Robert M. Blue
Chair, President, and CEO – Dominion Energy
Recognized as 2024 Business Person of the Year by Virginia Business Magazine
Robert M. “Bob” Blue is chair, president, and chief executive officer of Dominion Energy, becoming chair of Dominion Energy’s board of directors in April 2021. Before becoming CEO and president in October 2020, Blue was Dominion Energy’s executive vice president and co-chief operating officer, and president of the company’s vertically integrated electric utility in Virginia and North Carolina, Dominion Energy Virginia.
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Blue joined Dominion Energy in 2005, holding a succession of services and operational executive roles since his promotion to officer in 2007. These have included vice president, State and Federal Affairs; senior vice president, Public Policy and Corporate Communications; senior vice president, Regulation, Law, Energy Solutions, and Policy; and president, Dominion Virginia Power.
Prior to joining Dominion Energy, Blue served as counselor to the Governor and director of policy for Virginia Governor Mark Warner, and as an attorney at Hogan & Hartson.
Blue has been a board member of a wide range of community and industry organizations, including currently serving as chair of the board of directors of the Nuclear Energy Institute. He is also serving on the board of directors for the Edison Electric Institute and is vice chair of the board of directors of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. Blue is a member of the boards of the AEGIS Insurance Services, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, the Greater Washington Partnership, Sports Backers, and Communities in Schools of Virginia, as well as the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors.
Blue is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School. He also earned his MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.