Washington Gas is honored to celebrate Black History Month and each week during February 2026 we will profile one of our employees and what Black History means to them.
Bryan Lipscomb
Senior End User Computing Specialist
I’m a Washington, D.C. native, born and raised, and currently work as a Senior End User Computing Specialist for Washington Gas. I began my career here first as consultant in 2015 before transitioning to full-time in 2023. In my role, I ensure that our staff’s technology and endpoint experiences are reliable and well supported, which helps ensure that we can execute on our mission to ensure that the DMV has access to affordable, reliable, and safe natural gas.
Black history is deeply personal to me. As a person of African American and Jamaican descent, I carry with me the sacrifices, resilience, and sense of responsibility that have shaped my family for generations and continue to shape who I am today.
Service has always been a constant in my family. My fatherserved in the U.S. Army as a Petroleum Specialist. He also was an extremely talented bass guitarist, which led him to perform on the road with Fats Domino. Growing up, he shared stories that instilled in me the values of discipline, opportunity, and service. My godfather, a retired Naval Commander, dedicated his life not only to serving his country but also to mentoring me and other underprivileged youth. At the local level, my great-aunt was the first African American woman to serve an Animal control Officer in Prince George’s County.
All of their experiences shaped my understanding of service, a lesson my grandmother embodied in her own extraordinary and inspiring way. A Jamaican immigrant who came to this country in the 1930s, she raised eight children in the Barry Farms dwellings and dedicated more than 20 years to community activism. She worked tirelessly to help underprivileged African American families gain access to food and support. From her, I learned that true leadership is rooted in service and that lifting others is one of the highest callings we can answer.
Through my father and grandmother, I also learned about my great cousin, Eugene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb, who played professional football for the Baltimore Colts — a legacy my father proudly carries through his middle name. That same commitment to community continued through my father’s work, as he helped establish a resource center with Washington Redskins legend Darrell Green. This center helped createopportunities and support for families who needed it most.
These stories remind me that my history is more than where I come from, it’s something I am responsible for honoring and carrying forward.
That sense of responsibility guides the work I do today. For me, this work is about more than just a job. It’s about ensuring that the communities that raised us, like the communities like my grandmother served, have the safe and reliable energy they need to thrive.
Black history lives in my family’s story. And I will always carry it forward through service, leadership, and a commitment to making a meaningful difference every day.