In 1978, he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Kent State University in Ohio and a master’s degree in communications from the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California (USC) in 1981. He also completed the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Executive Development Program in 1993 and the GM Senior Executive Program in 2002. A native of Youngstown, Ohio, and a graduate of Ursuline High School, Jackson currently resides in Bell Canyon, California, 15 miles northwest of Los Angeles, with his wife and two children.
Chris Womack Named to Key Leadership Position at Georgia Power ATLANTA – The Georgia Power board of directors recently named Chris Womack executive vice president of external affairs, one of the top leadership positions in the company. Womack most recently served as senior vice president and chief production officer for Georgia Power. “Chris has had extensive external affairs experience in Washington, D.C., and while working at Alabama Power. I am confident he is the person we need to lead the external affairs organization at Georgia Power,” said Mike Garrett, president and CEO. In his new position, Womack will be responsible for leading and directing the policies and activities of the company’s governmental and regulatory affairs, environmental affairs, land, corporate communication, and economic development functions. Womack also will work closely with the company’s regional vice presidents, who manage the company’s field operations and have responsibilities for external affairs in their respective areas. Womack joined Alabama Power in 1988 as governmental affairs representative. He served as assistant to the vice 14
president of public affairs, director of community relations, vice president of public relations, and senior vice president of public relations and corporate services at Alabama Power. In 1998 he was named senior vice president of human resources of Southern Company, and in 2001 he was named senior vice president of fossil and hydro power and senior production officer at Georgia Power. A native of Greenville, Ala., Womack holds a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University and a master’s degree in public administration from American University. He attended the Stanford Executive Program and in 2005 was named one of the 75 Most Powerful African Americans in corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine. Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the nation’s largest generators of electricity.
Prior to joining Halliburton, Thurman worked for Arthur Andersen LLP in Dallas in that company’s human resources practice, and also as an investigator with Harris Trust and Savings Bank and The Northern Trust Company. Thurman graduated from Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, and earned her bachelor of business administration degree with cum laude honors from Florida A&M University, Tallahassee. Halliburton, founded in 1919, is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries. The company serves its customers with a broad range of products and services through its Energy Services Group and KBR. Visit the company’s World Wide Web site at www.halliburton.com.
Halliburton Names Thurman New Employee Relations Senior Manager
Dorria L. Ball Named Director, Global Diversity and WorkLife at Kraft Foods, Inc.
HOUSTON – Monica Thurman has been promoted to the position of senior manager of employee relations for Halliburton’s (NYSE: HAL) Energy Services Group. Previously, Thurman was counsel for the employment law department. Throughout her career, Thurman has focused her expertise on employee benefit matters and employment law. Since joining Halliburton in October 2001 as an employee benefits attorney, she has advised the human resources department on administering retirement and health benefits and on selecting providers and safeguarding employee health information. Thurman has represented Halliburton before the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Dorria L. Ball is the director of global diversity and worklife for Kraft Foods. She is headquartered in Northfield, Ill. Ball and her team are responsible for defining the Global Diversity and WorkLife strategy for Kraft Foods worldwide. Kraft Foods is the largest food company in North America, and the second largest in the world with net revenues exceeding $34 billion. The company has 94,500 employees (43,000 in the United States), and operations in 70 countries. Prior to this assignment, Ball was the director of organizational development for the Kraft Foods global marketing resources group. Ball began her career with Kraft in sales management, where she held numerous assignments of increasing responsibility, calling on customers and
Profiles in Diversity Journal May/June 2006