Laurence Downes

Laurence M.
Downes is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at NJR Home Services Co. and Vice Chairman at Iona College.
He serves as Chairman-Finance Council at the Catholic Diocese of Trenton since 1995.
Other current roles include Director positions at Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc., Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, and New Jersey Schools Development Authority.
Memberships include The National Petroleum Council, Natural Gas Council (Trustee since 2014), American Gas Foundation (Trustee), New Jersey Commission On Higher Education (Member since 2012), Governors Economic Growth Council, Center for Energy Workforce Development, The Drumthwacket Foundation, Inc. (Trustee), and The New Jersey Economic Growth Council (Member-Governors Board).
Former roles include Chairman at New Jersey Resources Corp.
(2019–2020) and New Jersey Natural Gas Co. (2019–2020).
Independent Director at Energen Corp.
(2017–2018) and Enbridge EOG Holdings II Corp.
(2010–2016).
Director at New Jersey Economic Development Authority (2010–2019), Energen Resources Corp.
(2017–2021), Questar Gas Co., American Gas Association, New Jersey Schools Construction Corp.
(Director & Principal), Choose New Jersey, and MountainWest Pipeline LLC.
Education includes an undergraduate degree (1979) and an MBA (1981) from Iona College.