Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Southern Company Services
Dr. Mark S. Berry is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Metro Water District Board, as well as a citizen member.
Dr. Mark S. Berry, P.E., is currently Senior Vice President of Research and Development (R&D) for Southern Company Services. In this role, he leads all activities of Southern Company’s industry-leading R&D organization and guides the company’s strategic advancement of technologies that provide clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy for customers in a net-zero future. Prior to joining Southern Company, Berry attained the commissioned rank of lieutenant commander in the United States Navy as a surface warfare officer.
Berry holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Alabama A&M University, and a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mechanical engineering and Ph.D. in interdisciplinary engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He also earned a master’s degree in public and private management from Birmingham-Southern College and is a registered professional engineer. He is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta. Berry also obtained a chief technology officer certificate from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Berry is lifetime member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity In and is a member of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta. He has established two scholarships for minority students pursuing a degree in engineering in the name of his grandfathers – an endowed scholarship in the name of Marion Luscious Nell at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Simpson Berry Sr. Endowed Scholarship at Alabama A&M University.
Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Berry and his wife, Crystal, have four children.
| Committee | Next Meeting | Recent Meeting Materials |
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| Executive Committee | 09/10/25 | |
| Governing Board | 06/11/25 |