Darlene Nicosia

Darlene Nicosia was named Hearthside Food Solutions’ Chief Executive Officer on August 1, 2022. She brings over 30 years of experience building and partnering with some of the world’s largest brands, retailers, and suppliers to drive value creation and transformational growth in the consumer products industry. Ms. Nicosia joined Hearthside from The Coca-Cola Company where she most recently served as the President Canada & Northeast US Zone and was instrumental in leading the organization toward consumer centric growth and transformational change.

Over the course of her nearly three decades at Coca-Cola, she held various leadership roles including Corporate Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer, and Vice President, Commercial Products Supply leading a multi-billion-dollar global supply chain. Prior to that, Ms. Nicosia held progressive operations leadership roles at PepsiCo and Kraft Foods.

Nicosia serves as a director of Foot Locker, Inc. and as a member of the Georgia Institute of Technology Advisory Board. Ms. Nicosia holds a Bachelor of Science, Marketing from The Ohio State University and a Master of Science, Management from Georgia Institute of Technology.