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A. Paul Wood
President/CEO
Georgia EMC
Paul Wood serves as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (Georgia EMC). Georgia EMC represents Georgia's 42 Electric Membership Corporations (EMCs), Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Georgia Transmission Corporation and Georgia System Operations Corporation, providing service to 4.5 million residents and businesses in Georgia.
Prior to Wood becoming President/CEO of Georgia EMC in September 1997, he served from 1983 to 1997 as Executive Director of the Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives, Inc. He began his rural electric career in 1965 at East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Inc. and in 1977 was appointed General Manager of Dixie EMC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
During his 44-year rural electric career, Wood has served as President of the Rural Electric Statewide Managers' Association (RESMA); as a member of the NRECA Management Advisory Committee; NRECA Procedures Committee; the NRECA Unity Task Force, the NRECA Health Care Task Force and the Touchstone Energy board of directors.
Wood received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Northwestern Louisiana State University.
Wood currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He has been elected the Chairman of the Georgia Corporation for Economic Development, Inc. He also serves on the 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees and is a member of the FDR Warm Springs Memorial Advisory Committee and the KidsPeace Board of Associates. In 2004, he served as Co-Chairman of the Governor¡¦s Conference on Tourism and in 2007 he was appointed by Governor Perdue to Chair the Commission for a New Georgia¡¦s Service Delivery Task Force.
Wood is a member of St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia. He has participated in numerous mission trips to Honduras and currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee.
Wood served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Special Forces (Airborne) and the Louisiana National Guard.
Wood lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
President/CEO
Georgia EMC
Paul Wood serves as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (Georgia EMC). Georgia EMC represents Georgia's 42 Electric Membership Corporations (EMCs), Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Georgia Transmission Corporation and Georgia System Operations Corporation, providing service to 4.5 million residents and businesses in Georgia.
Prior to Wood becoming President/CEO of Georgia EMC in September 1997, he served from 1983 to 1997 as Executive Director of the Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives, Inc. He began his rural electric career in 1965 at East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Inc. and in 1977 was appointed General Manager of Dixie EMC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
During his 44-year rural electric career, Wood has served as President of the Rural Electric Statewide Managers' Association (RESMA); as a member of the NRECA Management Advisory Committee; NRECA Procedures Committee; the NRECA Unity Task Force, the NRECA Health Care Task Force and the Touchstone Energy board of directors.
Wood received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Northwestern Louisiana State University.
Wood currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He has been elected the Chairman of the Georgia Corporation for Economic Development, Inc. He also serves on the 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees and is a member of the FDR Warm Springs Memorial Advisory Committee and the KidsPeace Board of Associates. In 2004, he served as Co-Chairman of the Governor¡¦s Conference on Tourism and in 2007 he was appointed by Governor Perdue to Chair the Commission for a New Georgia¡¦s Service Delivery Task Force.
Wood is a member of St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia. He has participated in numerous mission trips to Honduras and currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee.
Wood served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Special Forces (Airborne) and the Louisiana National Guard.
Wood lives in Atlanta, Georgia.