PG&E - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Vice President of PG & E 's Bay Area Region
- Vice President, Bay Area Region
- Vice President, Bay Area Region Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Aaron J. Johnson is the Vice President of PG&E's Bay Area Region.
As one of PG&E's senior leaders in the field every day, he is accountable for delivering high-quality performance to our customers and ensuring the safety, availability, and reliability of regional operations for our hometowns. The Regional Vice Presidents live and work in their regions, close to the customers they are dedicated to serving, so that they can build strong collaborative relationships and develop solutions to operational issues based on a deep understanding of local needs.
Previously, Johnson was Vice President, Wildfire Safety and Public Engagement in Electric Operations, with responsibility for improving operational practices and situational awareness to mitigate wildfire risk, including starting the Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) program, and leading strategic planning for rebuilding infrastructure damaged by wildfires.
Before transitioning to Electric Operations, Johnson was PG&E's Vice President, Customer Energy Solutions, overseeing customer and clean energy programs, including orchestrating PG&E's entry into the electric vehicle charging business. Earlier, he was Director, Renewable Energy Procurement, shaping policy and commercial strategy for wholesale procurement to meet ambitious renewable portfolio standard targets, and led solar and wind resource development.
Job Titles:
- Site Vice President, Diablo Canyon Power Plant
- Site Vice President, Diablo Canyon Power Plant Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Vice President for Pacific Gas
Adam Peck serves as Site Vice President for Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP). In this role, Peck oversees the plant's operational departments and functions, including Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Security and Radiation Protection.
Peck began his career at DCPP in 2009 and earned his Senior Reactor Operator License in 2011. Following successful roles of increasing responsibility such as Control Room Supervisor and Shift Manager, he served as Engineering Director; Operations Services Director; and Sr. Director of Engineering, Technical, and Emergency Services.
Prior to joining DCPP, Peck served in the United States Navy. During his commission, Peck completed Naval Nuclear Power training; served on the USS Louisiana in various division officer roles; qualified as a Naval Nuclear Engineer; and earned his Professional Engineer's License in Nuclear Engineering from South Carolina. Prior to his deployment, he graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Peck holds a master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the People and Compensation Committee
- Senior Advisor
- Consultant, Former Vice Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral Ferguson is senior advisor to private consultancies, the Institute for Defense Analysis and NATO following a 38-year career in the U.S. Navy. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 2016 after having served as Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces in Europe and Africa and NATO Allied Joint Force Command. Previously, he served as Vice Chief of Naval Operations and Chief of Naval Personnel. Through ADM Ferguson's leadership positions in the U.S. Navy, he brings the PG&E Board decades of experience in nuclear reactor operations, risk and change management, cyber preparedness, legislative initiatives, personnel operations, and the efficient management of transportation and equipment assets.
Job Titles:
- PG & E 's Vice President, Transmission
- Vice President, Transmission and Substation Operations
- Vice President, Transmission and Substation Operations Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Ahmad Ababneh is PG&E's Vice President, Transmission and Substation Operations, within Electric Operations. In this capacity, he oversees teams responsible for maintenance, construction, compliance, project management and portfolio oversight for investments in PG&E's transmission and substation infrastructure.
Since joining PG&E in 2014, Ababneh has worked in various electric operations and engineering roles. Most recently, Ababneh was Vice President of Major Projects and Programs where his portfolio included electric transmission and distribution major project's design and construction. Before that, he was Senior Director of Electric Asset Management responsible for all aspects of the electric asset strategy and investment plans and led the implementation of key Smart Grid and technology programs.
Prior to joining PG&E, Ababneh served in various engineering, consulting and leadership roles for Fortune 500 companies at Florida Power and Light, Entergy, Schlumberger and GE.
Ababneh holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology, a Master of Electrical Engineering degree from the University of New Orleans and a Master of Business Administration degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University. Ababneh is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Executive Vice President
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- Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President, Ethics & Compliance for Pacific Gas
- Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President, Ethics & Compliance Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Alejandro "Alex" Vallejo is Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President, Ethics & Compliance for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the main subsidiary of PG&E Corporation.
As part of this role, he oversees enterprise risk assessment and mitigation related to operations and public safety, and other aspects of risk impacting our business. He also oversees PG&E's Ethics and Compliance function as well as its enterprise Privacy and Records and Information Management programs.
