Carlos Pagoaga

Vice President of Global Community Affairs, The Coca‑Cola Company, and President, The Coca‑Cola Foundation

Carlos Pagoaga is Vice President of Global Community Affairs for The Coca‑Cola Company and President of The Coca‑Cola Foundation. In this role, he manages all Foundation operations, which includes grant making; financial requirements; and regulatory compliance for domestic and international philanthropy. 

Prior to his current role, Pagoaga served as the Foundation’s Senior Director of circular economy, where he was responsible for directing global recycling initiatives. Pagoaga joined the Foundation in 2007 and has been responsible for a wide variety of duties. He has directed multiple large grants, such as for Replenish Africa Initiative, Project Last Mile and the Atlanta BeltLine.

Pagoaga joined Coca‑Cola in 1990 in Corporate Latin Affairs, where he managed relationships with Latino organizations and elected officials across the United States. He later moved to the company’s North America unit, where he managed multi-cultural communications. 

Pagoaga serves as chair of the board of directors of the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals, trustee for The Nature Conservancy in Georgia and Georgia Advisory Board member for Trust for Public Land.

He previously served as chairman for the National Hispanic Corporate Council, The Latin American Association and the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He is past Communications Committee chair for the Piedmont Park Conservancy. He was a member of the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Regional Leadership Institute class of 1997 and the Leadership Atlanta class of 2009.

Pagoaga was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Atlanta. He earned a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing and an MBA, both from Georgia State University in Atlanta.