John Trawick is senior vice president and chief commercial officer for Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company. Southern Power is America’s Premier Wholesale Energy Partner, meeting the electricity needs of municipalities, electric cooperatives, investor-owned utilities and commercial and industrial customers. Trawick is responsible for Southern Power’s commercial business, including origination and acquisitions across all U.S. wholesale power markets. In addition, Trawick is responsible for market policy, commercial optimization, trading and transmission functions of Southern Power. In addition, Trawick is responsible for market policy, commercial optimization, trading and transmission functions of Southern Power. He was named to this position in 2024.Prior to his current position, Trawick served as chief administrative officer for both Southern Power and PowerSecure, where he was responsible for market policy, communication, human resources and technology for both companies. He has also served as senior vice president and chief operating officer for Southern Power, where he was responsible for the operations of Southern Power’s expanding electric generation fleet and commercial optimization, trading and transmission.Trawick has also served as senior vice president of commercial operations and planning for Southern Company, where he was responsible for Southern Wholesale Energy, fleet operations and energy trading, financial and contract services, operations budget and reporting, system planning and fuels.Trawick is a native of Montgomery, Alabama. He graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and earned a master’s degree in mathematics at the University of Tennessee. He serves on the Leadership Council of the College of Science and Mathematics at Auburn University. He has served in various community roles including the chair of the United Way for the Smoky Mountain Region Combined Federal Campaign in 2009 and 2010, board chair of the March of Dimes of Alabama and as a board member of Glenwood Autism and Behavioral Health Center and the Autism Support of Alabama.