Two of Georgia’s Fortune 500 companies – one of the oldest and one of the youngest – elected their first-ever African-American directors. The shareholders of Genuine Parts elected Richard Cox, chief information officer for Cox Enterprises, on Monday. And Veritiv elected Shan Cooper, executive director of the Atlanta Committee for Progress, at its virtual annual meeting Wednesday morning.
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Mayor Bottoms names Richard Cox, a loaned executive, to serve as city’s COO for one year
tlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has made one of her first major appointments – Richard Cox as the city’s chief operating officer.
Cox is a loaned executive from Cox Automotive (no relation to the Cox family), who will serve the city for one year before he returns to the privately-held company. Cox, who currently serves as vice president of client advising ad performance for Dealer.com, brings more than 15 years of management experience to the position.
