Rhonda Brandon Promoted To Vice President Human Resources

ATLANTA, Ga. — Colonial Pipeline today announced the promotion of Rhonda S. Brandon as Vice President of Human Resources. Brandon, Colonial’s Director of Human Resources since joining the pipeline company in December 1998, becomes the first female and the first African-American to become an officer of the 40-year-old company. Colonial, based in Atlanta, Ga., is the world’s largest liquid fuels pipeline. 

Ms. Brandon will continue to direct human resource programs at Colonial, including leadership development, training, and other programs designed to maximize the performance of Colonial’s 685 employees. Her new responsibilities will include helping create and execute Colonial’s strategic vision. 

“Rhonda has been essential to the success we’ve experienced at Colonial over the past few years,” said Colonial President and CEO Dave Lemmon. ​“She has helped Colonial become an industry leader by developing the people and processes we needed. As an officer of the company, her role and her contributions will only grow more important to Colonial’s growth and success,” Lemmon said. 

Born in Richmond, Va., Ms. Brandon attended Hampton University in Virginia’s Tidewater area and graduated there in 1983 with a degree in mass media arts. 

She was director of Human Resources for Global Information Technology at Nike, Inc., when recruited by Lemmon to join Colonial’s leadership. Previously Ms. Brandon worked with IBM for 10 years and with Hughes Network Systems for 2 ¹⁄₂ years. 

Ms. Brandon is active in the Society of Human Resources Management and the Society of Professional Human Resources Management. 

She lives with her husband, Kevin H. Brandon, and their two children, Brianna, 14, and Myles, 7, in Marietta, Ga. Ms. Brandon is the daughter of Geraldine B. Story and the late John R. Story of Richmond, Va. 

Colonial is committed to safe operations and protection of the environment as it delivers petroleum products (gasoline, avaiation fuel, home heating oil) through a 5,500-mile network of underground pipelines extending from Gulf Coast refineries to markets throughout the South and the East Coast.