About BPU

Dr. Christodoulou has a long and distinguished career in business, academia, and philanthropy. He has provided management consulting services to various industries and has owned successful businesses in commercial print manufacturing, graphic design, the restaurant industry, and the media sector. Additionally, he has taught as an adjunct professor for 25 years, educating undergraduate and graduate business students in areas as diverse as organizational behavior, innovation, economics, and strategy development. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Raritan Valley Community College, which delivers educational and workforce development to the next generation of learners in New Jersey.

As a commissioner on the NJ Board of Public Utilities, Dr. Z serves as chairman of NARUC’s Committee on Consumer and the Public Interest and sits on the executive board of OPSI (Organization of PJM States). He also belongs to several other NARUC Committees, including Electricity, International Relations, and Nuclear Energy; in addition to the Electric Vehicles Working Group, the Wildfires Advisory Group, and the Cyber Security Team. Additionally, he serves on the Advisory Committee of New Mexico State University’s Center for Public Utilities, the Executive Committee of the National Council on Electricity Policy, University of Missouri’s Financial Research Institute, and GTI Energy’s Public Interest Advisory Committee. Commissioner Christodoulou also serves as honorary chair of the National Utility Diversity Council.

Dr. Christodoulou was invested as an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2017, is the Founding Chair of the NJ State Hellenic-American Heritage Commission and is the global vice-president of the AHEPA, the largest Hellenic organization in the world. He also served as President and CEO of the Greek American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey.

Commissioner Christodoulou earned his doctoral degree from Pace University in Organizational Behavior, his MBA from Fordham University in International Finance and Management, and his BA from Rutgers College in Economics and Philosophy.