The Southern Miss Business Inspired Leaders Series provides industry leaders the opportunity to share their insight with the Southern Miss community. This semester, we invite Kimberly Fontan with Entergy to share what inspires her as a professional and leader.

Fontan is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Entergy, where she oversees corporate finance, accounting, internal audit, treasury, investor relations, and corporate development and planning. Before becoming CFO in 2022, Fontan served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer, where she oversaw the preparation of monthly financial reports, preparation of certain regulatory filings, and formulation and administration of accounting policy, procedures and controls. She also led the project management office in support of executing Entergy's strategic initiatives.

In addition to her role at Entergy, she serves on the board of directors for the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Fontan has an MBA from Loyola University New Orleans and a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting from The University of Southern Mississippi. She is a certified public accountant and a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants.