Molly Aeck is a Managing Director of Southern Company’s New Ventures organization, overseeing the company’s venture capital investing activity in emerging technologies and business model innovations that are transformative to the energy and utilities industry. She works with Southern’s operating businesses to integrate and commercialize these innovations and supports the origination and development of new business ventures. Molly played a key role in creating Energy Impact Partners, the $1B venture fund in which Southern is founding partner and chairman.  She has been recognized by Public Utilities Fortnightly Magazine for her impactful work in the utilities industry.

Molly is a Fulbright Scholar with a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from Columbia University. In 2004, she received a Sustainable Energy Fellowship from Stanford to lead renewable energy research and consulting for the Worldwatch Institute. She spent the next 15 years working in clean energy project development and technology investing for EcoSecurities, Allotrope Partners and Southern Company.