Vallejo has been with PG&E since 2010 and has held numerous leadership roles, including in the Law, Customer Care, and Ethics & Compliance departments. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Ethics, Compliance & Law and Deputy General Counsel. He has also served as Senior Director and Senior Special Counsel for Corporate Compliance and Government Oversight, where he oversaw all aspects of the company's court-appointed federal monitorship and related obligations.
Prior to joining the company, Vallejo was a litigator at the international law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, where he focused on complex commercial cases and regulatory matters.
Vallejo earned his law degree from Harvard Law School and bachelor's degree from the University of California, Riverside. He also completed an executive leadership program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
He is a member of the State Bar of California and serves on the Board of Trustees for The Mexican Museum in San Francisco.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Shared Services for Pacific Gas
- Vice President, Shared Services
- Vice President, Shared Services Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Andrew (Andy) K. Williams is Vice President of Shared Services for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). He is responsible for overseeing the company's land and environmental affairs and operations, corporate real estate, aviation services and transportation services.
Williams has over 22 years of experience in the utility industry. Previously, he served as the Vice President of Land and Environmental Management overseeing the company's environmental policies, including permitting, compliance, remediation, land management and conservation. Prior to that he was the Vice President of Safety, Health and Environment for PG&E, leading employee and contractor safety programs and developing best safety practices. He also served as Vice President of Human Resources, responsible for labor relations and the delivery of human resources programs and policies for the energy company. Prior to joining PG&E, Williams worked in the office of the General Counsel at PPL, an Allentown, PA-based Fortune 500 energy company.
Williams received a bachelor's degree in economics from Louisiana State University, and a law degree from Loyola University, where he was a member of the Loyola Law Review. Williams is currently admitted to the State Bar Associations of Louisiana (inactive), Pennsylvania (inactive), and Florida (inactive). He also serves on the board of directors for the YMCA of the East Bay.
Job Titles:
- PG & E 's Vice President
- Vice President, Vegetation Management
- Vice President, Vegetation Management Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Angela Sanford is PG&E's Vice President, Vegetation Management. She is responsible for a portfolio of vegetation management programs that support our critical safety, compliance and reliability efforts to prevent catastrophic wildfires across the company's 70,000-square-mile service area.
Sanford joined PG&E in 2023 after more than 25 years of industry and consulting experience, advising major energy companies across the country. She specialized in complex program execution, technology innovation and operational efficiency. She most recently served as a Managing Director at Accenture, where she was responsible for delivering strategic outcomes across wildfire mitigation, gas and electric operation, and customer operations for a large North American energy account.
Sanford earned a Bachelor of Science in Electric Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Angie Gibson is Vice President of Emergency Preparedness and Response for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
In this role, Gibson oversees all areas of emergency management including mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. She has oversight for numerous departments including Geosciences, Life Safety, Hazard Awareness & Warning Center (HAWC), Gas, Power Generation and Electric Emergency Management and Public Safety, Emergency Exercise, Training, Planning, Prevention and Process Improvement.
Gibson joined PG&E in 1988 and has over 30 years of experience in the utility industry. Since 2011, she has focused on emergency management, serving as Manager, Emergency Management, Emergency Recovery and Public Safety, and as Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response.
During her career Gibson has deployed to support service restoration in New York after Super Storm Sandy, in Florida for Hurricane Irma and in Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria.
Gibson graduated from Franklin University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Safety Management. She is California State Certified Firefighter 1 and a FEMA-certified Master Exercise Practitioner. She has completed several training and certification courses across homeland security, business continuity and emergency management fields. Additionally, she serves on the Board of Directors of the California Fire Safe Council.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Operations
- Vice President, Enterprise Work Management
- Vice President, Enterprise Work Management Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Louie leads a group dedicated to creating cross-commodity consistency and standards in performing work that allows both Electric Operations and Gas Operations to focus purely on execution. This team will have single points of accountability for five key enabling functions: Work Management & Resource Planning, Execution Support, Business Operations & Process Improvement, PG&E Academy, and Enterprise Public Works.
In this role, she will lead the department that puts our customers at the core of everything we do and aligns our work functionally. During her 13-year career at PG&E, she has focused on safety, electric system reliability, delivering on customer commitments and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
Louie joined PG&E in 2008 and has served in roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently, she served as Senior Director, Electric Distribution Field Operations in the Bay/Central Region. Her previous roles have included: Director, Construction Resource Management; Superintendent, San Jose, De Anza and Peninsula divisions; and Engineering Manager, Asset Management.
