Mark C. Christie* - Born August 8, 1953, in Bluefield, West Virginia and raised in Welch, W. Va., Judge Christie was educated at Wake Forest University and the Georgetown University Law Center. In 2007, he was elected and served as president of the Organization of PJM States (OPSI), comprised of the 13 states and D.C. which are in the PJM region. He continues to chair OPSI’s working group on market monitoring. He also chairs the Natural Gas Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Commissioners, and is a member of the Telecommunications Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners. He teaches constitutional law at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to joining the SCC, he served as counsel to the Speaker of the House of Delegates of the Virginia General Assembly from 2000 to 2004. He was Counselor to the Governor and Director of Policy in the Governor’s Office from 1996 to 1998 and Deputy Counselor to the Governor from 1994-1996. He was in the private practice of law from 1989-1993 and again from 1998-1999. From 1997-2003, he was a member of the Virginia Board of Education serving as its president from 2002-2003. His service as an SCC Commissioner began in 2004. A former officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, he is married to Anita Barnhart, a teacher in Hanover County public schools.

Judith Williams Jagdmann - Born November 3, 1958, in Norton, Virginia, Judge Jagdmann was educated at the University of Virginia where she graduated with distinction. She received her law degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. Prior to being elected to the Commission, she was the 43rd Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving from 2005-2006. From 1998-2005, Jagdmann served as the Deputy Attorney General for the Civil Litigation Division. Before her work in the Office of Attorney General, she served for 13 years as counsel to the SCC and its staff on securities and utility matters. Her service as an SCC Commissioner began in 2006. She and her husband (Joe) are the parents of two children.

James C. Dimitri - Judge Dimitri has worked on utility matters before the SCC for more than 25 years. Prior to being named Commissioner, he was in private practice in Richmond. From 1994 to 2000 he served as Senior Counsel, then General Counsel at the SCC. He was an assistant Attorney General from 1983 to 1987. Dimitri also served as staff attorney at the Virginia Poverty Law Center in Richmond representing the interests of low-income Virginians. Born July 21, 1950, in Somerville, New Jersey, Dimitri received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Virginia and his J.D. from the Boston University School of Law in 1976. He was named Commissioner in 2008. He and his wife, Jill Hanken Dimitri, have two children.