Bob Jimenez, Cox Enterprises, Inc.Roberto I. Jimenez is vice president of corporate communications and public affairs at Cox Enterprises, Inc., a leading communications, media and automotive services company. Jimenez is responsible for leading internal and external communications; public affairs and diversity communications; interactive communications and creative services; as well as corporate social responsibility programming and corporate contributions. He also serves as Cox’s chief spokesperson.
In addition to The Community Foundation, Jimenez also serves on the boards of the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, the National Hispanic Corporate Council and on the American Institute for Managing Diversity’s board of governors. He has served on the advisory board of the Elon University School of Communications and the executive board of the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce where he chaired its legislative committee.
Prior to joining Cox in 2003 as director of corporate communications, Jimenez was a director of global communications and international marketing at AFC Enterprises. Jimenez has also directed marketing and public relations for Walt Disney World Resort, Florida Hospital and the Orlando Opera Company. In 1996, Jimenez launched Jimenez Pinzon International, a multicultural marketing communications consultancy, specializing in Hispanic, market-entry strategies.
In 2007, Jimenez was named one of Hispanic Business magazine’s 100 Most Influential Hispanics in America. He is a 2005 IABC/Atlanta Catalyst Award winner and a past co-chair of the Public Relations Society of America – Georgia Chapter Diversity Committee. He is a 2004 graduate of Leadership Atlanta, a 2005 graduate of the Diversity Leadership Academy (founded by the American Institute for Managing Diversity) and a 2008 graduate of Leadership Georgia.
Jimenez earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tenn., and a master’s of business administration degree with an emphasis in marketing and international business from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla.