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Georgia Nelson joined Ball Corporation’s board of directors in July of 2006. She is president and CEO of PTI Resources LLC an energy and environmental consulting firm. She is the former founding president of Midwest Generation EME LLC an Edison International company headquartered in Chicago. Midwest Generation is a large independent power generation company.
In her 35 years at Edison International Nelson also served as general manager of Edison Mission Energy Americas was senior vice president of worldwide operations for Edison Mission Energy and held executive responsibilities for Edison Mission Marketing and Trading Inc. a Boston-based energy marketing and trading subsidiary.
She spent more than 25 years with Southern California Edison a large U.S. electric utility where she was also a senior executive.
In addition to her directorship with Ball Corporation Nelson serves as a director of Cummins Inc. Nicor Inc. and Tower Automotive Inc. For the last two administrations she has been appointed by the Secretary of Energy to the Executive Committee of the National Coal Council a federal advisory committee to the Department of Energy. She is currently chair of the council. She is a trustee of the Manufacturers Alliance and the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and a director of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. She serves on the advisory committee of the Center for Executive Women at Northwestern University and formerly served on the Women’s Advisory Board of the JFK School of Government at Harvard University. She is a member of numerous organizations including The Commercial Club of Chicago The Economic Club of Chicago and The Chicago Network.
Ms. Nelson holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University Malibu Calif. | 