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Alumni News | 02/05/2025
By: Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation

January 2025 Accolades

LaToya Franklyn (2003) owns Miss Conduck in Atlanta and it was just named among Best New Restaurants 2024 by Infatuation ATL. LaToya opened the Caribbean fusion restaurant with her mom a year ago.
Asahi Pompey (1990) was recognized on the inaugural ForbesBLK 50 list alongside today’s most innovative and influential Black industry leaders and entrepreneurs across sectors. As Global Head of Corporate Engagement at Goldman Sachs and Chair of the Urban Investment Group, Asahi helps the firm drive economic growth and opportunity.
Julie Gehrki (1998) was named President of the Walmart Foundation.
Travis Gayles (1997) was named CEO of Howard Brown Health.
Sharon Li (2015), Justin Kawaguchi (2017), and Ottilie Cooper-Ohm (2018) were named 2025 Schwarzman Scholars and will complete a 1-year master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing next year.

“Designed to prepare the next generation of global leaders, Schwarzman Scholars continues to be one of the most selective graduate fellowship programs in the world. Schwarzman Scholars alumni have demonstrated immense leadership capacity, trailblazing in a number of industries and collaborating to tackle pressing issues all around the world.” – Text and photos from the Schwarzman Scholars website
Diana Chao (2019), founder of Letters to Strangers, and Sneha Dave (2016), founder of Generation Patient, spoke on the topic of healthcare reform at Davos at the World Economic Forum as part of the We Are Family Foundation’s Youth Delegation.

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