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Senior Vice President, Human Resources
President, AGL Resources Foundation
Melanie M. Platt currently serves as Senior Vice President of Human Resources with executive responsibility over the entire AGL Resources human resources function. She also serves as President of the AGL Resources Foundation. In that role, she oversees the company's corporate giving strategy, focusing its efforts on programs and activities that benefit the communities in which AGL Resources operates.
Ms. Platt joined the company in 1995 as Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Atlanta Gas Light. She has served in various roles of increasing responsibility for the company, including Vice President of Investor Relations, Senior Vice President of Business Support, and Chief Administrative Officer.
Ms. Platt has a combination of utility and legal experience. Prior to joining AGL Resources, she practiced law for ten years with McKenna Long Aldridge (formerly Long, Aldridge & Norman). During her tenure, she worked closely with Atlanta Gas Light in the areas of corporate finance and securities.
Ms. Platt graduated with high honors from Emory University with a Bachelor’s degree in art history and continued her postgraduate education at Emory to earn her Juris Doctor degree from Emory University School of Law. Currently she is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the American Bar Association.
Ms. Platt is active in community and volunteer organizations. She currently serves on the boards of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity (Vice Chair), Board of Trustees of Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Central Atlanta Progress, Leadership Atlanta (member of the Class of 2004), and the Metro Atlanta YMCA. She also serves on the Advisory Council of the Girl Scout Council of Northwest Georgia, and is the Chair of the Emory University Board of Visitors for 2007-2008.
Previously, Ms. Platt served on the Board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, the Board of Governors of The Southern Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, was a member of the Governor’s State Health Benefits Plan Task Force, and was the Chair of the Board of Trustees at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church.
In recognition of her professional and civic contributions, Ms. Platt received the Trumpet Awards Foundation High Heels in High Places award (2008), was inducted into the YWCA Academy of Women Achievers (2006), and received the Racial Justice Award (2002) from Women Looking Ahead magazine.
Ms. Platt, her husband and two sons reside in Atlanta.
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