Louie is a graduate of PG&E's Pathway to Superintendent Program, and holds Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees from UC Berkeley.
Mr. Harris has been Managing Partner of AHC since 2015. His leadership experience includes Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Alta Motors, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair of Recurrent Energy, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of EI Solutions, and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Prevalent Power, Inc. Mr. Harris has dedicated his career to solving climate change through the intersection of technology, business, and public policy. He has extensive experience in the clean energy and electric mobility sectors with a focus on innovation, change, and advocacy.
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- Senior Vice President, Electric Engineering
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- Chairman
- Retired Chairman, Beveridge & Diamond PC
Mr. Wilson is the retired Chairman of the national law firm Beveridge & Diamond PC, where he spent his career since 1986. Through his work litigating and advising clients on environmental issues as well as his service as Monitor for the Duke Energy coal ash spill remediation project and as Deputy Monitor in the Volkswagen emissions proceedings, Mr. Wilson brings extensive experience in workplace safety, environmental and wildlife protection legislation, communication, accountability, and transparency in dealing with customers and regulators.
Brian M. Wong - Chief Legal Officer, Secretary, VP
Job Titles:
- Corporate Secretary
- Deputy General Counsel
- General Counsel
- Vice President
Brooke Reilly - Chief Procurement Officer
Job Titles:
- Chief Procurement Officer
- Vice President, Supply Chain
- Vice President, Supply Chain and Chief Procurement Officer at Pacific Gas
- Vice President, Supply Chain and Chief Procurement Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Brooke Reilly is Vice President, Supply Chain and Chief Procurement Officer at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). She is responsible for strategic sourcing, supply chain responsibility, supplier quality assurance, and materials functions across the company.
Reilly was previously the chief of staff to PG&E's CEO and, before that, the senior director of PG&E's New Revenue Development and Finance and Planning teams. Since joining PG&E in 2009, Reilly has held leadership roles across the company's strategy, energy procurement, regulatory, and customer-facing functions. She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and was at a small economic and financial consulting firm before joining PG&E.
Reilly holds master's degrees in business administration and public policy from the University of Michigan. She earned her bachelor's degree from Duke University.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer
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- Member of Finance and Innovation Committee
Most recently, Mr. Hernandez spent 13 years at Fluor Corporation, in a variety of roles including Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary. In his previous role, he served as General Counsel and Secretary of Arcelor Mittal Americas, a major steel producer that is part of the ArcelorMittal steel group. Mr. Hernandez brings decades of executive leadership experience in key industries. His career has spanned engineering, procurement, manufacturing and distribution companies, and his expertise includes risk management, safety and environmental matters, governance, compliance and law.
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Vice President
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- Chairman
- Chairman of the Board of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Consultant, Former SVP, Xcel Energy
- Chairman, Pacific Gas and Electric Company Executive Committee )
- Director of PG & E Corporation
Ms. Campbell has 35 years of energy experience in interstate pipelines and utilities. During her 13-year tenure at Xcel Energy (a utility supplier of electric power and natural gas service operating in eight Western and Midwestern states), Ms. Campbell developed risk management, regulatory, environmental and operating plans for the company's gas assets while improving operating and financial results across the enterprise. Ms. Campbell also developed the same programs for WestGas InterState (FERC-regulated pipeline owned by Xcel Energy) while serving as President and CEO. Ms. Campbell is a champion of public and employee safety and served on the U.S. Department of Transportation's Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee from 2013 to 2018, providing guidance to the Secretary of Transportation on the safety of the nation's gas pipeline infrastructure. Ms. Campbell also served as a member of the independent panel assessing the enterprise risk management and overall safety of the 11 gas utilities in Massachusetts in the aftermath of the September 2018 explosions and fires in Merrimack Valley.
Ms. Campbell has been a director of PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company since April 2019. She is also a board member of Hoffman Southwest, a private equity-owned provider of water flow inspection, repair and cleaning services (2018 to present).
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- Director Managing the Company
- Vice President of Residential Services & Digital Channels at Pacific Gas
- Vice President, Residential Services & Digital Channels
- Vice President, Residential Services & Digital Channels Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Chris Zenner is Vice President of Residential Services & Digital Channels at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), leading channel strategy to provide customer service and sales for PG&E's 5.3 million residential customers.
