ExxonMobil and Coca-Cola Co. make donations to MinorityFran program.(FW FOCUS: FOUNDATION NEWS)(International Franchise Association )(Brief article)

Franchising World, March, 2007

IFA Educational Foundation Chairman Michael Roman, CFE, who is ExxonMobil fuels marketing strategy manager, presents a check for $50,000 from the company to IFA Director of Diversity Miriam Brewer. The donation is earmarked to support the MinorityFran program, including a series of seminars about franchise opportunities for women, minorities and veterans launching this spring.

IFA Diversity Institute Chairman Eric McCarthey, who is president of the 7-Eleven Global Division of the Coca-Cola Co., announced recently that the company has made a donation of $150,000 to the foundation as the National Sponsor of the MinorityFran Seminar series.