As Senior Vice President, West Region at The Coca-Cola Company, Katherine Twells currently leads a cross functional team of professionals cultivating mutual growth for Coca-Cola’s customer partners. She has been with The Coca-Cola Company for 35 years serving in diverse positions of responsibility & geography and has served in leadership for over 25 years.

Profiled in Marcus Buckingham’s bestseller “Go Put Your Strengths to Work” as well as the 2009 college textbook titled “Sales Management” by Robert Effermeyer, she is a passionate student of leadership and organizational culture. She has interviewed over 25 mission based visionary organizations to identify ways to bring entrepreneurial thinking into large corporate structures.

Katherine is former co-chair of the Chapters committee for The Coca-Cola Women’s Forum, an inaugural member of the Women’s Advisory Council and The Coca-Cola Leadership Advisory Team. She is a former board member of The American Red Cross and NATO Cinema Foundation.

She served as architect and host of the Coca-Cola CMO Leadership Summit from 2011-2019 to provide a source of connection and community among business leaders. In 2021 she launched The Coca-Cola Compassion Lab to promote emotional agility and mental well-being in the workplace. She hosts The Coca-Cola Compassion Lab Podcast to explore the power of conscious leadership and the interconnectivity of all things.