Colin Owyang is Senior Vice President and US General Counsel at National Grid. He previously served as Vice President of Global Records Management and Assistant General Counsel for Commercial Litigation; Director and Counsel of Merger Integration and Strategy Implementation; and Assistant to the CEO. Prior to joining National Grid, Colin was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Boston, a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, DC, a Trial Attorney in the Environmental Crimes Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, an associate at Foley Hoag and a judicial clerk for three federal judges in Boston and Detroit, MI. Colin serves on the Boards of the New England Legal Foundation and the Middlesex Partnerships for Youth and is a member of the External Diversity Committee of the Middlesex District Attorney’s Offi ce. Colin is also on the legal committees of the Edison Electric Institute and the American Gas Association where he serves on the Leadership Council. Colin is a graduate of Yale College, Yale University and the University of Michigan Law School.