Elizabeth Moore

Elizabeth D. Moore

Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Elizabeth D. Moore is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., providing electric, gas and steam service to New York City and Westchester County.

Prior to joining Con Edison in May 2009 as General Counsel, Ms. Moore was a partner of Nixon Peabody LLP and also served in the administration of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo for 12 years, culminating as Counsel to the Governor from 1991-94.

She earned a law degree from St. John's University, and holds a Bachelor of Science from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Ms. Moore served on Cornell's Board of Trustees for 14 years and in 2013 was elected Trustee Emeritus. She received the Board's highest recognition when she was elected Presidential Councillor and most recently accepted the Frank H. T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award. Ms. Moore serves on the Board of Directors of the National Action Council of Minorities in Engineering. Early in her career, Ms. Moore worked as an attorney in Con Edison's Law Department.

In 2015, Ms. Moore was named to Savoy magazine's list of 2015 Top Black Lawyers and to the Lawyers of Color' s Fourth Annual Power List. She was honored by the Police Athletic League at the 27th Annual Women of the Year ceremony. In February 2013, Ms. Moore received the 11th Annual Ida B. Wells-Barnett Justice Award from the New York County Lawyers' Association and the Metropolitan Black Bar Association. Ms. Moore was also honored by The Network Journal as one of the "25 Influential Black Women in Business" and was recognized as a "Leader for a New Century" by the Association of Black Women Attorneys. A native of St. Albans, Queens, Ms. Moore resides in Sleepy Hollow, in Westchester County.