The Board of Directors of Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (UNITED) today appointed Conrad Webb Rafield III as its Chairman of the Board, effective immediately. He succeeds Claude B. Nielsen, who is retiring after serving as Chairman since 2000.
A Birmingham native, Rafield is UNITED’s longest serving director, having joined the board in 1979. He is president/owner of Rafield Investment Company, and he is a founding partner and shareholder of Red Mountain Entertainment, a Live Nation Company.
“With more than four decades of service on our board, Conrad brings broad business experience and a deep understanding of our company’s principles and culture,” said Claude Nielsen who, in addition to being chairman, served as Coca-Cola UNITED’s president and CEO for more than 30 years. “Conrad has always been a steadfast advocate for Coke UNITED, our associates and our local operating model.”
Rafield attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and has a B.A. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is passionate about civic and community involvement and has held leadership roles at United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham (now United Ability) and Magic Moments. In addition, he has served on the boards of American Sports Medicine Institute, Baptist Hospital Foundation, Glenwood Mental Health, the President’s Advisory Council of Birmingham-Southern College, and the President’s Cabinet of the University of Alabama.
Rafield and his wife, Peggy, reside in Birmingham and have three children and five grandchildren.
Coca-Cola UNITED also announced that Alexia B. Borden and Michael A. Suco were elected to its board of directors as part of the company’s annual stockholder meeting held today.
Borden is senior vice president of customer and community engagement for Alabama Power, with responsibility for overseeing customer operations and the local community affairs initiatives carried out by the company’s six geographic business…
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