Nick Slappy is vice president of safety and resource management for Southern Company Gas. In this role, he is responsible for leading safety, resource management, contractor management, operations effectiveness, and forecasting efforts across the company’s footprint.
Slappy joined Southern Company Gas from Georgia Power Company, where he was plant manager for Plant Wansley and Plant Yates. In that role, he was responsible for leading strategic initiatives and oversight for both plants.
He has more than 20 years of experience within the Southern Company family of companies in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. His has served in positions with increasing responsibility in areas of compliance, engineering, contractor oversight, outage planning and execution.
Slappy has been active in the industry and the community during his career. He has served on the boards of the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce, Calhoun County Big Brothers Big Sisters, Central Gulf Industry Alliance, and founded Georgia Highland’s B2B Minority Advisory Board. He has also served in several company mentoring programs and as a community sports coach.
Originally from Anderson, South Carolina, Slappy earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee.