Board of Directors

Thomas A. Fanning

Chairman, President and CEO
Southern Company

Atlanta, GA | Age 61 | elected 2010

Other directorships: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Vulcan Materials Company

Juanita Powell Baranco

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Baranco Automotive Group (automobile sales)

Atlanta, GA | Age 69 | elected 2006

Board committee: Audit

Other directorships: None

Jon A. Boscia

Retired Founder and President
Boardroom Advisors LLC (board governance consulting firm)

Sarasota, FL | Age 65 | elected 2007

Board committees: Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility; Operations, Environmental and Safety

Other directorships: None

Henry A. Clark III

Retired Senior Advisor
Evercore (corporate finance advisory firm)

Hobe Sound, FL | Age 68 | elected 2009

Board committees: Compensation and Management Succession (chair); Finance

Other directorships: None

David J. Grain

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Grain Management, LLC (private equity firm)

Sarasota, FL | Age 55 | elected 2012

Board committees: Compensation and Management Succession; Finance (chair)

Other directorships: None

Veronica M. Hagen

Retired President and CEO
Polymer Group, Inc. (engineered materials)

Laguna Niguel, CA | Age 72 | elected 2008

Board committees: Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility (chair); Operations, Environmental and Safety

Other directorships: Newmont Mining Corporation;
American Water Works Company, Inc.

Warren A. Hood, Jr.

Chairman and CEO Hood Companies, Inc. (packaging and construction products)

Hattiesburg, MS | Age 66 | elected 2007

Board committee: Audit

Other directorships: Hood Companies, Inc.; BancorpSouth, Inc.

Linda P. Hudson

Founder, Chairman and CEO
The Cardea Group (business management consulting)

Charlotte, NC | Age 67 | elected 2014

Board committees: Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility; Operations, Environmental and Safety; Business Security Subcommittee (chair);

Other directorships: Bank of America Corporation; Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

Donald M. James

Retired Chairman and CEO
Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials)

Pensacola, FL | Age 69 | elected 1999

Board committees: Compensation and Management Succession; Finance

Other directorship: Wells Fargo & Company

John D. Johns

Executive Chairman
Protective Life Corporation (insurance)

Birmingham, AL | Age 66 | elected 2015

Board committee: Audit (chair)

Other directorships: Protective Life Corporation; Regions Financial Corporation; Genuine Parts Company

Dale E. Klein

Associate Vice Chancellor of Research
University of Texas System

Retired Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (energy)

Austin, TX | Age 70 | elected 2010

Board committees: Compensation and Management Succession; Operations, Environmental and Safety; Business Security Subcommittee

Other directorships: Pinnacle West Capital Corporation; Arizona Public Service Company

Ernest J. Moniz

Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems emeritus,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CEO and Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative (energy)

Former U.S. Secretary of Energy

Brookline, MA | Age 73 | elected 2018

Board committees: Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility; Operations, Environmental and Safety; Business Security Subcommittee

Other directorships: TAE Technologies, Inc.

William G. Smith, Jr.

Chairman, President and CEO
Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (banking)

Tallahassee, FL | Age 64 | elected 2006

Board committees: Finance; Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility

Other directorships: Capital City Bank Group, Inc.; Capital City Bank

Steven R. Specker

CEO, TAE Technologies, Inc. (energy)

Scottsdale, AZ | Age 72 | elected 2010

Board committees: Compensation and Management Succession; Operations, Environmental and Safety (chair)

Other directorships: TAE Technologies, Inc.

Larry D. Thompson

Lead Independent Director
Southern Company Board

Of Counsel
Finch, McCranie, LLP (attorney)

Atlanta, GA | Age 72 | elected 2014

Board committees: Finance; Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility

Other directorships: Graham Holdings Company; Franklin, Templeton Series Mutual Funds

E. Jenner Wood III

Retired Executive Vice President
SunTrust Bank–Atlanta Division (banking)

Atlanta, GA | Age 66 | elected 2012

Board committee: Audit

Other directorships: Oxford Industries, Inc.; Genuine Parts Company