Anne Kaiser

Vice President, Community & Economic Development
Georgia Power
Atlanta, GA

Anne Hydrick Kaiser serves as vice president of Community and Economic Development for Georgia Power, leading the company’s efforts to recruit new industry to Georgia and help existing industries grow. The department has been internationally recognized as one of the top economic development organizations in the world, bringing more than 136,000 jobs and $29.3 billion in capital investment to Georgia over the past decade. Anne joined Georgia Power in 1998 in the retail sales organization. She held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, including vice president of Corporate Services, assistant to the president and CEO, and vice president of Sales, with responsibilities for revenue generation and customer satisfaction for 2.3 million retail customers. Prior to her current role, Kaiser served as vice president of Georgia Power’s Northwest Region, with responsibility for 15 counties and more than 170,000 customers.

Before joining Georgia Power, Kaiser held senior marketing management positions at the accounting and consulting firm KPMG, the Westminster Schools of Atlanta and Alston & Bird, an international law firm headquartered in Atlanta. Kaiser graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public relations from the University of Georgia. She is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School and the National Association of Corporate Directors’ College. She is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta and the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership. Kaiser serves on the board of State Bank and Trust Company. She is chair of the Technical College System of Georgia and REACH Foundation and co-chair of the Alliance Theatre. Additional boards on which Kaiser serves include those of Berry College, Georgia Cities Foundation and advisory board of the Georgia Department of Economic Development.