “Female First Award” in
honor of Mrs. Lottie H. Watkins, a trail blazer who set the bar for excellence
in everything she accomplished, from her work in civil rights, to becoming
the first African American woman in Atlanta to own a full-service real estate
and property management company.

In 2001, the ABL inducted Mrs. Watkins into the Atlanta Business League’s
Women's Hall of Fame to recognize her many accomplishments and her
unique role in shaping the City of Atlanta. Today we are proud to celebrate
her extraordinary life and legacy by renaming the ABL’s “Female First
Award” The Lottie H. Watkins Female First Award, to recognize her, and
those extraordinary African American women who are blazing a trail in their
2019 RECIPIENT chosen professions.
KATHY This year’s recipient of the renamed award is Kathy Waller, the first African

WALLER American Chief Financial Officer of a Fortune 100 Company. Ms. Waller is

a Chief Financial Officer and Board Member with over 35 years of broad
financial and operational leadership experience within the consumer and
First African-American retail sectors. She has extensive knowledge across all areas of finance,
Chief Financial Officer including financial planning, investor relations, M&A, accounting, treasury
of a Fortune 100 Company and tax.

Ms. Waller joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1987 as a Senior Accountant, and
assumed roles of increasing responsibility, including Principal Accountant for
the Northeast Europe/Africa Group, Marketing Controller for the McDonald’s
Group, Vice President, Chief of Internal Audit and Vice President, Controller.
She was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2014
and added the role of President of Enabling Services in 2017.

Ms. Waller retired in March 2019 after 32 years with The Coca-Cola Company
where she was the Chief Financial Officer and President, Enabling Services.
In these roles, Waller led the company’s global finance, technical and shared
services organizations, and represented the company to investors, lenders
and rating agencies. Waller also serves as a Board member for Delta Airlines
(NYSE: DAL), CGI Group (NYSE: GIB), Cadence Bancorporation (NYSE:CADE)
and Beyond Meat.