Former Coca-Cola HR specialist and KWC Alumni Hall of Fame inductee Dorman to speak at Rooster Booster

November 1, 2022 | 12:07 am

Updated November 1, 2022 | 12:30 am

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Lydia Dorman, former Senior Vice President of Human Resources for The Coca-Cola Company in Japan and Kentucky Wesleyan College alumna, will be the featured guest at Thursday’s Rooster Booster event. The program will also include announcements for the upcoming Shop Owensboro event, powered by Independence Bank. Representatives with Owensboro Health will administer free flu vaccines before and after the program.

The Chamber will conduct a ribbon cutting immediately following the program with St. Vincent de Paul, which intends to “Fill the Truck” with Warmth for the Holidays, asking all to bring blankets, gloves, scarves, hats/sock caps to be distributed to shelters and the homeless.

The program begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Owensboro Convention Center (501 West Second Street) and is sponsored by Kentucky Wesleyan College. Register to attend here or call the Chamber office at 270-926-1860.

The cost to attend Rooster Booster is $15 for Chamber members with reservations, $20 for members with no reservations, and $25 for non-members. Reservations include breakfast, which will be served buffet style at the beginning of the event. 

Dorman is a Washington, D.C., native who found herself in Kentucky after researching colleges with broadcasting curriculums and a chance encounter with a Kentucky Wesleyan admissions counselor that led to a campus visit.

As a student at KWC, Dorman majored in telecommunications, minored in business and was an active member of Kappa Delta sorority. She went on to earn her master’s degree in corporate communication with an emphasis in training and development from Western Kentucky University.

Recently retired after a 35-plus-year career that spanned several continents, Dorman now resides in Las Vegas. Dorman’s professional career included stints with The Walt Disney Company in Orlando; Toyota Motors Manufacturing in Georgetown, Ky.; and eventually her role as senior vice president of human resources for The Coca-Cola Company in Japan.

In total she spent over 23 years with The Coca-Cola Company delivering HR strategy and people programs in established and emerging markets throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Dorman was inducted into the Kentucky Wesleyan College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2017 and was a recipient of the College’s Alumni Achievement Award in 2014. In 2016, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree prior to delivering the Commencement speech on “Being your Brand” to KWC’s graduating class.

Dorman continues to be active in her community, giving back through involvement with numerous charitable organizations. She has shown support as an alumna of KWC by serving on the Kentucky Wesleyan College Board of Trustees, the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors and the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.

November 1, 2022 | 12:07 am

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