Executive Leadership
William T. Torgerson,
Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer, PHI
William T. Torgerson is Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI), a regional energy holding company whose electric distribution utilities serves about 1.9 million customers in Washington, D.C., suburban Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. He was elected to PHI’s Board of Directors in 2004.
Prior to joining Pepco in 1982, Mr. Torgerson was engaged in private law practice in Washington, D.C. After joining Pepco, he served in several executive and legal capacities, becoming General Counsel in 1989. He was elected Executive Vice President of PHI upon its formation in 2002 and Vice Chairman in 2003. He currently oversees, in addition to legal affairs, the company's Government and Public Affairs activities.
Mr. Torgerson is a 1966 graduate of Princeton University with an A.B. in politics. He is a 1973 honors graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law. From 1966 to 1970, he was an officer in the U.S. Navy, serving in destroyers and river patrol boats.
He is a member of the American Bar Association's Section on Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law, a member of the Legal Committee of the Edison Electric Institute, and a member of the Conference Board's Council of Chief Legal Officers.
Mr. Torgerson serves on the Boards of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s National Chamber Litigation Center, the Greater Washington Initiative, Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region, the National Symphony Orchestra, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Tudor Place Foundation, and the D.C. Rotary Foundation. He was a founding member of the District of Columbia Bar’s Conference on Minorities and Women in the Legal Profession, served as President of the Maryland-District of Columbia Utilities Association in 1990-1991, and was a Director of the Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association from 1989-1993.
