Debra L. Reed

Chief Executive Officer

Debra L. Reed is chief executive officer of 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’ 17,500 employees serve more than 31 million consumers worldwide.

In her current position, Reed directs the strategic operations of all the Sempra Energy companies.

Previously, Reed served as the executive vice president of Sempra Energy. From 2006 to 2010, she was president and chief executive officer of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), Sempra Energy’s California regulated utilities. In this role, she was responsible for the overall management of Sempra Energy’s utilities.

From 2004 to 2006, Reed was president and chief operating officer of SDG&E and SoCalGas and before that she was president of SDG&E and chief financial officer of both companies.

Reed serves as the chair of the board of directors of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation and serves on the board of directors of Halliburton Co. She also sits on the advisory councils of UCSD’s Jacobs School of Engineering and the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center at Stanford. Reed is a member of The Trusteeship, an affiliate of the International Women’s Forum. Previously, Reed served on the board of directors of Genentech, Dominguez Services Corp., Avery Dennison Corp. and the University of Southern California Board of Councilors.

Reed graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.