Awards & Recognition
★Edison Electric Institute Distinguished Leadership Award 2014
★San Francisco Business Times Most-Admired CEO Lifetime Achievement Award 2017
★American Red Cross Bay Area Philanthropic CEO of the Year 2015
★Detroit News Michiganian of the Year 2003
★Forbes ranking #19 among Utility CEOs, #290 among all US CEOs
Notable Facts
→CEO of major Fortune 500 utilities: DTE Energy (1998-2010) and PG&E Corporation (2011-2017)
→First external CEO hire in PG&E's 106-year history
→Led DTE Energy through largest US blackout in 2003, praised for crisis leadership
→Board member at Ford Motor Company for 13 years, served as lead independent director
→Former Chairman of Edison Electric Institute and Nuclear Energy Institute
→Naval officer in nuclear submarine program, qualified as chief engineer
→University of Notre Dame graduate with degrees in physics, engineering, and law
→Currently serves on Southern Company board and chairs Detroit Zoological Society
→Estimated net worth over $44 million from SEC filings
→Moved from Detroit to San Francisco Bay Area when joining PG&E in 2011