James R. Thompson, III

Mr. Thompson of Decatur, Alabama, joined the TVA Board in January 2018. Since 2009, he has served as president, CEO, and chair of Corporate Billing, LLC, a commercial finance company. Mr. Thompson previously served as the CEO of First American Bank, Alabama National Bancorporation’s largest subsidiary bank, from 1999 until 2008. From 2011 until January 2018, he was also a member of the Board of Directors of Decatur Utilities, one of TVA’s local power company customers of TVA ("LPCs").