Becky Blalock is a managing partner with Advisory Capital LLC where she provides strategic consulting and is a board member of companies involved in energy, information technology, and medicine. She formerly served as senior vice president and chief information officer of Southern Co. where she directed IT strategy and operations across its nine subsidiaries. Blalock holds a master’s degree with honors in finance from Mercer University and a degree in business administration from State University of West Georgia. Blalock is the author of the book Dare: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career for Women in Charge (Jossey-Bass, 2013).