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Neal E. Schmale is president, chief operating officer and a member of the board of directors for Sempra Energy, a San Diego-based, Fortune 500, energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services. The Sempra Energy companies' 13,500 employees serve more than 29 million consumers worldwide. In his current job Schmale is responsible for implementing Sempra Energy's growth strategy and for overall management of the Sempra Energy companies. He has been a member of the board of directors since 2005. Schmale was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sempra Energy. Before his career at Sempra Energy, Schmale was chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors of UNOCAL Corp. and had earlier served as UNOCAL's senior vice president and president of its Petroleum Products and Chemical division. Throughout his 29-year career at UNOCAL, Schmale held a range of jobs in the operations, legal and finance functions. Schmale, a native of Nebraska, has a law degree from Loyola University of Los Angeles' Law School and a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a member of the board of directors of Murphy Oil Corp. and serves on its audit and compensation committees. He is the nonexecutive chairman of the board of directors of the WD-40 Co., and was a chairman of its audit committee. Schmale is a member of the California Bar | 