Michelle Principato

Michelle Principato is PepsiAmericas Manager, Health & Wellness, a role expressly created to ensure the company continues to embrace a culture of total wellness for its employees and their family members as it expands its reach around the globe.

Principato’s broad responsibilities include the tactical development and execution of PepsiAmericas’ wellness strategy and creating an environment of employee engagement and personal responsibility. She is currently leading a cross-functional team tasked with integrating decentralized wellness initiatives across the organization in conjunction with designing productivity measures that validate the success of the company’s wellness programs. A native of Chicago, IL, Principato earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from DePaul University in 1994 and she is currently pursing her MBA.

PepsiAmericas is the world's second-largest manufacturer, seller and distributor of PepsiCo beverages. With annual sales of $4.9 billion in 2008, PepsiAmericas employs more than 20,000 people and operates 33 manufacturing facilities and over 175 distribution centers across its markets. PAS serves a population of more than 200 million in a significant portion of a 19-state region in the U.S.; Central and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia; and the Caribbean.