B.S. – ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ’94
Fran Forehand earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from The University of Alabama in 1994 and an MBA from Augusta State University. She started her Southern Company career at Alabama Power in 1991 as a distribution engineering co-op student and came to Georgia Power in 1996, where she held various transmission leadership positions. Forehand then became vice president of Georgia Power’s East Region and served as Metro North Region manager.
She became vice president of Georgia Power’s Northeast Region in April of 2014. In this role, Forehand led the company’s external activities for a 39-county area. In 2014,Forehand was recognized by Profiles in Diversity Journal as one of the Journal’s “Women Worth Watching.” Forehand then became VP of Customer Service and Operations at Mississippi Power, serving 23 counties in southeast Mississippi. In 2020 Forehand was recognized by Southern Company during Women’s History Month forgiving back to her community – a practice she still continues as the executive sponsor for Southern Company’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and the Board of Directors for Zoo Atlanta.
She now serves as senior VP of Power Delivery for Georgia Power. She is responsible for safety and health and the planning, design, operations, construction and maintenance of Georgia Power’s distribution and transmission systems. Under her leadership, Power Delivery reliably serves 2.6 million customers in 155 counties across Georgia. She also serves on the company’s management council.
Fran is very passionate about education and advancing our communities. One of her proudest accomplishments is establishing the inaugural Students2Work initiative aimed at providing 250 paid summer internship positions in the underserved areas in Richmond County, receiving recognition and commendation from the Richmond County School Superintendent.
Fran and her husband, Ben, live in Sandy Springs, Georgia. They have two daughters, Kyrstyn and Kaitlyn. She enjoys golfing, hunting and fishing, reading, traveling, and spending time with family and friends and her Westie, Buddy.