| A.D. Frazier, Jr. | |
| Office: | Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority |
| President: | Donald Trump |
| Term Start: | January 9, 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Vera Lynn Evans |
| Birth Place: | Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA, JD) |
| Party: | Democratic |
A.D. Frazier Jr. (born June 1944)[1] is an American business executive. Frazier served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. He has held executive positions with INVESCO, Caremark, Gold Kist, and Danka Business Systems .[2]
Frazier started his career as a lawyer at C&S Bank in Atlanta. He went on to manage the 1977 inauguration of President Jimmy Carter and headed the team reorganizing the White House and Executive Office of the President, also under President Carter.[2] Frazier was also the first chairman of Georgia Public Broadcasting and helped merge two public television stations into one state agency.[2]
After the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Frazier went on to hold the position of President and CEO of INVESCO, a global investment management group.[3] During his career, Frazier has also served as the Chairman and CEO of the Chicago Stock Exchange.[4] [5]
Frazier is the owner and chairman of WolfCreek Broadcasting, a radio broadcasting company in North Georgia.[2] He is also the COO and co-founder of BOTH USA, LLC.[6] [7] He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. He was nominated to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority by President Donald Trump and sworn into office on January 9, 2018.[8]