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Energy 2025: PIERCE, SHANNON O.
PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //September 1, 2025//
Energy 2025: PIERCE, SHANNON O.
PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //September 1, 2025//
A Surry County native, Pierce succeeded Robert Duvall in April as leader of the utility serving more than 310,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Southeastern Virginia.
Pierce didn’t grow up dreaming of working in energy, the field where she’s spent her entire career.
Fresh out of the University of Virginia School of Law, Pierce took a job at McGuireWoods in the energy and utilities practice group. From there, she moved to Georgia to work as counsel at AGL Resources, which was purchased in 2016 by VNG’s parent, Southern Company Gas.
Pierce is happy to have landed in the industry.
“The work is always fascinating,” she said in a Virginia Business interview in 2024. “It’s tangible in terms of having a purpose. Our mission [is] to enrich the lives of the customers that we serve and make sure that they have the energy that they need for their lives and for our economy.”
In May, VNG broke ground on its $50 million operations headquarters in Chesapeake. In July, the Chesapeake City Council approved zoning for VNG’s proposed compressor station. The State Corporation Commission will next consider approval.
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