Stanley Connally - Gulf Power President CEO

Mr. Stanley W. Connally, Jr., is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Gulf Power Company. He began his career with Southern Company in 1989 as a coop student at Georgia Powers Plant Yates and has held positions in functional areas, including Customer Operations, Sales and Marketing, and Power Generation. In 1998, Stan was named Sales Manager for the companys Central Region in the Macon, Ga., area. One year later, he returned to Georgia Powers corporate office as Assistant to the Vice President of Retail Sales and Service. He served as Group Leader of Engineering at Plant Wansley before being named Plant Manager of Mississippi Powers Plant Watson in 2003 and Plant Daniel in 2004. Three years later, Stan became Plant Manager at Alabama Power, with responsibility for all electric generating units at Plant Barry, Theodore CoGeneration Plant, and Washington County CoGeneration Plant. He was Senior Vice President and Senior Production Officer for Georgia Power Company, where he was responsible for coal, gas, and hydroelectric generation. Stan graduated in 1993 with a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He completed the Goizueta Executive Education Program at Emory University in 2004 and the Southern Company Senior Leadership Development Program in 2009. Stan serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise Florida and James Madison Institute. He is a member of the Florida Council of 100 and serves on the Georgia Tech Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering External Advisory Board. since 2012.