Carlos M. Brown
Carlos M. Brown
President–Dominion Energy Services and Executive Vice President, Chief
Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary
Carlos M. Brown is president–Dominion Energy
Services and executive vice president, chief legal
officer, and corporate secretary of Dominion Energy.
He oversees the corporate services provided to
Dominion Energy’s operating companies, including
information technology, security, facilities and supply
chain management as well as the law department,
environmental services and sustainability. He also
serves as the corporate secretary for Dominion
Energy’s Board of Directors.
Brown joined Dominion in 2007. He has served in
various business, operational and legal roles including general counsel, chief
compliance officer and chief legal officer. He assumed his current position on
January 1, 2024.
Prior to joining the company, Brown was the managing partner of Brown Martin PC
and previously practiced law as an associate at McGuireWoods LLP.
Brown received his bachelor’s degree and law degree from the University of Virginia
where he was an Echols, Achievement, Underwood and Hardy Cross Dillard
Scholar. While an undergraduate at the University, he also had the honor of serving
as president of the student body. He was recognized for his contributions to the
University by being initiated into the IMP, Thirteen and Raven Societies. In law
school, he served as president of the Black Law Students Association.
Brown currently serves as Vice Rector on the board of visitors of the University of
Virginia. He also serves as director of NextUp, the Virginia Museum of History and
Culture, and the Dominion Energy Credit Union. Until 2018, he served as the chair of
the Dominion Energy African American Resource Group.
Previously, Brown served on the boards of Feedmore, Inc.; the Virginia Small
Business Advisory Board; the board of visitors of Christopher Newport University; the
Richmond Virginia Chamber of Commerce Foundation; the Virginia Poverty Law
Center; Boaz and Ruth, Inc.; and the transition teams of Governor Ralph Northam
and Mayor Dwight Jones. He is a 2006 Richmond Style Weekly Top 40 under 40
award recipient. In 2017, in recognition of his work in the community, he was
recognized as a Leader in the Law by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. In 2018, Savoy
Magazine named Brown one of the most influential African American Attorneys in
America. In addition, he was named to the Virginia Legal Elite for Corporate Counsel
by Virginia Business Magazine and inducted as a fellow of the Virginia Law
Foundation. In 2019, he was named to the GC Power List. He is also a member of
the Richmond Forum, the Executive Leadership Council and NACD Directorship
Certified.
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