Frank Blake
Frank Blake is the chairman and CEO of The Home
Depot. Prior to his appointment to this position in 2007, he served as vice
chairman of the board of directors and executive vice president of the
Company. He joined The Home Depot in 2002 as executive vice president,
Business Development and Corporate Operations, and was responsible for real
estate, store construction, credit services, strategic business development,
growth initiatives, call centers and the Home Services business.
Frank previously served as deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE), a role similar to that of chief operating officer in the private
sector. There, he was a leader in departmental policy decisions and managed
DOE’s annual $19 billion budget. Prior to that, Frank served in a variety of
executive roles at General Electric. As senior vice president, Corporate
Business Development, he led all business development efforts, including
worldwide mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and identification of strategic
growth opportunities. As GE Power Systems’ head of business development, he
played a key role in expanding that business into new technology and global
marketplaces. He also held the position of general counsel at GE Power Systems.
Frank’s public sector experience also includes having served as general
counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), deputy counsel to
Vice President George Bush and law clerk to Justice Stevens of the U.S.
Supreme Court.
As of April 2004, Frank was elected to serve on the board of directors for
Southern Company, a premier super-regional energy company based in Atlanta,
Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and a
jurisprudence degree from Columbia University School of Law.
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