PepsiCo announced the promotion of two of its senior most executives to lead its North American beverage and food operations, effective immediately and reporting directly to chairman and CEO Steve Reinemund:
* Dawn Hudson, president & CEO of Pepsi-Cola North America (PCNA), based in Purchase, N.Y., will continue to oversee the development, marketing and selling of all beverages distributed through Pepsi's bottler network. She will lead PCNA's performance across all channels in the U.S. and Canada and will also assume total responsibility for aligning all of PepsiCo's bottler partnerships to drive even greater growth. Hudson joined PepsiCo in 1997.