The national nonprofit One Warm Coat has appointed Juan Lopez of New York, NY to its Board of Directors.
Lopez has over 15 years of international experience across a broad range of finance and sales roles at large global companies, both in industrial and consumer sectors.
He is currently the Global Director of Commercial Operations at Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest beer company, which he joined in October 2016. Before joining Anheuser-Busch InBev, he worked at General Electric for 10 years across different industries and worked & lived in eight countries across Europe, China and USA.
Juan holds a Masters’ degree in telecommunications engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
Of his appointment to the board of directors, Juan said, “I am honored and humbled to be joining the Board of Directors of One Warm Coat, one of the greatest nonprofit organizations in the US, with a simple and focused mission: making sure that no one goes cold. I am looking forward to contributing to the best of my abilities to such a great cause.”
Beth W. Amodio, President & CEO of One Warm Coat, said “We are thrilled to have Juan join the board of directors at One Warm Coat. His experience on a global level will bring an important perspective as we work to ensure no one goes cold in the winter.”
About One Warm Coat
One Warm Coat is a national nonprofit organization that provides free coats to anyone in need, without discrimination, and works to create awareness of the vital need for warm coats across the country. Through the Coat Drive Program, One Warm Coat provides tools and resources to empower volunteer-led and sponsored coat drives to collect coats, and partners with nonprofit agencies and schools across all 50 states to distribute those coats to children and adults in need. One Warm Coat also encourages sustainability by working with manufacturers and retailers to match overstock and irregular coats with agencies and schools across the country, where they are most needed. Since 1992, One Warm Coat has facilitated the collection and distribution of more than 6.6 million coats. One Warm Coat believes in the basic right to protection from the cold, for everyone.