Mike Anderson
Senior Vice President • Georgia Power
President & CEO • Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.
and Southern Company Corporate Foundation
Mike
Anderson serves as senior
he was responsible for quality control
vice president for Georgia Power and
component testing of nuclear warhead
President and CEO of both Georgia
guidance systems.
Power Foundation, Inc. and Southern
Company Corporate Foundation. Mike
numerous boards, including St. Joseph’s
leads the company’s charitable giving
Healthcare System, Georgia Tech
and is also a member of the Georgia
Advisory Board, Southeastern Council
Power Management Council. Prior to
of Foundations, Zoo Atlanta, Emory
this position, he served as vice president
University Board of Visitors, Georgia Tech
In the community, Mike serves on
of Corporate Services, with responsibility for corporate safety,
Industrial & Systems Engineering, Chick-fil-A Bowl, IntegralGude
labor relations, fleet management, and workforce development
Advisory Board and Georgia Tech Athletic Association. His
and training.
past board affiliations include the Eisenhower Consortium for
An Atlanta native, Mike received a bachelor’s degree in
Science and Mathematics, 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Electric
industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology,
Vehicle Association of the Americas, Regional Atlanta Civic
where he was also inducted into the Academy of Distinguished
League, Buckhead Business Association, Atlanta Area Council
Engineering Alumni. He has an MBA from Emory University
of Boy Scouts of America, Kennestone Health Care Foundation
and is an alumnus of Regional Leadership Institute, Leadership
and the Center for Puppetry Arts.
Georgia and Leadership Atlanta.
Since beginning his career with Georgia Power, Mike
of Boy Scouts of America Silver Beaver and Whitney M.
has held numerous leadership positions in Capital Budgeting,
Young awards, Chauncey Davis Foundation’s Man of the Year
System Planning, Customer Operations, Information Technology,
Award, Atlanta Business League Men of Distinction Award and
Marketing and External Affairs. Prior to joining Georgia Power,
Georgia Institute of Technology’s Total Person Alumnus Award.
Mike was recruited from Texas Instruments in Dallas, where
Anderson’s recognitions include the Atlanta Area Council