In this capacity, Zenner oversees the contact center operations, local offices and digital channels as well as the design and delivery of the customer experience. He implemented a work-for-home plan for more than 600 contact center representatives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zenner joined PG&E in July of 2013 as Director managing the company's customer service offices serving 16 million Californians across 70,000 square miles. Zenner most recently led the Residential Services and Digital Channels team, overseeing PG&E's four contact centers, digital team, 75 customer service offices, the customer technology improvement team and the workforce management organization. Zenner also led the new normal, work remote and productivity work stream.
Previously, Zenner worked for Dave & Buster's Inc. for seven years managing the oversight of nine multi-state locations. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Zenner served as a Signals Intelligence Analyst and Special Operations Civil Affairs Specialist for seven years.
Zenner graduated from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., with a Bachelor of Science in Government. He served two years as Executive Mentor for the Western Energy Institute's Emerging Leaders Program and completed an executive leadership program at Stanford University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Gas Engineering
- Senior Vice President, Gas Engineering, Service Planning and Design
Christine Cowsert Chapman is the Senior Vice President of Gas Engineering, and Service Planning and Design at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Christine has been with PG&E for more than 20 years serving in various natural gas engineering, human resources, and electric operations functions. In her current role, Cowsert Chapman is responsible for near-term engineering priorities and long-term planning for the utility's gas infrastructure, as well as gas asset and risk management. She also oversees gas and electric system planning and design.
Cowsert Chapman previously oversaw PG&E's electric engineering and asset and risk management. Prior to 2021, she led teams that managed risk to PG&E's gas assets, system, and business in real time and long term through asset management, integrity management, gas control, gas system planning, regulatory strategy, compliance, and innovation. This included the 24/7 operations of PG&E's Gas Operations Center, as well as managing the PG&E's California Gas Transmission business.
Cowsert Chapman has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of California.
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- Vice President
- Member of the Board of Directors for CORO Northern California
- Vice President, State Government Relations
- Vice President, State Government Relations Pacific Gas and Electric Company
In this role, Patterson is responsible for PG&E's legislative agenda and leading advocacy efforts in the state's capital. He is also responsible for policy and advocacy relating to key state regulatory agencies, including the California Energy Commission, State Lands Commission, Department of Water Resources, and California Air Resources Board.
Patterson joined PG&E in 2018 and has held roles of increasing responsibility within state government relations.
Before PG&E, Patterson served as the State Political Director for the California State Council of the International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO (California Professional Firefighters), which represents over 30,000 front-line emergency responders. In that capacity, Patterson directed the union's political strategies and resources at the federal, state and local levels, managed its political action committee, independent expenditure and ballot measure programs, and helped oversee its state legislative program.
Patterson has established a reputation for his ability to manage crisis situations, create and lead strategic legislative and political programs, and drive diverse state coalitions toward common policy and political goals and success. In 2013, his proven leadership and collaborative approach were instrumental in bringing together key state business, labor and other stakeholders to form one of the most effective statewide coalitions in Sacramento - Building and Protecting a Strong California. Today this group, known as the California Business and Labor Alliance, successfully advocates for policies enhancing the business climate, supporting worker issues, and promoting a robust state economy. Patterson continues to serve as the committee's chair.
Outside of PG&E, Patterson is a member of the Board of Directors for CORO Northern California, which is responsible for helping to shape future generations of policy leaders. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the California Building Industry Association and the California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy, and as a National Advisory Board Member of UC Berkeley's Institute for Governmental Services.
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- Vice President of Pacific Generation at Pacific Gas
- Vice President, Pacific Generation
- Vice President, Pacific Generation Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Dave Gabbard is Vice President of Pacific Generation at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). In this role, he is responsible for all of the utility's non-nuclear generation assets, including our large hydroelectric system, natural gas plants, solar generation fleets and PG&E's battery energy storage systems. Previously, Gabbard was Senior Director, Transmission and Substations, within Electric Operations. In this capacity, he oversaw teams responsible for maintenance, construction, project management, and portfolio oversight for investments in PG&E's transmission and substation infrastructure.
He joined PG&E in 2005 as an Engineer at Diablo Canyon Power Plant and has held numerous leadership positions of increasing responsibility in Project Management, Engineering, Electric Generation Interconnection, Energy Storage, Transmission Planning, Risk Management, Asset Management, System Protection, Maintenance and Construction.
