Leadership


Board of Directors

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.


Management Council

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.