Melanie Littlejohn is the former Vice President of Customer & Community Engagement for National Grid-New York. Melanie leads a team responsible for engaging with customers and key community leaders and policy makers across New York State. She is focused on the delivery of safe, reliable and affordable energy to the four million customers and 800 plus communities, while advancing National Grid’s net zero solutions, while leaving no one behind. Melanie builds and maintains strong relationships that drive superior customer satisfaction to promote safety and reliability of the energy networks, emergency management, economic development initiatives, energy efficiency programs, renewable energy solutions and to deliver distributed energy resource projects to support customer and New York State priorities. Melanie is also responsible for the design and delivery of the Company’s corporate social responsibility effort called Project C. The focus is to inspire positive change across New York communities. Through partnerships and collaborations, she is leading the charge to create a more equitable future for every customer, in every community that National grid serves. started Project C to inspire positive change across our New York commu- nities. Through our partnerships and collaborations, we believe that we can create a A thought-leader and visionary, Melanie is an active member of chambers of commerce, boards, and community organizations where she presents emerging industry trends and energy policy to ‘bring energy to life’ for customers. Prior to 2017 when Melanie was named to her current position, she served as Director of Customer & Community Management in Upstate New York. Melanie joined the company (then Niagara Mohawk) in April of 1994 as the Director of Inclusion & Diversity-US Opera- tions. In this role, Melanie was responsible for the company’s overall strategy for inclusion, diversity and compliance. Before joining the energy company, Melanie held various leadership roles including, Executive Director of The Urban League of Onondaga County and Manager of International Client Services for Banker’s Trust Company in the Wall Street District. Melanie currently serves as Board Trustee and Vice Chair of Onondaga County Communi- ty College. She is also on the Board of Directors for CenterState CEO, SUNY Morrisville Business School and Path Finder’s Bank. Previously, Melanie served on numerous boards such as the Board of Directors of the Manufacturers of Central New York, Central New York Community Foundation (Chair), Consensus CNY (Commission Member), Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New York (Chair), Say Yes to Education, Hospice, Interfaith Works, Community Folk Art Center, the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Center and the United Way (Campaign Chair) to name a few. Melanie is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Syracuse Alumnae Chapter. Melanie has also received numerous awards such as the 2022-Yva Jourdan Foundation- Women of Prestige; 2019 Wisdom Keeper, 2014 Partners for Education and Business- Business Leaders Award, the 2012 House of Providence Humanitarian Award, the Network Journal’s 25 Influential Black Women in Business award in 2011, the 2011 Leadership Greater Syracuse Distinguished Community Leader Award, 2011 Community Wide Dialogue Racial Justice Award, 2010 NAACP Freedom Award, and CNY 40 Below. Melanie obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management. Melanie Littlejohn Former VP, NYS, National Grid President & CEO Central NY Community Foundation “…responsible for the design and delivery of the Company’s corpo- rate social responsibility effort called Project C.” Good Corporate Citizen Award HONOREE
