TERRY FITCH
Humanitarian Award
Terry graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Finance and Marketing from Arizona State University in 1983. In 1998, Terry received an Executive Degree from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business Food Industry Management Program. He joined Coca-Cola Enterprises and, through his continuing success, held the position of Division Vice President/General Manager in three different divisions: Arkansas, beginning in 1992, the Gulf States, beginning in 1994, and Southern California, beginning in 1998. Through his most recent promotion to the position of West Business Unit Vice President/General Manager, Terry now manages the overall strategic and operational functions for Coca-Cola Enterprises' bottling territories in the western region of the United States.
While managing Coca-Cola Enterprises' West Business Unit, Terry finds the time to contribute towards worthwhile community and related business organizations, continuing the tradition of local Coca- Cola bottlers being involved in the communities in which they do business. He has served on the Boards of Directors of the New Orleans Art Council, WYES Public Television in New Orleans, the Louisiana Council on Child Abuse, and was elected by his industry peers as president of both the Arkansas/Louisiana and California/Nevada Soft Drink Associations. Terry also has served and supports the Harold Pump Foundation and Kidsave, an organization that seeks to provide permanent homes for children living in orphanages and foster care.
More recently, Terry served on the Board of Directors of the Independent Colleges of Southern California, which was the umbrella organization for 17 Southern California independent colleges, as Chairman of the Smart & Final Educational Foundation, and he is a member of the Cystic Fibrosis Association. In addition, he also serves on the Advisory Board for the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.
Regardless of the challenges in his schedule, Terry looks forward to spending quality time with his family. He resides in Pasadena, California with his wife, Susan and their two children, Nichole and Harrison.
