Swan Seiler

Swann Seiler is retired from her role as Manager of External Affairs for Georgia Power’s Southeast Region in Savannah, Georgia.

Seiler began her career with Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation in Livingston, New Jersey in 1978 and worked in Public Relations for Lytton Industries Monroe Division in Morristown, New Jersey. She joined Savannah Electric in 1982 and served as Manager of Corporate Communications until its merger into Georgia Power in 2006.

Swann graduated in 1978 from the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and has served on its Grady Board of Trust. She was the first woman President of the University of Georgia National Alumni Association from 2005 to 2007. She is an Emeritus Member of the UGA Athletic Association Board of Directors and the University of Georgia Foundation and has served on the UGA Library Board of Visitors.

She was presented with the Southern Company University of Georgia Distinguished Alumni award in 2001—the year the award was established. She graduated from Leadership Savannah and Leadership Georgia in 1984 and 1991, respectively.

Throughout her career, Swann was active in numerous community and civic activities. She served as past-chair for the Telfair Museum of Arts Board of Trustees, on the State Board of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia, and the Chatham County Public School’s Foundation. Swann also served on the Board of the 200 Club of the Coastal Empire and was a member of the Savannah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Rotary Club of Savannah.

She served eight years on the Historic District’s Board of Review for the City of Savannah. Swann is past President of the Board of Senior Citizens, Inc. and a former board member of Bethesda Academy. She chaired the United Way of the Coastal Empire’s Campaign in 1998 and is the past Chairman of the Savannah Sports Council. She is also a past member of the Board of Curators for the Georgia Historical Society.

She served consecutive terms on the Georgia Women of Achievement Board and the Georgia Humanities Council. Swann is past President of the Junior League of Savannah, former President of the Girl Scout Council of Savannah, and was Chairman of the Chatham/Effingham Regional System Library Board. In April 2009, she was honored with a Women of Distinction award by the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia.

Swann resides in the historic district of Savannah, where she remains an active member of the Lutheran Church of the Ascension.

Her family has raised and cared for the University of Georgia’s famed white English Bulldog mascots for nearly 70 years.