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W. Paul Bowers, 58
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer of
Georgia Power Co.
Director since 2013
Mr. Bowers is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Power
Company, the largest subsidiary of Southern Company. Prior to assuming his
current role in January 2011, Mr. Bowers served as Chief Financial Officer
of
Southern Company from January 2008 to August 2010. Previously, he served in
various senior executive leadership positions across Southern Company in
Southern Company Generation, Southern Power and the company’s former U.K.
subsidiary, where he was President and Chief Executive Officer of South Western
Electricity LLC/Western Power Distribution. Mr. Bowers also currently serves on
the board of Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited and is a member of the Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank energy advisory board. He is a graduate of the University
of West Florida and also holds a master's degree in management from Troy
University. In addition, he completed the Advanced Management Program at
Harvard Business School.
Mr. Bowers’ brings to the Board a valuable and unique perspective from his
considerable financial knowledge as a former chief financial officer and national
and international business experience in a highly regulated industry.
Kriss Cloninger III, 67
President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer of
Aflac Incorporated
Director since 2001
Mr. Cloninger has been President since 2001, Chief Financial Officer since 1992,
and Treasurer of the Company and Executive Vice President of Aflac since 1993.
Since joining the Company in 1992, he has had primary responsibility for
overseeing the financial management of all Company operations, including Aflac
U.S. and Aflac Japan. Prior to joining the Company, he was a principal in KPMG’s
insurance actuarial practice and served as a consultant to Aflac from 1977 until he
joined the Company in 1992. Mr. Cloninger has been named Best CFO in the
insurance/life category in America by
Institutional Investor
magazine three times.
He is a member of the boards of directors of Total System Services, Inc. (TSYS),
and the Tupperware Brands Corporation. Mr. Cloninger holds both a bachelor’s
and master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at
Austin and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
Mr. Cloninger’s financial acumen and expertise in the Company’s operations and
corporate strategy bring a unique economic perspective to our Board of Directors.
Elizabeth J. Hudson, 65
Chief Communications
Officer for the National
Geographic Society
Director since 1990
Ms. Hudson is the Chief Communications Officer of the National Geographic
Society since April 2014 and previously served as the senior communications
executive since 2000. She oversees philanthropic development and is responsible
for all communications and public affairs initiatives undertaken by the National
Geographic Society and its subsidiaries, including media and public relations,
community engagement and social media, brand stewardship, employee
communications, and related marketing-communications activities. She earned a
bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations from the University of
Georgia and received an honorary doctorate in commercial science from St.
John’s University. She has more than 40 years of experience serving on the
executive management teams of several national and international organizations,
including publicly traded entities and one of the world’s largest scientific and
research organizations. She brings extensive experience in strategic corporate
communications, including financial and crisis communications management. She
also co-chairs the Washington Chapter of Women Corporate Directors.
Ms. Hudson’s extensive experience in communication and marketing initiatives
combined with her knowledge of, exposure to and expertise in, developing and
articulating sustainability programs is relevant to her role as a member of the
Company’s Board of Directors.
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