Speaking Of People - African-Americans selected for executive positions at Coca-Cola, State Farm Insurance and 4anything.com - Brief Article

Deval L. Patrick, the former vice president and general counsel at Texaco, is general counsel of the Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola Chairman Doug Daft says he will recommend that Patrick be named executive vice president at the company's board meeting this month. Patrick, who earned a law degree from Harvard University, is based at the Coca-Cola headquarters in Atlanta, where he resides with his wife, Diane, and their two daughters.

STATE FARM VICE PRESIDENT

Kaye Lindsey is the first woman to serve as corporate vice president of operations for the State Farm Insurance Companies. She oversees emerging markets and customer service handling. Additionally, she acts as project coordinator for the State Farm Chairman's Council. The Monticello, Ark., native earned a bachelor's degree in management from Pacific Christian College (Calif.), and a law degree from Western State College of Law (Calif.). Lindsey lives in Bloomington, Ill., with her husband, Roosevelt, a State Farm agency field specialist. They have one adult daughter, Daphney, and two grandchildren.

INTERNET PRESIDENT

Stanley H. Greene is president and CEO of the 4Anything.com network, the largest branded network of interest and city Web guides with approximately 4,500 registered domains and over 4 million Internet visitors each month. As president, Greene's agenda is to move the company into its next phase of growth in the media and telecommunications business. The Philadelphia native received a bachelor of arts degree in urban planning from the University of Pennsylvania, and now resides in Mt. Laurel, N.J., with his wife Yetta. Greene has an adult daughter Crystal, and two sons, Stanley Jr. and Shaun.