Joined RVA757 Connects: 2024

Shannon O. Pierce is president and CEO of Virginia Natural Gas.

A native of Surry, Pierce stepped into the roles of VNG president and senior vice president of Southern Company Gas, VNG’s parent company, on Sept. 28, 2024. Pierce assume the additional role of CEO in April 2025 upon the retirement of Robert Duvall.

In the fall of 2023, Pierce was named vice president of strategy and chief administrative officer for VNG, which delivers natural gas service to more than 310,000 customers in southeastern Virginia.

Pierce started out as a lawyer for McGuireWoods in Richmond and joined Southern Company Gas in 2004. Previously, she served as vice president of growth and chief external affairs officer at SouthStar Energy Services, another Southern Company Gas subsidiary.

She earned her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia.