Donald Raikes Bio

Mr. Donald R. Raikes
Senior Vice President – Gas Transmission Operations, Gas Infrastructure Group
Dominion Energy

Donald R. Raikes is senior vice president–Gas Transmission Operations, Gas Infrastructure Group. He oversees operations of the company’s portfolio of natural gas terminating, processing, storage, transportation and related assets. Since joining the company in 1985, he has held various positions in the interstate gas pipeline business unit. Raikes was part of the commercial team that implemented the wholesale restructuring and also led the commercial team that reactivated the Cove Point LNG terminal. He was also responsible for the commercial transactions relating to the Cove Point Export project, as well as the ACP project. He previously was vice president-Transmission Marketing & Business Development and was named vice president–Pipeline Customer Service & Business Development in November 2014. In August 2017 he was appointed senior vice president-Dominion Midstream Operations and assumed his current role in February 2019. Raikes serves on the board of Homeward Virginia. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fairmont State University.