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Cecilia K. McKenney joined the company as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, in February 2006. She oversees all aspects of employee relations, benefits, recognition, compensation, training, diversity, HR systems and more. Ms. McKenney is a member of the company's Strategic Leadership Team.
Most recently, Ms. McKenney was Group Vice President of Headquarters Human Resources for the Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (PBG) in Somers, New York. In this role, she was responsible for all of PBG's Human Resources functions supporting its worldwide operations. Her organization provided human resources generalist support for PBG's headquarters and call center, in addition to long-term strategic direction and day-to-day business support for Staffing, Compensation and Benefits, Diversity, Training, Talent Development, and Human Resources Systems.
Ms. McKenney joined the Pepsi-Cola Company in 1989 in the company's headquarters-based employee benefits group. Following several assignments of increasing responsibility in Human Resources, she was named Human Resources Manager in Pepsi-Cola's Northeast Business Unit in 1993. In less than two years, Ms. McKenney was transferred to Northern California, where she managed human resource issues for the company's San Francisco market. In 1995, she was appointed Director of Human Resources for PBG's Pacific Northwest Business Unit. When PBG became an independent company near the end of 1998, Ms. McKenney was appointed Vice President, Staffing and Diversity at the Company's headquarters. She was named Group Vice President, Headquarters Human Resources, in 2004.
Prior to Pepsi, Ms. McKenney worked for Mutual of New York and L.F. Rothschild in Human Resource roles. She earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Franklin & Marshall College, and is a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist. | 