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Debra L. Reed is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), Sempra Energy’s California regulated utilities. Sempra Energy is a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services.
SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides service to 3.4 million consumers through 1.4 million electric meters and more than 830,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties.
SoCalGas is the nation’s largest natural gas distribution utility serving 20.1 million consumers through 5.6 million gas meters.
Reed became president of SDG&E in July 2000. In January 2002, she also became president of SoCalGas and chief financial officer (CFO) of both SDG&E and SoCalGas and became president and COO of both companies in May 2004.
Previously, Reed served as president of energy distribution services at SoCalGas, overseeing the company’s operations for residential, small-commercial and industrial customers. From 1995 to 2000, she served as senior vice president of SoCalGas.
From 1984 to 1994, Reed held leadership positions with SoCalGas, including vice president of human resources, vice president of administrative services, manager of environmental engineering and manager of personnel relations. In 1983, she served as area market services manager after five years of working in marketing. Reed joined SoCalGas in February 1978 as an energy systems engineer and, in 1988, became the first female officer appointed at the company.
Reed serves on the board of directors for Halliburton Company; Genentech; the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation; and the Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency at Stanford University. She is a member of The Trusteeship, an affiliate of the International Women’s Forum. Previously, Reed served on the board of Dominguez Services Corporation, and the University of Southern California Board of Councilors.
In 2006, Reed was inducted into the Junior Achievement San Diego Business Hall of Fame. In 2004, she was awarded Woman of the Year from the California Science Center and was named one of San Diego Magazine's 50 People to Watch. Reed received the 23rd Annual Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award from the YWCA of San Diego County in 2002. She was a recipient of the League of Women Voters Glass Ceiling Award in 2000. Reed was featured on the cover of the July 2002 issue of Gas Utility Manager magazine for an article on making mergers work.
Reed graduatedsumma cum laude from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
Debra L. Reed, 50, has been a director of each Sempra Utility since 2001 and became a director of PE in 2006. She is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of all three companies. She is also a director of Genentech, Inc. and Halliburton Company. | 