Three WGL Holdings Board Members Recognized by Savoy Magazine as Among Most Influential Black Directors
03 August 2016 - 10:30PM
Business Wire
WGL General Counsel Leslie T. Thornton Also
Honored by Savoy
WGL Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: WGL) today announced that three
members of its board of directors – Debra L. Lee, James W. Dyke,
Jr. and Linda R. Gooden – have been recognized by Savoy Magazine as
being among the most influential black directors in corporate
America. These WGL board members have collectively provided more
than 32 years of service to the WGL board.
“We embrace diversity as a core company value and continuously
strive to strengthen it on our board, among our employees and with
our supplier base,” said Terry McCallister, chairman and CEO of WGL
Holdings and Washington Gas. “We are proud to have Debi, James and
Linda as directors and appreciate the diversity of thought and
experience they have provided during their years of service to
WGL.”
Savoy Magazine also named Leslie T. Thornton, senior vice
president, general counsel and corporate secretary for WGL Holdings
and Washington Gas, to its list of most influential black corporate
directors. Ms. Thornton serves on the board of directors for Career
Education Corporation which, through two universities, offers a
quality education to a diverse student population in a variety of
disciplines through online, campus-based and hybrid learning
programs.
Debra L. Lee has been a director of WGL Holdings since November
2000. She is chairman and chief executive officer of BET Networks,
a media and entertainment subsidiary of Viacom, Inc., and the
leading provider of entertainment for the African-American audience
and consumers of black culture globally. She was recently named to
the board of Twitter, Inc., and serves on the board of directors of
the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Paley Center. Ms.
Lee is also on the board of directors of Marriott International,
Inc., and previously served on the board of directors of Revlon,
Inc.
James W. Dyke, Jr. has been a director of WGL Holdings since
September 2003. He previously served for 20 years as a partner in
the Virginia law firm of McGuire Woods LLP, where he specialized in
corporate, education, voting rights, government relations and
municipal law. He served as secretary of education for the
Commonwealth of Virginia and as domestic policy adviser to former
Vice President Walter Mondale and has held leadership positions in
several business and community organizations, including the Greater
Washington Board of Trade and Northern Virginia Chamber of
Commerce. Mr. Dyke is a former member of the board of directors of
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and of
the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB).
Linda R. Gooden has been a director of WGL Holdings since April
2013. She previously served as executive vice president of
Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Information Systems & Global Solutions,
a $9 billion business with 30,000 employees that provides
integrated information technology solutions, systems and services
globally for civil, defense, intelligence and other government
customers. She led the development of cyber solutions for federal
defense, intelligence, and commercial customers. Ms. Gooden was
named one of Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business for three
consecutive years and one of the 100 Most Powerful Executives in
Corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine in 2009. Ms. Gooden
sits on the boards of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., General
Motors Co. and The Home Depot, Inc. In 2010, she was appointed by
U.S. President Barack Obama to the National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
About WGL
WGL (NYSE: WGL), headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a leading
source for clean, efficient and diverse energy solutions. With
activities and assets across the U.S., WGL consists of Washington
Gas, WGL Energy, WGL Midstream and Hampshire Gas. WGL provides
natural gas, electricity, green power and energy services,
including generation, storage, transportation, distribution, supply
and efficiency. Our calling as a company is to make energy
surprisingly easy for our employees, our community and all our
customers. Whether you are a homeowner or renter, small business or
multinational corporation, state and local or federal agency, WGL
is here to provide Energy Answers. Ask Us. For more information,
visit us at www.wgl.com.
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