Awards & Recognition
★First Black person to lead Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
★Reginald Gilliam Lifetime Achievement Award at Tin Cup Awards
★Chair of Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region
★Youngest chairman of D.C. Public Service Commission
★Fourth African American to serve on FERC in its entire history
Notable Facts
→First Black Chairman of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
→Led FERC from January 2023 to January 2025
→Former Chairman of D.C. Public Service Commission (2018-2021)
→Over 20 years experience in energy regulatory law
→Unanimously confirmed by U.S. Senate in 2021
→Graduate of University of Montevallo and Howard University School of Law
→From Fairhope, Alabama
→Currently partner at Holland & Knight LLP (joined May 2025)
→Led historic transmission planning reforms at FERC
→Fourth African American to serve on FERC in its history