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Terry began her career with Southern Company in 2001 at Georgia Power Company and progressed through leadership roles in compliance, ethics and power delivery including customer service, external affairs and customer operations. In her most recent position prior to her current one she served as Vice President – External Affairs and General Counsel, Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary for Southern Nuclear Operating Company, the Southern Company subsidiary that operates Southern’s Southern Company’s nuclear fleet.

Prior to joining Southern Company, Terry served as Associate General Counsel for Progress Energy in Raleigh, NCwhere she practiced labor and employment and natural gas regulatory and contract law. She began her career practicing law as an labor and employment associate with Troutman Sanders law firm in Atlanta, Georgia.

A native of Fayetteville, N.C., Terry holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Michigan Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in English (cum laude) from North Carolina State University. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and the Georgia State Bar, Leadership Atlanta, Leadership North Carolina and Leadership Florida, the American Association of Blacks in Energy and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. In 2008, she was selected as one of the Pensacola Business Journal's “Twelve Young Professionals Under 40” and 40.” In 2009, she was selected as a member of the “2009 IN Power List” which recognizes the top 50 most powerful and influential people in greater Pensacola.