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A.B. International Business, Wesleyan College
Senior Manager of Communications and Knowledge Management
The McDonald’s Division of The Coca-Cola Company
She started out as a music major with a concentration in piano and voice, later switched to art history before "Dr. (Glenna) Dod and I put our heads together," says Lo, referring to Wesleyan’s D. Abbott Turner Professor of Free Enterprise. "She helped me create my major in international business. Actually, that was the basis of the international business degree Wesleyan offers today."
The multi-talented Lo moved with her parents to Houston, Texas, from her native Taiwan as a nine-year-old. When the time came for her to decide on a college her piano teacher and next-door neighbor, who had attended Wesleyan, suggested she apply for a music scholarship at the college. It was while spending scholarship weekend at Wesleyan, that Lo decided that’s where she wanted to be.
"The women I met that weekend were all smart and dedicated to getting an education instead of partying," says Lo, a Golden Heart. "And the Southern hospitality everyone demonstrated was wonderful. I had actually narrowed my choices to Duke, the University of Texas, and Wesleyan. But when I got the music scholarship and compared the type of education I would get at each of the schools, I thought Wesleyan was definitely a better deal."
During her years at Wesleyan, Lo was a member of Mortar Board, the Honor Society, Wesleyan Choir, Alpha Kappa Psi, the Student Government Association, among others, and participated in STUNT, Color Rush and numerous other activities. She also spent one semester studying in Bulgaria, something recommended by her favorite professor, Dr. Dod.
"I took a lot of classes with Dr. Dod -– she is a great professor," Lo says. "I loved the way she always tried to integrate real business situations and cases into her classes."
Lo says she owes Dod and her other Wesleyan professors a debt of gratitude. "The liberal arts education I got at Wesleyan has enabled me to understand all the various aspects of the business world," Lo says. "And the value of an all-women’s college education, being in a classroom where the focus is on the needs of women, has benefited me in my working environment and helped me in my career."
Betty Lo is the Senior Manager of Communications and Knowledge Management with the McDonald’s Division of The Coca-Cola Company. She leads the design and implementation of a new global knowledge management/collaboration system and also works on internal and external communications for the division. Previously, she worked in the Global Information Technology group as a strategic planner driving the annual and strategic business plans for global IT solutions. She supports global finance, human resources, shared services, business intelligence and all corporate functions including legal, world-wide public affairs and communications, strategic security, aviation, and information technology.
She started with the company twelve years ago in the industry and consumer affairs department and has held several positions in various functions within Coca-Cola, including Corporate Communications, CCUSA Operations Marketing, Finance, and Global IT.
As an active member of her community, Betty is a founder, former chair and current steering committee member of the Coca-Cola Asian Pacific American Employee Forum. She serves on Wesleyan College's Alumnae Association Board of Managers as the VP of Admissions and was the co-chair for the 2007 National Association of Asian-American Professionals (NAAAP) National Convention that hosted more than 1,000 Asian-American Professionals to Atlanta. She continues to volunteer her time with NAAAP to promote professional development and community service engagement among Asian Americans in the community.
Born in Taiwan and reared in Houston, Texas, Betty is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin) and “Southern” and speaks conversational Spanish and Bulgarian. An avid world traveler and thrill seeker, you’ll find Betty globe trekking with her husband and 9-month girl to experience the many wonderful sites and cultures of
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