Board of Directors
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JUANITA POWELL BARANCO
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Baranco Automotive Group
(automobile sales)
(automobile sales)
Atlanta, GA | Age 67 | elected 2006
Board committee: Audit
Other directorships: None
JON A. BOSCIA
Founder and President
Boardroom Advisors LLC
(board governance consulting firm)
(board governance consulting firm)
Sarasota, FL | Age 63 | elected 2007
Board committee: Audit (chair)
Other directorships: None
HENRY A. CLARK III
Senior Advisor
Evercore Partners Inc.
(corporate finance advisory firm)
(corporate finance advisory firm)
New York, NY | Age 66 | elected 2009
Board committee: Compensation and Management Succession (chair), Finance
Other directorships: None
THOMAS A. FANNING
Chairman, President and CEO
Southern Company
Atlanta, GA | Age 59 | elected 2010
Other directorships: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (chair), Vulcan Materials Company
DAVID J. GRAIN
Founder and Managing Partner
Grain Management, LLC
(private equity firm)
(private equity firm)
Sarasota, FL | Age 53 | elected 2012
Board committee: Compensation and Management Succession, Finance
Other directorships: Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida
VERONICA M. HAGEN
Lead Independent Director Southern Company Board
Retired President and CEO
Polymer Group, Inc.
(engineered materials)
(engineered materials)
Laguna Niguel, CA | Age 70 | elected 2008
Board committee: Compensation and Management Succession, Nuclear/Operations
Other directorships: Newmont Mining Corporation, American Water Works Company, Inc.
WARREN A. HOOD, JR.
Chairman and CEO
Hood Companies, Inc.
(packaging and construction products)
(packaging and construction products)
Hattiesburg, MS | Age 64 | 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)
(business management consulting)
Charlotte, NC | Age 65 | elected 2014
Board committee: Governance, Nuclear/Operations, Business Security Subcommittee
Other directorships: Bank of America Corporation, Ingersoll Rand
DONALD M. JAMES
Retired Chairman and CEO
Vulcan Materials Company
(construction materials)
(construction materials)
Birmingham, AL | Age 67 | elected 1999
Board committee: Governance (chair), Finance
Other directorships: Wells Fargo & Company
JOHN D. JOHNS
Chairman and CEO
Protective Life Corporation
(insurance)
(insurance)
Birmingham, AL | Age 64 | elected 2015
Board committee: Audit
Other directorships: Protective Life Corporation, Regions Financial Corporation, Genuine Parts Company
DALE E. KLEIN
Associate Vice Chancellor of Research University of Texas System
Associate Director The Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin
Retired Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(energy)
(energy)
Austin, TX | Age 68 | elected 2010
Board committee: Governance, Nuclear/Operations, Business Security Subcommittee (chair)
Other directorships: Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, Arizona Public Service Company
WILLIAM G. SMITH, JR.
Chairman, President and CEO
Capital City Bank Group, Inc.
(banking)
(banking)
Tallahassee, FL | Age 62 | elected 2006
Board committee: Compensation and Management Succession, Finance (chair)
Other directorships: Capital City Bank Group, Inc., Capital City Bank
STEVEN R. SPECKER
Retired President and CEO
Electric Power Research Institute
(energy)
(energy)
Scottsdale, AZ | Age 70 | elected 2010
Board committee: Nuclear/Operations (chair), Compensation and Management Succession
Other directorships: Trilliant, Inc.
LARRY D. THOMPSON
Incoming Lead Independent Director
Southern Company Board
(effective May 2016)
(effective May 2016)
John A. Sibley Professor of Corporate and Business Law, The University of Georgia School of Law
(attorney)
(attorney)
Atlanta, GA | Age 70 | elected 2014
Board committee: Finance, Governance
Other directorships: Graham Holdings Company, Franklin, Templeton Series Mutual Funds
E. JENNER WOOD III
Corporate Executive Vice President, Wholesale Banking
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
(banking)
(banking)
Atlanta, GA | Age 64 | elected 2012
Board committee: Governance, Nuclear/Operations
Other directorships: Oxford Industries, Inc., Genuine Parts Company
