LATOYA SMITH

Board Member

Latoya Smith is an experienced labor & employment lawyer, HR executive, DE&I practitioner, and educator. Her professional experience includes roles as outside counsel at an international law firm representing companies across various industries, in-house counsel at a financial services company and an energy company, a strategic HR business partner and labor relations manager at a global petroleum manufacturing company, a DE&I executive at a global risk assessment company, an adjunct college professor, and as a high school teacher in Niamey, Niger. In her current role at Dominion Energy, she is responsible for the strategic oversight of, among other things, employee experience programs and initiatives, talent acquisition compliance, workforce development, talent management, employee & leader development programs, HR technology strategy & analytics, and HR shared services.

Latoya serves on several boards, to include as a member of the Virginia Energy Workforce Consortium, a member of the Center for Energy Workforce Development Executive Council, and as a member of the Edison Electric Institute DEI Executive Advisory Committee. Latoya also serves as an adjunct faculty at George Mason University’s School of Business and as an adjunct lecturer with Georgetown University’s Master of Professional Studies in Human Resources Management program.

Latoya lives in Alexandria, VA with her husband and two daughters. Latoya has been a member of the Congressional School community since 2018 when her oldest daughter (class of ’31) enrolled as a student. Latoya previously served as a member of the Congressional School Parent Organization (CSPO) leadership team (Primary School Division: 2020-2021) and as a preschool room parent (2019-2020) and Kindergarten room parent (2022-2023).