NOTES ON PEOPLE (07/11/99)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Honored by PepsiCo as top business leader

PURCHASE, N.Y. - Annetta M. Hewko was honored as one of the top business leaders at PepsiCo. As finalist for the Donald M. Kendall Co-Founders Award, Ms. Hewko, general manager of Frito-Lay Hungary, was recognized as leading one of the three most successful and fastest growing business units in PepsiCo worldwide.

The Kendall Awards are given each year by Roger Enrico, chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, and Donald Kendall, former chairman and co-founder of PepsiCo, to the business leaders who have consistently delivered outstanding results over the prior three-year period.

Ms. Hewko and her team in Hungary finished second in the overall competition. In addition, she was recognized as the first and only woman ever to be a finalist.

Ms. Hewko joined PepsiCo in 1992 as country manager of Pepsi-Cola Ukraine, where she managed a network of 11 franchise bottlers and established the company's first representation in Ukraine. She then moved to Slovakia to manage a joint Frito-Lay/Pepsi-Cola sales and distribution operation. In December 1995 she was promoted to regional sales and marketing director for Frito-Lay and shortly thereafter promoted again to her current position as general manager of Frito-Lay Hungary.

Ms. Hewko holds a master's of management degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. and a bachelor of science degree from the McCormick School of Engineering, also at Northwestern.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, she had worked at Hewlett-Packard and in general management consulting.

PepsiCo Inc. is a worldwide leader in consumer packaged goods. With $22 billion in annual sales and operations in more than 175 countries, PepsiCo provides consumers some of the world's favorite brands through its three operating entities: The Pepsi-Cola Co., The Frito-Lay Co. and Tropicana Products Inc.

Ms. Hewko is a native of Warren, Mich., and a member of Ukrainian National Association Branch 94.

Sisters graduate from Manor Junior College

JENKINTOWN, Pa. - Daria Loun (left) and her sister Maria (right), graduated from Manor College on May 13 with two-year associate degrees in liberal arts. Both students were recognized for academic excellence and are members of the Phi Theta Kappa National Junior College Honor Society. Pictured with the Louns is Dean of Students Sister Mary Francis Walchonsky OSBM. The Louns are members of Ukrainian National Association Branch 15.

Notes on people is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members of the Ukrainian National Association. All submissions should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person's UNA branch number. Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt, when space permits.

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