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Cordia Harrington

Chair
"Membership in the American Bakers Association demonstrates such immense value from both business and personal perspectives. ABA does a fantastic job of telling the baking industry’s story."
Cordia Harrington

Cordia Harrington, ABA's Chair, is CEO of Crown Bakeries (formerly The Bakery Cos.) which is comprised of highly-automated, high-speed bun and biscuit bakeries, artisan and organic bakeries, frozen dough lines, croissants, and English muffin griddles.

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In total, the company produces more than eight million pieces per day, serving elite customers in the United States, South America, and the Caribbean. Begun in 1997 as a supplier to the McDonald’s system, Ms. Harrington has used innovation and the newest technologies to grow the business from one customer to 1400, with revenue growth to greater than $100mm.

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Prior to founding The Bakery Cos. (previously called the Tennessee Bun Company), Ms. Harrington was a McDonald’s owner/operator in Central Illinois, where she purchased one (and built two additional) award-winning restaurants. As a franchisee, Harrington was purchasing chair for the St. Louis McDonald’s region. Previously, Ms. Harrington founded and developed Concept One Realtors in Russellville, Arkansas, growing it to include Concept One Construction, a builder of homes and commercial office condominiums. Concept One Realtors was the recipient of national awards.

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Harrington was the recipient of the prestigious EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2015 award in the Southeast Program for the Manufacturing & Distribution category and Lifetime Achievement Award as Most Admired CEO 2016, as well as other National Awards.

Ms. Harrington attended Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan; she graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science degree. 

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