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Bryan Anderson , , , Executive vice president and president of external affairs, Southern Company

Anderson joined the company in 2010 and leads the company’s branding, corporate communications, security policy and other external affairs functions. Based in Washington, DC, he also manages and directs the company’s political, policy and regulatory activities. Before joining Southern Company, Anderson worked for The Coca-Cola Company as vice president of government relations and public affairs. A native of Georgia, Anderson earned a bachelor of business administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Georgia and a juris doctor from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University.

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W. Paul Bowers , , , Chairman & CEO, Georgia Power

Bowers joined the company as a residential sales representative with Gulf Power in 1979. Most recently, Bowers served as chief financial officer of Southern Company. Previously, he was president of Southern Company Generation and president and CEO of Southern Power. Bowers also served as president and CEO of Southern Company's former United Kingdom subsidiary, and senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Southern Company. Earlier in his career, he held executive positions at Georgia Power. Born 1956.

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Stan W. Connally, Jr. , , , Executive Vice President, Operations, Southern Company Services, Inc.

Connally assumed his current position in June 2018. He previously served as chairman, president and CEO of former subsidiary Gulf Power. He has held senior leadership roles at each of the company’s electric operating companies, including as senior vice president and senior production officer for Georgia Power. Since joining in 1989 as a co-op engineering student at Plant Yates, Connally’s experience across the company has ranged from customer operations and sales and marketing to power generation leadership. Born 1969.

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Mark A. Crosswhite , , , Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alabama Power Company

Crosswhite joined the company in 2004 as a senior vice president and general counsel for Southern Company Generation. He was named to his current position in March 2014. Most recently, Crosswhite served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Southern Company. Previously, he was president and CEO of Gulf Power. He has also served as executive vice president of external affairs and senior vice president and general counsel for Alabama Power. Prior to joining Southern Company, Crosswhite was a partner in the law firm of Balch & Bingham LLP in Birmingham. Born 1962.

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Chris Cummiskey , , , Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer and Customer Solutions Officer

Cummiskey is responsible for delivering growth and customer solutions across Southern Company’s subsidiaries, leads Southern Company’s unregulated competitive businesses and oversees the innovation functions for organization. He previously served as executive vice president of external affairs and nuclear development for Georgia Power, chief commercial officer of Southern Power and as commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Cummiskey’s work in the public sector includes a state director for U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia and chief of staff for the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives. He is a past member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the Georgia Ports Authority, Georgia World Congress Center and the Georgia board of trustees for the Nature Conservancy.

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Martin B. Davis , , , Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Southern Company

Davis joined Southern Company in 2015 as Chief Information Officer. He also serves as executive vice president of Southern Company Services. Prior to joining the company, Davis spent 30 years in a wide-range of senior technology and security leadership roles at Wells Fargo and Wachovia banks including serving as Wachovia’s CIO, helping guide the technology integration of the largest bank merger in the history of U.S. financial services. In his current role, Davis oversees Southern Company’s Technology Organization. Born 1963.

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Andrew W. Evans , , , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Southern Company

Andrew W. (Drew) Evans was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Southern Company, one of America’s largest public utilities, in June 2018. In this role, Evans is responsible for the company’s accounting, finance, business development, investor relations, treasury and information technology. He also serves as the chief risk officer and is a member of the Southern Company Management Council.

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Thomas A. Fanning , , , Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Company

Fanning joined the company as a financial analyst in 1980. Fanning was chief operating officer at Southern Company, responsible for Southern Company Generation, Southern Power, and Southern Company Transmission. He has served as president and CEO of Gulf Power and chief financial officer for Southern Company, Georgia Power, and Mississippi Power. Born 1957.

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Kimberly S. Greene , , , Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Company Gas

Greene assumed her current position in June 2018. Prior to being named executive vice president and chief operating officer, Greene was President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company Services, Inc. Prior to rejoining Southern Company in April 2013, Greene was executive vice president and chief generation officer of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). While at TVA, she served as chief financial officer, executive vice president of financial services and chief risk officer, as well as, group president for strategy and external relations. Greene began her career at Southern Company in 1991 and held positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of engineering, strategy, finance and wholesale marketing, including serving as senior vice president and treasurer of Southern Company Services, Inc. from 2004 to 2007. Born 1966.

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James Y. Kerr II , , , Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Southern Company

Kerr joined the Company in March 2014. He was a partner with McGuireWoods LLP and a senior advisor at McGuireWoods Consulting LLC from 2008 through February 2014. He also served as co-chairman of McGuireWoods’ energy industry team with focus in the areas of energy transactions and finance, energy regulation, energy policy and energy litigation. Prior to joining McGuireWoods, Kerr served as a Commissioner on the North Carolina Utilities Commission for eight years, as president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners from 2007 through 2008 and as president of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners from 2002 through 2003. Prior to joining the Commission, Kerr was an attorney in private practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. Born 1964.

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Stephen E. Kuczynski , , , Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Nuclear Operating Company

Prior to coming to Southern Company in July 2011, Kuczynski was senior vice president of engineering and technical services for Exelon Nuclear from 2006 to 2011. Previously, he was senior vice president of Exelon Nuclear's Midwest operations, with oversight of its 11 Illinois nuclear units. Before that, he was senior vice president of operations support. He also served as plant manager and later as site vice president for Exelon's Byron Nuclear Station. Born 1962.

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Anthony L. Wilson , , , Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mississippi Power

Wilson joined the company in 1984 as a co-op engineering student. He worked his way into increasing leadership roles at Mississippi Power then at Georgia Power from 2002-2015. He returned to Mississippi Power in May 2015 as executive vice president of operations as part of a leadership transition plan. He was named President in October 2015 and added the role of CEO on Jan. 1, 2016. Born 1964.

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Christopher C. Womack , , , President, Georgia Power

Womack joined the company in 1988 as a governmental affairs representative for Alabama Power. He was named president of Georgia Power Nov. 1, 2020. Previously, Womack was executive vice president and president of external affairs for Southern Company. He has held numerous executive and management positions, including executive vice president of external affairs for Georgia Power, senior vice president of human resources and chief people officer for Southern Company as well as senior vice president and senior production officer of Southern Company Generation. Born 1958.

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