Ben F. Johnson III is the retired Managing Partner of Alston & Bird, serving as Managing Partner from 1997 to 2008, after a career as a commercial litigator that began in 1971. He serves as an outside Director of Invesco, Ltd., a Standard & Poor’s 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange which is a leading independent global investment management company with approximately $550 billion in assets under management and which operates in 20 countries. He also serves as an outside Director and Chair of the Board of Summit Industries, Inc., a privately held consumer product company. He is in his 10th year as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Emory University and in his 29th year as Chair of the Governing Board of Woodward Academy, one of America’s largest independent schools. He Chairs the Board of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, serves on the Executive Committee of the Boards of the Carter Center and the Woodruff Arts Center, is a Trustee of the Charles Loridans Foundation, an Emeritus member of the Midtown Alliance Board and an Honorary Director of the Commerce Club.