Blank Rome’s Christopher Lewis Appointed to Delaware River Port Authority Board of Commissioners
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Christopher Lewis, who serves as the Firm’s Chief Officer of Diversity and Inclusion, has been appointed to the Delaware River Port Authority Board of Commissioners for a five-year term.
The Delaware River Port Authority (“DRPA”) is a regional transportation agency that serves as steward of four bridges that cross the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Through its Port Authority Transit Corporation (“PATCO”), the DRPA also operates a transit line between Camden County, New Jersey, and Center City Philadelphia.
The DRPA is administered by a 16-member Board of Commissioners, eight from each state, who are appointed by their respective governors. The Board, committed to building credibility, earning public trust, and creating public value, works collaboratively across all business units to operate, maintain, improve, and protect transportation infrastructure throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region. All DRPA Commissioners also serve as PATCO's Board of Directors. For more information, please visit www.drpa.org/board.
At Blank Rome, Mr. Lewis concentrates his practice on energy and public utility law, representing utilities, electric generation suppliers, developers, and others in regulatory proceedings, litigation, and transactional matters. He is the current chairman of the Philadelphia Energy Authority and a trustee on the Council of Trustees of West Chester University of Pennsylvania.