A California native, Gabbard earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, SLO. He also holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Vice President, Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
- Vice President, Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Chief Information Security Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company
David Leach is Vice President, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
Leach has spent equal parts of his career focused on protection of information and technology assets and transforming businesses through analytics. Leach and has repeatedly delivered new and enduring enterprise capabilities through a nimble and curious leadership approach to security, data management, and analytics.
Leach is responsible for leading PG&E's cybersecurity, asset protection, and enterprise-wide data management and analytics, including protection of physical and cyber assets, asset and operational data, and driving continuous improvement in the company's data-driven decision-making capabilities.
Prior to joining PG&E in December 2021, Leach spent the last twenty-plus years in leadership roles at global product companies, including Cummins Inc. and Micron Technology, leaders in the fields of semiconductor and industrial power systems design, manufacturing, and service. His accomplishments include building and leading enterprise programs for cybersecurity, information protection, and regulatory compliance, as well as development of enterprise data and analytics functions.
Over the course of his career, Leach has led a variety of other business and technology functions, including development and operation of cloud and network platforms, supply chain, and information technology. The result of his work has been delivery of completely re-imagined coworker and customer experiences, and improved quality, safety, operational and financial outcomes.
A native of California, he holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BA in Economics from Boise State University.
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- Vice President, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at Pacific Gas
- Vice President, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company
David McCulloch is Vice President, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). McCulloch joined PG&E in November 2022 and oversees how the company communicates with its 16 million customers in Northern and Central California. This includes keeping customers and others informed about PG&E's efforts in delivering safe, reliable energy; ways the company is helping customers save money on their bills; and how PG&E is harnessing innovation to achieve its bold climate goals.
McCulloch also oversees PG&E's marketing efforts to encourage customer participation in programs that promote energy efficiency, provide income-qualified bill discounts, and support electric vehicle owners, among others.
Before coming to PG&E, McCulloch gained deep experience in corporate communications and marketing at a range of companies in the energy and technology sectors. Most recently, he led communications for X's moonshot to decarbonize the electric grid through advanced simulation and modeling technologies. X is a subsidiary of Alphabet.
McCulloch also held marketing and communications leadership roles at Hitachi's global tech subsidiary Hitachi Vantara, fuel cell company Bloom Energy, and General Electric, where he focused on issues at the crossroads of electricity and artificial intelligence. Before that, he led global public relations at Cisco and was an executive leader with global technology PR agency Text 100.
A longtime Bay Area resident, McCulloch has been recognized as North America Public Relations Professional of the Year by PRWeek, was part of Cisco's PR team that was selected as PRWeek's In-House Team of the Year and is a past president of the Public Relations Society of America's Silicon Valley Chapter.
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President, Enterprise Change Office
- Vice President, Enterprise Change Office Pacific Gas and Electric Company
In this role, Powell leads efforts to coordinate and integrate various strategic change initiatives within the company, with the goal of improving coworker engagement and ultimately producing better outcomes for PG&E's customers.
Powell previously served in key leadership roles in the company's electric team, including as Interim Head of Electric Operations and Vice President, Asset & Risk Management, Community Wildfire Safety Program. She joined PG&E in 2010 and has also held positions of increasing responsibility in the company's power generation team.
Powell has more than 30 years of corporate, energy industry and military experience. Prior to joining PG&E, Powell led the Lower Colorado River Authority's 425-MW Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant, as plant manager.
Powell began her career in the United States Navy, serving in a variety of leadership and engineering roles on several combatant ships. She retired from the U.S. Navy Reserves in 2012.
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- Member of Finance and Innovation Committee
Mr. Cannizzaro brings 40 years of experience as a global financial executive to the Boards of the Corporation and the Utility. He has a deep background in financial accounting and reporting, risk management, operations, and operational regulatory compliance. During his tenure at KPMG, he served as the Global Head of Quality, Risk and Regulatory, the West Area Managing Partner of Audit, and provided sound oversight and governance as a member of the Board of Directors of KPMG Americas and KPMG US.
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President, Energy Policy and Procurement
- Vice President, Energy Policy and Procurement Pacific Gas and Electric Company
In this role, Clegg is responsible for the planning, procurement, portfolio management, contract management and settlements of all gas and electric supply. In addition, she is responsible for developing and advocating for policy positions relating to energy procurement and wholesale market design in various venues.
