Vicki R. Palmer is President of The Palmer Group LLC, a general management consulting company which she started shortly after her retirement from Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc in 2009. Ms. Palmer’s career in the Coca-Cola system spanned more than 25 years. At the time of her retirement, she was Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration. She was responsible for overseeing the Treasury Department, which managed the company’s $10B multicurrency debt portfolio and its $4B pension plan and 401(k) plan investments, Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management. Ms. Palmer also served as a member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team and liaison to the Board of Directors.

Ms. Palmer received her B.A. degree in economics and business administration from Rhodes College and her MBA in finance from the University of Memphis. She was a member of the Board of Trustees at Rhodes College for more than 20 years, is currently a member of the Emeriti Council and was named 2015 Distinguished Alumnus. In 2006, she received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Cambridge College.