RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion (NYSE: D)
announced today that it has promoted five individuals to officer
positions. Each promotion was effective Jan.
1, 2017.
Carlos M. Brown has been named
vice president and general counsel, succeeding Mark O. Webb, who is now senior vice
president-Corporate Affairs and chief legal officer. Brown reports
to Webb in his new position, which oversees daily operations of the
company's legal department.
Brown joined Dominion in 2007 after years of private law
practice. He has served in various capacities at Dominion,
including in the law department, Alternative Energy Solutions group
and Power Generation unit. Most recently Brown served as deputy
general counsel-Litigation, Labor and Employment. Brown received a
bachelor's degree in American government and African-American
studies and a J.D. degree from the University
of Virginia (UVA).
Morenike K. Miles has become vice
president-Shared Services, succeeding Skip
Jordan, who retired in July
2016. In her new role, Miles is responsible for supply chain
management, records management initiatives, and travel and
corporate services. She reports to Rodney
Blevins, senior vice president and chief information
officer.
After working in private practice and for Alliant Energy, Miles
joined Dominion in 2006 as a lawyer and has held several roles in
the company's legal department, most recently as deputy general
counsel-Enterprise Risk Management. Miles earned a bachelor's
degree in economics from UVA and her J.D. from the University of Michigan.
Fred Mladen has been promoted to
site vice president-Surry Power
Station in Surry, Va.,
succeeding Larry Lane, who is now
site vice president-North Anna Power Station. Lane replaces
Jerry Bischof, who is now vice
president-Nuclear Operations-Fleet Performance. Mladen, Lane and
Bischof all report to Dan Stoddard,
senior vice president and chief nuclear officer.
Mladen has worked his entire 30-year career at North Anna Power
Station, starting in the co-op program during his college years and
beginning fulltime upon his graduation in 1986. He has served in
supervisory functions related to nuclear maintenance, nuclear site
services, and safety and licensing. He was named plant manager at
North Anna in 2013. Mladen received a bachelor's degree in
mechanical engineering from Virginia
Tech, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in
Virginia.
Charlene J. Whitfield has been
named vice president-Customer Service at Dominion Virginia Power, a
position previously held by Becky
Merritt, who is now vice president-Financial Management for
Dominion Virginia Power. Whitfield has operational and financial
responsibility for Dominion Virginia Power's customer relations,
account management, revenue management, key accounts and economic
development, among other duties. She reports to Robert M. Blue, president and chief executive
officer of that business unit.
Whitfield began working at Dominion in 1982 as an electric
distribution service representative. Since then, she has served in
multiple electric distribution and customer-facing jobs at Dominion
Virginia Power, most recently as director-Electric Distribution
Operations. She earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from
Virginia Union University.
Steve C. Wooten has been
appointed to the new position of vice president-Information
Technology, where he is responsible for IT applications development
and support for the company, including IT infrastructure
operations, infrastructure construction and cyber security
operations. He reports to Blevins.
Wooten started his Dominion career in 1987 as a financial
analyst. Over the past three decades, he has worked in several IT
positions, including managing IT business accounts for two Dominion
business units and directing companywide IT enterprise operations.
He received a bachelor's degree in business administration from
Longwood University.
Thomas F. Farrell II, chairman,
president and chief executive officer, said:
"These five diligent, deserving individuals will improve our
bench strength, expand our officer corps' breadth and depth of
knowledge and help Dominion continue delivering dependable,
affordable energy to our customers."
More information about Brown, Miles, Mladen, Whitfield and
Wooten is available at
https://www.dom.com/about-us/news-center/media-downloads/featured-bios.
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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