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She leads a team responsible for economic and community development across the state.

Prior to assuming her current role, Leigh was vice president for customer services where she integrated critical aspects of the customer experience

She was also senior vice president and deputy general counsel for Southern Company Services, where she provided administrative and operational services to all Southern Company operating divisions.
Earlier in her career as counsel in Southern Company's Washington, DC, office, Leigh was focused primarily on industry-wide environmental litigation and energy policy.

Leigh holds a bachelor's degree in commerce and business administration from the University of Alabama and a juris doctor degree from the University of Alabama School of Law. She is a graduate of the MBA program at Samford University. As part of a global partnership with Harvard Business School and INSEAD, Leigh completed a yearlong fellowship in the International Women's Forum executive development program. She's also completed an executive education program in corporate finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

A native of Birmingham, Davis is active in her community. She chairs Samford University's Board of Visitors and is past President of the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham. She also serves on the boards of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA), The University of Alabama School of Law Board of Governors, The University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Business Board of Visitors, Synovus, Ascension Alabama Health System, UAB's O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center and Auburn University's Government and Economic Development Institute.

Leigh and her son spend time together traveling to new places, particularly visiting national parks and sporting events all over the country. In recent years, she's enjoyed enhancing her amateur photography skills and has cultivated a passion for continuous learning through a good book, podcast, lecture series or documentary.