Rebecca A. Messina

Rebecca Messina graduated from Miami in 1994 with BAs in both Spanish and Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs. In September 2018 she became the first-ever Global Chief Marketing Officer at Uber Technologies, where she brings together Uber's marketing teams from around the world. Prior to joining Uber, she was Senior Vice President and Global Chief Marketing Officer for Beam Suntory, the world’s third largest premium spirits company. Messina has also spent 22 years at The Coca-Cola Company in marketing leadership roles across Europe and South America, ultimately becoming Coca-Cola's Senior Vice President of Marketing & Innovation, Venturing & Emerging Brands. A native of Batavia, New York, Messina speaks English, Spanish, French, and Italian. She is currently on the Global Board of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and has also served on the National Board of Directors of the American Marketing Association (AMA), the Georgia State Marketing Roundtable, and the Atlanta Executive Board of the AMA. Messina is married, has two children, and lives in San Francisco, CA.