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SOUTHERN CO

Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/southern-company

Southern Company logo
Entity
Public listing published
Primary listing
NYSE: SO
Verification
Partially verified
Last reviewed
2026-10-15T04:47:54.880238+00:00

Overview

Alpha's canonical identity and public leadership record for Southern Company.

Canonical AEGIS identity graph

Executive leadership

Current, confirmed roles are shown only when both the person Profile and supporting source record satisfy the public projection boundary. A missing role is not evidence that it does not exist.

Executive team

5 public records
Christopher C. Womack portrait
Christopher C. Womack

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
SO executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
DS
Daniel S. Tucker

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
SO executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
Kimberly S. Greene portrait
Kimberly S. Greene

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
SO executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
MK
Melissa K. Caen

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
SO executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
WM
Wilson Mallard

Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
SO executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026

Governance leadership

Boards & Committees

Board and committee assignments appear only when the canonical public projection retains a current role and supporting source. Unpublished records are not interpreted as absence.

Record as of Oct 15, 2026. Chair, executive office, Lead Independent Director and committee appointments retain their separate source roles. A complete board composition denominator and committee charters are not established by a partial roster.

Board roles

12 public records

Committees

7 public records

Membership and chair roles are projected from current board seats. A chair is shown only when a stored chair flag says so.

Audit

Chair
William G. Smith, Jr.
Members
William G. Smith, Jr. (Chair); David E. Meador; James O. Etheredge; Janaki Akella

Business Security and Resiliency

Chair
Not stated
Members
Janaki Akella; Kristine L. Svinicki; Shantella E. Cooper

Compensation and Talent Development

Chair
Lizanne Thomas
Members
Lizanne Thomas (Chair); James O. Etheredge; Shantella E. Cooper

ESG

Chair
David J. Grain
Members
David J. Grain (Chair); John D. Johns; Lizanne Thomas; Shantella E. Cooper

Finance

Chair
Not stated
Members
David J. Grain; James O. Etheredge; John D. Johns; John M. Turner, Jr.; Lizanne Thomas

Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility

Chair
David J. Grain
Members
David J. Grain (Chair); John D. Johns; Lizanne Thomas; Shantella E. Cooper

Operations, Environmental and Safety

Chair
Not stated
Members
Anthony F. Earley, Jr.; David E. Meador; John M. Turner, Jr.; Kristine L. Svinicki

Source record

Alpha canonical company public projection

Supports Company identity, Published leadership, Entity status boundary

Reviewed 2026-10-15T04:47:54.880238+00:00

SOUTHERN CO Form 10-K

Supports Official website

Reviewed 2026-08-29T22:45:39Z

Generated 2026-10-16T04:31:23.546Z

Data as of 2026-10-15T04:47:54.880238+00:00

https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/southern-company