Mark Kempic
Mark Kempic
President and Chief Operating Officer, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Maryland
Mark Kempic serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Maryland, both NiSource subsidiaries. He is responsible for profit and loss and designing and executing both companies’ legislative, regulatory, commercial, and external strategies. Kempic also oversees a program that has invested more than $2.8 billion since 2007 to modernize and expand NiSource’s natural gas distribution systems across Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Kempic previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, responsible for the company’s day-to-day operation. He was the lead executive in all aspects of the restoration efforts in the Merrimack Valley and helped guide leadership and employees through the sale of the company.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Kempic began his career with Columbia Gas in 1979 and served in roles of increasing responsibility. He served as NiSource’s Chief Transformation Officer and a member of the Executive Council, where he built on NiSource's efforts to integrate processes and technology across the company's entire footprint.
In 2006, Kempic was named assistant general counsel for NiSource Corporate Services, where he managed staff providing legal support in multiple jurisdictions and advised the subsidiary presidents and their teams on various regulatory and legal matters. Earlier in his career, he represented large industrial electricity and gas consumers as an associate attorney for a Columbus, Ohio, law firm and was a regulatory counsel for a Cleveland electric company.
BOARD AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Kempic is a member of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and the Energy Association of Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the boards of the American Red Cross of Southwestern Pennsylvania and the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh. Kempic previously served on the board of the United Way of Washington County.
EDUCATION
Kempic earned a bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from the University of Pittsburgh and an associate engineering degree in solar heating and cooling from Pennsylvania State University. He has a juris doctor degree from Capital University School of Law.
COMMUNITY/FAMILY
Kempic is a native of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in Pittsburgh.