RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion
(NYSE: D) is promoting two executives to head its Dominion Energy
and Dominion Virginia Power business groups effective Jan. 1, 2017.
Diane Leopold, currently
president–Dominion Energy, will become president and CEO–Dominion
Energy. She will be responsible for all of Dominion's natural gas
businesses.
Robert M. Blue, who currently
serves in a dual role as both senior vice president–Law, Regulation
and Policy and as president of the Dominion Virginia Power business
unit, will become president and CEO–Dominion Virginia Power. He
will give up responsibilities for Law, Regulation, Environment and
Public Policy.
Leopold and Blue will report to Chairman, President and CEO
Thomas F. Farrell II.
"Diane and Bob consistently have exhibited outstanding
leadership, sound judgment and the kind of vision needed to guide
our company and serve our stakeholders in today's fast-changing
environment," Farrell said. "Their broad experience also will serve
them and Dominion well in their new roles. We are fortunate to have
people of such high caliber in these important positions."
The company also announced new roles for two other senior
executives.
David A. Christian, currently
executive vice president, CEO–Dominion Energy Infrastructure Group
and CEO–Dominion Virginia Power, will become executive vice
president and the company's first Chief Innovation Officer. In his
new role, Christian will work across business units to foster
innovation, creativity and development in Dominion's people,
processes and strategies.
Mark O. Webb, currently senior
vice president, general counsel and chief risk officer, will become
senior vice president–Corporate Affairs and chief legal officer. He
will add responsibilities for government affairs, corporate
communications, community affairs and philanthropy.
Christian and Webb also will report to Farrell.
Leopold joined Dominion Virginia Power in 1995. Her recent
positions include senior vice president-Business Development &
Generation Construction and senior vice president–Dominion
Transmission. She assumed her current post in January 2014. Leopold also serves as chair of the
Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Association of America (INGAA), the
first woman to hold the position.
Blue joined Dominion in 2005. He has held several executive
positions in law, public policy and corporate communications as
well as serving a prior stint as president of Dominion Virginia
Power. His previous positions include senior vice president–Public
Policy & Environment and senior vice president-Regulation, Law,
Energy Solutions & Policy. He assumed his current post in
January 2016.
Christian joined Virginia Power
in 1976 and has held a variety of management positions with
Dominion. Before being named CEO-Dominion Generation Group in
June 2009, Christian was chief
nuclear officer of the company's Dominion Nuclear business unit. He
assumed his current post in January
2016.
Webb joined Dominion in 1997 as assistant general counsel and
served in several positions with the Law and Alternative Energy
Solutions groups. He was named vice president and general counsel
in January 2013 and assumed the
responsibilities of chief risk officer in January 2014. He was named senior vice president,
general counsel and chief risk officer in May 2016.
More information about Leopold, Blue, Christian and Webb is
available at
https://www.dom.com/corporate/about-us/leadership/dominion-officers
.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers and
transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 26,000
megawatts of generation, 14,400 miles of natural gas transmission,
gathering and storage pipeline, and 6,500 miles of electric
transmission lines. Dominion operates one of the nation's largest
natural gas storage systems with 1 trillion cubic feet of storage
capacity and serves more than 6 million utility and retail energy
customers. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's
website at www.dom.com.
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