John McDonald retired as PECO’s Senior Vice President and COO in December 2022. Before returning to PECO in the spring of 2018, McDonald previously served as Vice President, Utility Integration at Pepco Holdings for nearly three years. Pepco Holdings serves as the parent company for Atlantic City Electric, Delmarva Power, and Pepco; and are also owned by PECO parent company, Exelon Corporation.

During his more than 35-year career, McDonald served in various leadership roles at PECO and Exelon including, Vice President of Technical Services, and director-level roles in Distribution System Operations, Transmission and Regional Electric Operations.

In his most recent role, McDonald oversaw the project management initiative responsible for integrating Pepco Holdings into the Exelon organization. Key areas of focus included merger commitments, synergy savings, utility operations and reliability enhancements.

McDonald serves on the boards of the Business Leaders Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS) in Philadelphia and Drexel Neumann Academy in Chester City. He also serves as one of PECO’s co-leads for the annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Light the Night Walk.