RICHMOND, Va. – Dominion Resources Services Co. has promoted Christine M. Schwab to vice president-Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures.

In her new position, Schwab will lead the company’s efforts to identify, structure, negotiate and integrate merger, acquisition and divestiture transactions. She will report to Thomas N. Chewning, executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Schwab had served as managing director-Financial Analysis & Planning since 2005. In 2002, she was named director-Transactions. Schwab joined Dominion in September 1995 as managing counsel-Generation & Portfolio Management. Before joining Dominion, she was an attorney with the Richmond-based law firm of McGuireWoods LLP.

A native of Reading, Pa., Schwab received a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1993. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1990. She also participated in the University of Chicago’s Management Institute executive management program in 2005.

Schwab is a member of the board of trustees of the Richmond Ballet and of the Richmond YWCA.

Dominion Resources Services is a subsidiary of Dominion, one of the nation's largest producers of energy, with an energy portfolio of about 28,000 megawatts of generation, about 6 trillion cubic feet equivalent of proved natural gas reserves and 7,900 miles of natural gas transmission pipeline.  Dominion also serves retail energy customers in 11 states.  For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.