Spring Breakfast Honoree Valencia McClure

Valencia McClure is Vice President, Governmental and External Affairs and president, Pepco Region, responsible for shaping, leading and executing external affairs strategies and programs in support of Pepco and Pepco Holdings’ business goals. In addition, she is responsible for building and developing relationships with key stakeholders across Pepco’s District of Columbia and Maryland service area, including elected officials and civic, community and business leaders.

Valencia has worked in the Exelon family of companies for over 13 years, including leadership roles in Communications and Government and External Affairs at Exelon Generation and BGE, most recently as vice president, Governmental and External Affairs for BGE.

During this period she was active in the broader Baltimore and Maryland communities, including serving on the boards of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Bowie State University, Susan G. Komen Maryland and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Valencia currently serves on the boards for DC Economic Partnership, DC Builders Industry Association, Prince Georges County Business Roundtable, the DC Chamber of Commerce and the Maryland Chamber of Commerce.

In 2024 she was appointed to the DC Mayor’s Task Force on Chinatown/Gallery Place and was named as a Washington Business Journal Diversity in Business Honoree. Additionally, Valencia was recognized as one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Women in Corporate America, Baltimore Sun’s Top 25 Women to Watch, a recipient of the President’s Roundtable Corporate Executive Trailblazer Award and acknowledged as an outstanding African American Alumni from the University of Texas at Arlington. Valencia is a graduate of Leadership Maryland and Dallas, and also received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Arlington.