Our Team

Prior to joining Hope Gas, Lynne Rhode served as Assistant Deputy General Counsel at Norfolk Southern, specializing in Markets & Regulations and Environmental. She previously led the Environmental and Natural Resources Department of the Virginia Attorney General’s Office. Her prior utility experience includes serving as Chief Legal Officer for a large Florida utility, outside counsel through her work at Troutman Pepper in Virginia, and as an employee of Dominion early in her career.

Lynne is a Virginia native now based out of the Hope Gas Headquarters in Morgantown, West Virginia. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) as a Morehead Scholar, the University of Virginia School of Law (JD), and the London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc in Regulation).She enjoys traveling and spending time with their two boys. Lynne is an avid soccer player and is passionate about animal rescue, often fostering dogs and cats for local rescue organizations.

From coaching youth soccer to being involved in efforts to help the homeless and disadvantaged students, Lynne embodies the Hope Gas credo of making a difference in her community.