Carlos M. Brown is president–Dominion Energy Services and executive vice president, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary of Dominion Energy.

He oversees the corporate services provided to Dominion Energy’s operating companies, including information technology, security, facilities and supply chain management as well as the law department, environmental services and sustainability. He also serves as the corporate secretary for Dominion Energy’s Board of Directors.

Brown joined Dominion in 2007. He has served in various business, operational and legal roles including general counsel, chief compliance officer and chief legal officer. He assumed his current position on January 1, 2024.

Prior to joining the company, Brown was the managing partner of Brown Martin PC and previously practiced law as an associate at McGuireWoods LLP.

Brown received his bachelor’s degree and law degree from the University of Virginia where he was an Echols, Achievement, Underwood and Hardy Cross Dillard Scholar. While an undergraduate at the University, he also had the honor of serving as president of the student body. He was recognized for his contributions to the University by being initiated into the IMP, Thirteen and Raven Societies. In law school, he served as president of the Black Law Students Association.

Brown currently serves as Vice Rector on the board of visitors of the University of Virginia. He also serves as director of NextUp, the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, and the Dominion Energy Credit Union. Until 2018, he served as the chair of the Dominion Energy African American Resource Group.

Previously, Brown served on the boards of Feedmore, Inc.; the Virginia Small Business Advisory Board; the board of visitors of Christopher Newport University; the Richmond Virginia Chamber of Commerce Foundation; the Virginia Poverty Law Center; Boaz and Ruth, Inc.; and the transition teams of Governor Ralph Northam and Mayor Dwight Jones. He is a 2006 Richmond Style Weekly Top 40 under 40 award recipient. In 2017, in recognition of his work in the community, he was recognized as a Leader in the Law by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. In 2018, Savoy Magazine named Brown one of the most influential African American Attorneys in America. In addition, he was named to the Virginia Legal Elite for Corporate Counsel by Virginia Business Magazine and inducted as a fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation. In 2019, he was named to the GC Power List. He is also a member of the Richmond Forum, the Executive Leadership Council and NACD Directorship Certified.