Joli Cooper

Joli Cooper is an accomplished leader and board director with over 30 years of global business experience. She is currently the Founding Executive Director of GreenLight Fund Atlanta, a venture philanthropy fund working at the intersection of community need and social innovation. Prior to joining GreenLight Fund, she was a founding member of CSW Private Equity Investments, LLC and served on the Board of Directors of privately-held Berkshire Blanket, Sqwincher Corporation, and H20+ Plus.

Joli’s career as an operating executive includes domestic and international marketing and general management roles at Nestle, Tropicana, Seagram and Vitality Beverages, Inc. She launched new products in Latin America, led global marketing initiatives in the United Kingdom and was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Pasco Brands, once the largest private label juice manufacturer in the United States. Additionally, Joli was honored to serve as 25th National President of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, the oldest African American family organization in the United States with over 250 chapters and 40,000 family members.

Committed to her community, Joli serves on the Advisory Board of The City of Atlanta Women’s Entrepreneurial Initiative (WEI) and has served on several nonprofit boards including Academy Prep of Tampa, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Tampa Bay, Junior Achievement and The Children’s Home. Joli holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, where she was awarded the Kathleen McDonald Distinguished Alumna Award from Wharton Women in Business in 2002 for her professional excellence and many philanthropic contributions.