Clegg has more than two decades of experience in the energy policy and procurement field. Since joining PG&E in 2007, she has held key roles of increasing responsibility within the company's Energy Policy and Procurement team. Clegg's extensive experience includes effectively negotiating and procuring agreements for renewable energy, energy storage, resource adequacy and other wholesale market products, and overseeing planning, analysis and financial hedging for PG&E's electric portfolio. Additionally, she has developed numerous policy positions to support customers in legislative and regulatory matters.
Prior to PG&E, Clegg served as a Quantitative Analyst for Powerex, a power and natural gas trading company in Vancouver, Canada.
Clegg earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Science in Mathematical Finance from the University of British Columbia. Clegg earned the distinction of charter holder with the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President, Undergrounding
- Vice President, Undergrounding Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Jamie Martin is Vice President, Undergrounding for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). In this role, she oversees the company's program to underground 10,000 miles of electric distribution lines to reduce wildfire risk.
Since joining PG&E in 2007, Martin has acquired a breadth of PG&E operational and financial expertise that, coupled with her collaborative approach, allows her to bring people together to deliver results. Martin has held roles in Business Finance and Strategic Planning, Investor Relations, Financial Analysis and Reporting, and Project Finance. Prior to her current role, Martin was Vice President, Supply Chain and Chief Procurement Officer, overseeing strategic sourcing, supply chain responsibility, supplier quality assurance and materials across the company.
Before joining PG&E, Martin worked at Grant Thornton LLP.
Martin has a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of San Francisco and is a trustee of the University.
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- Senior Vice President, Electric Operations
- Senior Vice President, Electric Operations Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Janisse Quiñones leads Electric Operations for PG&E, including electric transmission and distribution operations, major projects and programs and the execution of wildfire-prevention programs such as Public Safety Power Shutoffs and Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings. PG&E's Power Generation portfolio, including natural gas powerplants and the utility's large hydropower system, also are among her responsibilities.
Quiñones joined PG&E in 2021, serving as Senior Vice President of Gas Engineering where she was responsible for gas engineering and strategy, overseeing the function's near-term priorities and long-term planning to support operational execution and sustainability of PG&E's gas assets.
She has more than two decades of utility and engineering experience. Her civilian career is highlighted by several positions of increasing responsibility in the utility industry, including customer service, energy efficiency programs, electric and gas distribution construction, planning and design, vegetation management and corrosion, meter shops, maps and records and gas engineering. She was pivotal in the electric grid restoration for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, where she led distribution and transmission line crews directly responsible for energizing a significant portion of the island.
Quiñones is also a Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves and is currently assigned to USCG District 11 as the USCG Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer supporting the Federal Emergency Management Administration Region 9, which oversees federal emergency management for 150 tribal nations and nine states/territories, including California, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona. She has deployed in support of Deepwater Horizon, Hurricane Maria, and Operation Allies Welcome operations.
Quiñones was born and raised in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and attended the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (Magna Cum Laude). She holds advanced degrees in Business Administration and International Relations and is a licensed Professional Engineer in five states.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President
- Executive Vice President, Engineering, Planning, and Strategy
- Executive Vice President, Engineering, Planning, and Strategy Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Jason Glickman is Executive Vice President of Engineering, Planning, and Strategy of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).
Glickman started his role at PG&E in May 2021 and is responsible for PG&E's near-term engineering priorities and long-term planning, including oversight of the utility's gas system and electric infrastructure.
Glickman brings extensive strategic experience and deep industry expertise to PG&E, having most recently served as a Partner and the Global Head of Utilities and Renewables at Bain & Company. He became a Partner in 2014 and the Global Head of Utilities and Renewables in March 2020. At Bain, his clients included major investor-owned utilities and other industry leaders, with which he worked closely over sustained periods of time to deliver measurable results. His work focused on advising leading energy companies on strategy and sustainability, as well as affordability and digital transformation. Glickman has designed and implemented comprehensive long-term plans that encompass asset strategy, engineering and operations, and he has led several multi-year enterprise affordability programs to benefit customers.
Prior to becoming a Partner at Bain, Mr. Glickman served as a consultant there from 2007 to 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Glickman served as a Principal at EY - Parthenon (formerly The Parthenon Group) from 2002 to 2007.
He holds a BS and an MS in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.
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- Vice President, Gas Transmission and Distribution Construction
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- Vice President, System Inspections
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- Chairman
- Member of the People and Compensation Committee
Most recently, Ms. Denecour served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Varian Medical Systems. Previously, she held numerous senior roles at Agilent Technologies, including Vice President of Global IT Applications and Solution Services, Vice President of Global Infrastructure and Operations Services, and Senior Director and Chief Information Officer of Test and Measurement Group. Her career includes 16 years at Hewlett Packard. Ms. Denecour joins the Board with decades of experience in information technology and cybersecurity, also having led IT transformations that encompassed customer, voice and data networks, data center operations, security, and technical computing.
