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3 Alabama Power President and CEO Mark Crosswhite retired on Dec. 31, 2022. "Having the privilege of leading Alabama Power has been the high point of my career," Crosswhite said. "It has been an honor working for a company that for more than a century has been dedicated to serving communities across Alabama. As I approach my 60th birthday, though, I have come to realize it is time for me to spend more time with my family." Crosswhite led Alabama Power for more than eight years and built a reputation as a low-key but powerful industry thought leader and corporate citizen, including guiding the company through the pandemic. Crosswhite pivoted Alabama Power toward innovation and meeting customers' long-term energy needs while championing a strong relationship with the company's building trades partners. He advanced the company's role in elevating the state and its communities with a continued emphasis on economic development and through the work of the Alabama Power Foundation and the company employee and retiree volunteer organizations. Southern Company Chairman, President and CEO Tom Fanning praised Crosswhite for his impact at Alabama Power and across the state. "Mark has spent a lifetime in service to his home state of Alabama through his work dedicated to the numerous charitable, civic and nonprofit causes he champions," Fanning said. "As the leader of Alabama Power Company, one of Alabama's great corporate institutions, he carried with him each and every day that sense of service as he worked to improve the lives of customers, communities and colleagues." "The entire Southern Company system has benefited greatly from Mark's expertise, wisdom and citizenship in helping build the future of energy for the betterment of millions of lives across the country," Fanning said. "I wish Mark, his wife, Jane Emily, their two sons and the entire Crosswhite family nothing but the best during retirement." Among his accomplishments while at Alabama Power: • Crosswhite worked closely with employees in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and in the building trades on continuing Alabama Power's strong labor- management partnership. His expertise in labor relations was recognized when North America's Building Trades Unions named Crosswhite its apprenticeship readiness national spokesman in 2019 and 2020. • Crosswhite and Alabama Power collaborated with state government and economic development officials and stakeholders to build a robust innovation economy in the state. • Crosswhite oversaw formation of Alabama Power's Council on Culture and Inclusion, which works to ensure the company provides inclusion, respect and fairness for all employees. • Working with other Birmingham-area leaders, Crosswhite on the cover of Powergrams in 2014. Crosswhite greets co-workers in 2014, after being officially announced as the 11th CEO of Alabama Power.

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