We Are History in the Making: Alum Skip Vaughan

SKIP VAUGHAN

Vice President and General Manager

Pepsi Beverages Company

Skip Vaughan is Vice President and General Manager for the Pepsi Beverages Company’s Georgia Market Unit. The Georgia Market Unit is comprised of 10 locations throughout the state. Skip assumed this role in August 2008.

A 16-year veteran with Pepsi, Skip, a native Virginian, graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. He joined the Procter and Gamble Company and held several positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing and human resources in Baltimore, MD; Augusta, GA; Kansas City, KS; and Kansas City, MO.

Skip joined PepsiCo in 1994 as Plant Manager of Pepsi’s Buena Park, CA facility.  He transitioned into sales as Sales Operations Manager and Unit Sales Manager in the Orange and Los Angeles County locations. Skip went on to lead Pepsi’s business in San Fernando, CA and then Torrance, CA as Market Unit General Manager. There he continued to build a solid track record of performance in sales, execution, operations and capability of his teams. Skip also played a vital leadership role in southern California by working on the diversity leadership team and Pepsi/Frito Power of One initiative teams.

Skip was promoted to Director of Sales Support in 2006, leading Pepsi’s work in customer service and cost improvement in the Mid-Atlantic Business Unit. Skip was later named the Vice President of Sales Support for the Atlantic business unit.

In July of 2008, Skip was named Vice President and General Manager for Pepsi’s Georgia Market. Through Skip’s leadership, his Georgia team successfully launched a marketing campaign called “Georgia Loves Dew.” Skip has led solid improvements in financial performance, execution, brand development, people development, compliance, and control results over the past 2 years.

Skip has held many professional and community leadership roles. He was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the Georgia Food Industry Association, an organization that aims to improve the overall Grocery Industry in the state. He is also Vice President of the Georgia Beverage Association. Additionally, Skip is very active supporting a locally adopted Atlanta inner city school, Carter Woodson Elementary School. Previously, Skip has served on the Board of Directors for California State University in Pomona, CA. He held key leadership roles in Los Angeles in the LA Urban League and CHARO, both which promote economic development in the African American and Latino communities. Skip is a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. where he has served in numerous leadership positions over the years.

Skip has been married for 23 years to Orian Southall, an attorney with Blackwell Burke P.A. in Minneapolis, MN. They have one son, Charles “Scooter” Vaughan who is a senior at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Skip enjoys running, watching all sports, and watching his son play hockey. They reside in Atlanta.