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- Vice President, North Valley & Sierra Region
John R. Simon - Chief Legal Officer, EVP
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- Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
- Executive Vice President
- General Counsel
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- Vice President, Investor Relations
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- Senior Vice President, Gas Operations
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- Vice President, Central Valley Region
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- Member of the People and Compensation Committee
- Member of Finance and Innovation Committee
Most recently, Ms. Cooper served as President and Chief Operations Officer of Rothy's. Her career spanned across industries, with previous roles as Chief Executive Officer of Choose Energy, Chief Operations Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of ModCloth, Vice President of Global eCommerce of Walmart, and Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing and Strategy of Walmart. Ms. Cooper has extensive experience in the consumer space, leveraging customer insights to create a better customer experience through a multi-channel approach, including mobile and online strategies.
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- Vice President, Finance and Planning
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- Vice President, Chief Talent, Culture and Inclusion Officer
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- Senior Vice President, Wildfire & Emergency Operations
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- Vice President, IT Products & Enterprise Solutions
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- Chief Customer Officer
- Executive Vice President
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- Vice President, Electric Engineering, Asset and Regulatory
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- Vice President, Enterprise Health & Safety and Chief Safety Officer
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- Vice President, Business and Technical Services
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- Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
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- Member of the People and Compensation Committee
Most recently, Mr. Niggli spent 13 years at Sempra Energy, in a variety of roles including President and Chief Operations Officer of San Diego Gas & Electric, Chief Operations Officer of San Diego Gas & Electric, Chief Operations Officer of Southern California Gas, and President of Sempra Generation. In his previous role, he served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Sierra Pacific Resources/Nevada Power Company. Mr. Niggli brings long-time leadership experience in regulated utilities. He has strong relationships across the industry with significant accomplishments in areas of reliability, customer satisfaction, supplier diversity, and climate-oriented management.
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- Vice President, Utility Partnerships & Innovation
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- Chief Executive Officer
- President
- CEO, PG & E Corporation Director, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Chief Executive Officer of San Francisco
- Member of the Board of Directors for Whirlpool Corporation
- Principal Subsidiary
Patricia K. Poppe is the Chief Executive Officer of San Francisco-based PG&E Corporation.
Ms. Poppe joined PG&E in January 2021 after five years as President and CEO of CMS Energy and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy, where she focused on connecting the utility more closely with its customers and adapting lean operating system principles throughout the business. In her decade-long career with the Michigan company, she also served as Senior Vice President of Distribution Operations, Engineering and Transmission; Vice President of Customer Experience, Rates and Regulation; and Vice President of Customer Operations.
Previously, Ms. Poppe served as a Power Plant Director at DTE Energy. Prior to joining DTE Energy, she held a variety of plant management positions in the automotive industry.
Ms. Poppe is a member of the Board of Directors for Whirlpool Corporation, Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Limited, Edison Electric Institute, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, American Gas Association, Electric Power Research Institute and the California Chamber of Commerce.
She earned a master's degree in management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and received a bachelor's degree and master's degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University.
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- Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer
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- Senior Vice President, Major Infrastructure Delivery
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- Chief Financial Officer of Icertis
- Member of Finance and Innovation Committee
Mr. Bahri is Chief Financial Officer of Icertis, a contract management software provider. He has previously served as Chief Financial Officer for multiple companies, including ID.me, Wish, Jasper Technologies, Trimble Navigation, and Kraft Canada. Beyond his financial expertise, Mr. Bahri brings decades of experience in executive compensation, enterprise risk management, corporate governance, and the operation of audit committees.
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- Chairman of the Board
- Chairman, PG & E Corporation Executive Committee )
- Member of Finance and Innovation Committee
Most recently, Mr. Flexon served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dynegy Inc. for 7 years. Before coming to Dynegy, he served at UGI Utilities as CFO, CEO of Foster Wheeler, a global engineering and construction firm; and CFO and COO of independent power producer NRG. Mr. Flexon's expertise is in finance and accounting in the chemicals and oil and gas sectors. He brings experience in safety, workforce organization, and turnarounds, having led both Dynegy's 2011 bankruptcy and its culture transformation and M&A growth post-emergence.
