Primary Job Title Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Primary Organization Cox Enterprises
Gender Male
Roberto I. Jimenez is senior vice president of corporate communications and public affairs at Cox Enterprises, a leading communications, media and automotive services company. Jimenez is responsible for leading internal and external communications; public affairs; digital communications; issues management and crisis preparedness; as well as
corporate responsibility programming and corporate giving. He also oversees the Cox Employee Relief Fund and serves as Cox's chief spokesperson.
Prior to joining Cox in 2003 as director of corporate communications, Jimenez was a director of global communications and international marketing at AFC Enterprises. He also has served in a variety of communications and public affairs roles with the Walt Disney World Company, Florida Hospital and the Orlando Opera Company.
Jimenez serves on the board of Leadership Atlanta. He also is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society and The Seminar. Previously, he served on the boards of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, the National Hispanic Corporate Council, the Elon University School of Communications and the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Jimenez was named one of Hispanic Business magazine's 100 Most Influential Hispanics in America in 2007. He is an IABC/Atlanta Catalyst Award winner and a graduate of Leadership Atlanta, Leadership Georgia and the American Institute for Managing Diversity's Leadership Academy.
Jimenez earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Southern Adventist University and a master's of business administration degree with an emphasis in marketing and international business from Rollins College.
