Served as Chairman, President, and CEO of Alabama Power Company, a public utility company and Southern Company subsidiary headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, from 2014 until his retirement in 2022 Joined Southern Company in 2004 and served in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility at Alabama Power Company and affiliated companies, including Chairman, President and CEO of Gulf Power and Chief Operating Officer of Southern Company Chairman of the Board of Prosper Birmingham and serves on the President s Council of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and the Board of Governors of the University of Alabama Law School Foundation Has previously served as Chairman of the Boards of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, the Business Council of Alabama, and the Birmingham Business Alliance, and has served on the President's Cabinet of the University of Alabama