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- Vice President, Electric System Operations
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- Vice President, Electric Distribution Operations
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- Vice President, Enterprise and Operational Risk
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- Vice President, Gas Distribution Operations
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- Vice President, Regulatory Proceedings and Rates
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- Vice President, IT Infrastructure & Operations
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Controller
- Vice President
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- Vice President, Chief Audit Officer, Pacific Gas and Electric Company Chief Financial Officer & Chief Audit Officer, Pacific Generation
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Executive Vice President, Operations
- EVP Operations, COO and Director, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Executive Vice President, Operations, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Pacific Gas
Sumeet Singh is Executive Vice President, Operations, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Pacific Gas and Electric Company. He is responsible for all of the utility's operations, including Gas, Electric and Generation, as well as the Safety and Wildfire & Emergency Operations teams. In this new role, he is seeking to further increase connectivity between risk and safety and the operation's landscape to enable operational execution excellence across the board.
Singh previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer and Chief Safety Officer, overseeing the company's integrated workforce health and safety strategy, its safety culture, and management of both operational risks such as wildfires, nuclear, dams, natural gas, natural disasters and non-operational risks such as cybersecurity, pandemic and others.
Singh has held a number of other leadership roles within PG&E, including serving as the Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, and Vice President, Asset Management and Community Wildfire Safety Program. This program consists of measures intended to further reduce risk on PG&E's electric system and includes partnering with communities on wildfire safety and prevention efforts. Key facets include real-time monitoring and intelligence, new and enhanced safety measures, and system hardening and resiliency efforts.
Singh also served as Vice President of Portfolio Management & Engineering in PG&E's Gas Operations, responsible for planning, prioritizing and providing oversight of Gas Operations' portfolio of work. Additionally, Singh served as Vice President, Asset & Risk Management in PG&E's Gas Operations, responsible for overseeing all aspects of records management, developing a clear understanding amongst the workforce of codes and standards, identifying and managing risk based on a rigorous approach to understanding PG&E's natural gas system, and leveraging technology to enhance and streamline operations.
Joining PG&E in 2000 as an engineer, Singh also worked in various natural gas distribution and transmission engineering roles, as well as in the Finance and Energy Procurement functions.
Singh has also served as the Gas Safety and Integrity Officer at Picarro Inc., leading a global organization focused on the growth of an innovative technology based on hardware-enabled analytics informing asset management solutions to drive a safer and cleaner natural gas system by improving the overall risk spend efficiency.
Singh holds a bachelor's degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Business Administration degree from UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a registered professional Civil Engineer in the State of California. Singh serves on the board of GTI Energy, a leading research and training organization focused on developing, scaling and deploying energy transition solutions
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- Vice President, Human Resources Strategy and Solutions
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- Vice President, South Bay & Central Coast Region
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- Vice President, Customer Operations and Enablement
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- Chief Emergency Management Officer, One Concern
Mr. Fugate has been in the role of Chief Emergency Management Officer of One Concern since 2017. His previous experience includes Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Mr. Fugate joins the Board with decades of experience at the local, state, and federal levels in disaster preparedness and management. He has also overseen preparation and response efforts for disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes, health crises, and national security threats.
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- Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Operations, Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Counsel, Pacific Generation
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- Chairman of Finance and Innovation Committee
- Director of PG & E Corporation
- Retired President of at & T Technology Operations at at & T Services, Inc
- Retired President of at & T Technology Operations, at & T Services, Inc.
Mr. Smith is the retired President of AT&T Technology Operations at AT&T Services, Inc. where he spent 37 years with the telecommunications service provider and its predecessor companies. He held a number of senior officer positions at AT&T, including President of Network Operations where he oversaw data center and information technology operations, DIRECTV field operations, and planning, engineering, construction, provisioning and maintenance for the company's wireless and wireline networks. He also served as Executive Vice President of Shared Services for AT&T and Chief Technology Officer for Bell South Corp. Mr. Smith brings a comprehensive focus on large-scale integration and modernization of vast infrastructure networks, an ability to identify and leverage new technologies to meet future business needs, and a track record of delivering on commitments to public and employee safety.
Mr. Smith has been a director of PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company since October 2019. He also serves on the board of directors of Tillman Networks, LLC, a provider of network infrastructure services for telecom operators in the U.S. and European markets.
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- Vice President, Federal Affairs