Georgia Power has named Joe Brownlee as its new vice president of Region External Affairs, effective immediately. Brownlee is currently the region executive for the company’s South Region and based in Valdosta.

In his new role, Brownlee will be responsible for the company’s external engagement statewide, outside of Metro Atlanta, and will collaborate with other senior leaders to lead statewide external engagement. Brownlee will report to Trey Kilpatrick, senior vice president of External Affairs. 

‌Brownlee brings more than 40 years of experience and deep connections across the state to his new role. He first joined Georgia Power in 1982 and began his career in Operations, serving as a lineman in Atlanta during the 1980s and 1990s, with additional roles in training and leadership. He began his work in External Affairs in 2004 as local manager for Paulding and Douglas counties and has since worked in communities across the state including time in middle and northwest Georgia.

 Brownlee is also deeply involved and respected in the community, serving on the Valdosta State University Foundation Board of Trustees and the SGMC Health Foundation, as well as past chair of the Valdosta-Lowndes County, Paulding County, and Perry chambers of commerce, as well as founding chair of the Paulding Schools Foundation and vice chair of the Houston County Development Authority. He is a 2008 graduate of the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Regional Leadership Institute and holds a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of Phoenix.