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DEL.ICIO.USAGL’s Somerhalder enthusiastic about campaign
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
John Somerhalder, CEO of AGL Resources, is jumping on Atlanta’s United Way leadership train by agreeing to run the time-consuming campaign in 2009.
“I have been a supporter of United Way, starting in Houston with El Paso Corp., for a number of years,” Somerhalder wrote to me in an email confirming that he had agreed on the leadership role. “The Atlanta United Way is very well run as well in my opinion. I think it is one of the most important things we can do each year, individually and importantly as a company and a group of employees.”
AGL leaders have a tradition of supporting United Way. The former CEO, Paula Rosput Reynolds, chaired the campaign in 2002 and served as board chair from mid-2005 to mid-2006. Reynolds moved to Seattle during her tenure as board chair to become CEO of Safeco insurance company.
Somerhalder, who was named AGL’s CEO in March 2006, said AGL Resources’ employees have shown their “Generosity of Spirit” during previous United Way campaigns.
Somerhalder said his willingness to serve as campaign chair in 2009 is a logical next step “to continue our commitment to United Way and to our communities. The needs are certainly not decreasing each year.”
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