Joseph Dominguez Senior Vice President, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs & Public Policy, Exelon Corporation

Profile

In this role Dominguez leads the development and implementation of federal, state and regional governmental, regulatory and public policy strategies for Exelon Corporation, one of the nation's largest electric companies with approximately $33 billion in annual revenues.

Dominguez’s legal/engineering background and analytical approach to problem solving has and continues to play an important role in Exelon’s success.  Dominguez has been selected as a featured speaker at numerous national and regional industry conferences on a broad range of energy matters.

Professional History

Dominguez joined Exelon in 2002 as associate general counsel, responsible for all litigation matters in the Mid-Atlantic region.  In 2004, he was named general counsel for PECO. In 2007, he was named Senior Vice President of State Regulatory and Government Affairs and the General Counsel of Exelon Generation Company.  His role expanded in 2009, to include Senior Vice President of Communications and in 2010 he was named Senior Vice President of Federal Regulatory Affairs & Public Policy for Exelon Corporation. In 2012 Dominguez became Senior Vice President, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs & Public Policy for Exelon Corporation.

Prior to joining Exelon, Dominguez was a partner in the law firm of White and Williams, L.L.P., with a broad-based litigation practice counseling large and small corporations, institutions and government entities.  He is also a former assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where he spearheaded the investigation and prosecution of numerous crimes ranging from money laundering to murder-for-hire.

Civic Involvement

In October 2011 Dominguez co-founded the Association of Latino Energy and Environmental Professionals (LEEP), an organization focused on ensuring the Latino voice is heard in the energy and environmental industries.  Dominguez also serves on several Boards of Directors/Councils, such as the Corporate Advisory Board for APM (a health, human services, community and economic development non-profit organization helping Philadelphia area families) and the Corporate Advisory Council of Congreso de Latinos Unidos (a non-profit organization helping Philadelphia area families).  Dominguez has received several awards, including the Michael K. Smith Excellence in Service Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Education

Dominguez has an undergraduate degree, with honors, in mechanical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, which he attended on full scholarship.  He is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law (High Honors), where he was named a Ralph Johnson Bunche Scholar and a Dean's Scholar.