2017 Annual Report

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

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