MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
Thomas A. Fanning
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Fanning, 55, joined the company as a financial analyst in 1980. He has held his current position since December 2010. Previously, Fanning served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Southern Company, president and CEO of Gulf Power and chief financial officer for Southern Company, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power.
Art P. Beattie
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Beattie, 57, joined the company in 1976 as a junior accountant with Alabama Power. He has held his current position since August 2010. Beattie is responsible for the company’s accounting, finance, tax, investor relations, treasury and risk management functions. He also serves as chief risk officer. Previously, Beattie served in several executive accounting and finance positions at Alabama Power, including chief financial officer, treasurer and comptroller.
W. Paul Bowers
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT
AND CEO, GEORGIA POWER
Bowers, 55, joined the company as a residential sales representative with Gulf Power in 1979. He has held his current position since January 2011. Previously, Bowers served as chief financial officer for Southern Company. He also served as president of Southern Company Generation, president and CEO of Southern Power, president and CEO of Southern Company’s former United Kingdom subsidiary and senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Southern Company.
Mark A. Crosswhite
PRESIDENT AND CEO, GULF POWER
Crosswhite, 49, joined the company in 2004 as senior vice president and general counsel for Southern Company Generation. He has held his current position since January 2011. He also served as executive vice president of external affairs and senior vice president and counsel at Alabama Power. Prior to joining the company, he was a partner in the law firm of Balch & Bingham LLP in Birmingham, Ala., where he practiced for 17 years.
Edward Day VI
PRESIDENT AND CEO, MISSISSIPPI POWER
Day, 51, joined the company as an engineer with Southern Company Services in 1983. He has held his current position since August 2010. Previously, Day served as executive vice president of engineering and construction services for Southern Company Generation. He has held positions in a number of functional areas within the company such as nuclear, wholesale power marketing, engineering, procurement and construction.
G. Edison Holland, Jr.
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL
AND CORPORATE SECRETARY
Holland, 59, joined the company as vice president and corporate counsel for Gulf Power in 1992. He was named to his current position, which includes serving as the chief compliance officer, in 2001. Previously, he was president and CEO of Savannah Electric and vice president of power generation and transmission at Gulf Power.
Stephen E. Kuczynski
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO,
SOUTHERN NUCLEAR
Kuczynski, 49, joined the company in 2011 as chairman, president and CEO of Southern Nuclear. Previously, he was senior vice president of engineering and technical services for Exelon Nuclear. He also served as 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.
Charles D. McCrary
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT AND CEO,
ALABAMA POWER
McCrary, 60, joined the company as an assistant project planning engineer with Alabama Power in 1973. He assumed his current position in 2001. Previously, McCrary was chief production officer for Southern Company and president and CEO of Southern Power. He has held executive positions at Alabama Power and Southern Nuclear as well as various jobs in engineering, system planning, fuels and environmental affairs.
Susan N. Story
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT AND CEO,
SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES
Story, 52, joined the company as a nuclear power plant engineer in 1982. She has held her current position since January 2011. Previously, Story served as president and CEO of Gulf Power and executive vice president of engineering and construction services for Southern Company Generation and Energy Marketing. She has held executive and management positions in the areas of supply chain management, real estate, corporate services and human resources.
Anthony J. Topazi
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Topazi, 61, joined the company as a cooperative education student with Alabama Power in 1969. He assumed his current position in August 2010. Topazi previously served as president and CEO of Mississippi Power, executive vice president for Southern Company Generation and Energy Marketing and senior vice president of Southern Power. He also has held various positions at Alabama Power, including Western Division vice president and Birmingham Division vice president.
Christopher C. Womack
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Womack, 54, joined the company in 1988 as a governmental affairs representative for Alabama Power. He has held his current position since 2009. Previously, Womack was executive vice president of external affairs for Georgia Power. He has held numerous executive and management positions, including 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.