The Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA) has elected Lawrence LaShomb as vice chairman of the board. He succeeds Jacqueline Brevard, who recently retired as vice president and chief ethics officer of Merck & Co.

Larry LaShomb is the compliance officer for Iberdrola USA, an energy services and delivery company with operations in New York and Maine, and a subsidiary of global utility company, Iberdrola, S.A. LaShomb has been an ECOA sponsoring partner member since joining the association in September 1995. He has served on the ECOA board of directors since 2004 and formerly was the chair of its audit and finance committee. He also was involved in forming the ECOA Utilities Industry Group and served as its chair for the group's first three years.