Richard Negrin

Vice President, Regulatory Policy and Strategy
Commonwealth Edison

Rich leads the development of ComEd's regulatory policies & strategies to advance the role of the smart grid to provide resilient, clean and affordable energy for ComEd's customers and communities. He is responsible for rate strategies, policy outcomes, processing of customer complaints & engagement with the Illinois Commerce Commission, as well as alignment with other Exelon clean energy delivery companies.

Prior to joining ComEd, Rich most recently served as partner and chair of the general counsel advisory group at the law firm Obermayer, Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel. In that role, he provided strategic legal counsel to large corporations and emerging businesses on a wide range of legal matters. Before he joined Obermayer, Negrin served six years as the city manager and deputy mayor of the City of Philadelphia. In that position, he acted as the chief operating officer of the nation's fifth-largest city, with a $6 billion budget and 30,000 employees.

Prior to working for the City of Philadelphia, Negrin was general counsel and vice president of ARAMARK Healthcare and ARAMARK Correctional, and then vice president and associate general counsel of parent company ARAMARK Corp. He started his career as a prosecutor in the Philadelphia district attorney's office, after which he spent five years as a litigator at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

Negrin earned his bachelor's degree from Wagner College and his law degree from Rutgers University School of Law. Among other honors, the Hispanic National Bar Association named him National Latino Lawyer of the Year. He also played briefly in the National Football League, signing contracts with the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets.