PepsiCo: C.D.Glin
PepsiCo has appointed C.D. Glin as Vice President, Global Head of Philanthropy, for The PepsiCo Foundation.
Taking on the role next week, Glin will be responsible for the daily management of the Foundation. He will also oversee the Foundation's strategic direction and continued focus on driving progress towards a more sustainable food system. In addition, he will lead global internal and external engagement around The PepsiCo Foundation's three core pillars: Nutrition, Water, and Economic Resilience. He will report to Jon Banner, Executive Vice President, Global Communications and President of The PepsiCo Foundation.
Glin is currently President and CEO of the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF): an Africa-focused philanthropic organization established by Congress to invest grant capital, build capacity, and scale locally owned, sustainable solutions for underserved and agricultural-dependent populations. In that role, he led strategy, operations, and strategic partnerships across 21 country offices and has awarded over $150m in funding to more than 1,500 grassroots enterprises, non-profits, and community-based organizations.
Prior to USADF, Glin was an Associate Director in Nairobi, Kenya, at The Rockefeller Foundation. While there, he led YieldWise, a $130m effort to improve incomes and create jobs for smallholder farmers by reducing post-harvest crop loss and promoting sustainable sourcing in agriculture value chains.
Before The Rockefeller Foundation, Glin served as the first Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Global Partnerships at the Peace Corps as an Obama Administration appointee. Earlier in his career, Glin was Vice President, Business Development at PYXERA Global, a non-profit development consulting firm, an independent economic development and community engagement consultant based in Lagos and Kano, Nigeria and served as one of the first Peace Corps Volunteers in South Africa.
Glin earned a BA from Howard University in Washington, DC; a Master's Certificate in Business Management from Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA; and a Master's level Diploma in Strategy and Innovation from the Said Business School at the University of Oxford in the UK. He also completed the Leadership for Senior Executives Program at Harvard Business School.
In 2020, PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation invested $71m and worked with over 250 partners to bring food and other resources to more than 1,000 communities in over 60 countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Foundation also catalyzed an additional $59m from other donors and engaged 7,000 employees in over 40 countries to deliver 145 million nutritious meals to at-risk populations.
