Thomas A. Fanning
Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company
Atlanta, GA | Age 66
elected 2010
Christopher C. Womack*
Chairman, President and CEO, Georgia Power
Atlanta, GA | Age 65
elected 2023
Janaki Akella
Digital Transformation Leader Google LLC (technology)
Palo Alto, CA | Age 62
elected 2019
Henry A. Clark III
Retired Senior Advisor, Evercore Inc. (global independent investment advisory firm)
Hobe Sound, FL | Age 73
elected 2009
Anthony F. Earley, Jr.
Retired Chairman, President and CEO, PG&E Corporation (utility)
Bloomfield Hills, MI |
Age 73
elected 2019
David J. Grain
CEO and Managing Director, Grain Management, LLC (private equity firm)
Sarasota, FL | Age 60
elected 2012
Colette D. Honorable
Partner, Reed Smith LLP (legal)
Washington, DC | Age 53
elected 2020
Donald M. James
Retired Chairman and CEO, Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials)
Pensacola, FL | Age 74
elected 1999
John D. Johns
Senior Advisor, Blackstone Inc., Retired Chairman of DLI North America Inc., the oversight company for Protective Life Insurance Corporation (insurance)
Birmingham, AL | Age 71
elected 2015
Dale E. Klein
Associate Vice Chancellor of Research, University of Texas System; Retired Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (energy)
Austin, TX | Age 75
elected 2010
David E. Meador*
Retired Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative
Officer, DTE Energy (energy)
Bloomfield Hills, MI |
Age 66
elected 2023
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 78
elected 2018
William G. Smith, Jr.
Chairman, President and CEO, Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (banking)
Tallahassee, FL | Age 69
elected 2006
Kristine L. Svinicki
Managing Director, The Svinicki Group LLC Former Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (energy)
Miami Beach, FL | Age 56
elected 2021
Lizanne Thomas*
Of Counsel, Jones Day (legal)
Atlanta, GA | Age 65
elected 2023
E. Jenner Wood III
Retired Corporate Executive Vice President–Wholesale Banking, SunTrust Banks, Inc. (banking)
Atlanta, GA | Age 71
elected 2012
* Christopher C. Womack has been elected to the board of directors effective March 31, 2023. David E. Meador and Lizanne Thomas have been elected to the board of directors effective April 1, 2023.
Thomas A. Fanning
Chairman, President
and CEO
Fanning, 66, joined the company in 1980
Bryan Anderson
Executive Vice President and President, External Affairs
Anderson, 56, joined the company in 2010
Stanley W. Connally, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Operations, Southern Company, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Company Services, Inc.
Connally, 53, joined the company in 1989
Christopher Cummiskey
Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial and Customer Solutions Officer
Cummiskey, 48, joined the company in 2013
Martin B. Davis
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Davis, 60, joined the company in 2015
Kimberly S. Greene
Chairman, President
and CEO, Southern Company Gas
Greene, 56, joined the company in 1991
James Y. Kerr II
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
Kerr, 59, joined the company in 2014
Stephen E. Kuczynski
Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Nuclear
Kuczynski, 60, joined the company in 2011
J. Jeffrey Peoples
Chairman, President and CEO, Alabama Power
Peoples, 64, joined the company in 1984
Daniel S. Tucker
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Tucker, 52, joined the company in 1998
Anthony L. Wilson
Chairman, President and CEO, Mississippi Power
Wilson, 59, joined the company in 1984
Christopher C. Womack
Chairman, President and CEO, Georgia Power
Womack, 65, joined the company in 1988
All Management Council members are identified by their roles as of the March 27, 2023 publication date.