- Geoffrey F. Brown
Geoffrey F. Brown, born May 20 1943 in San Francisco, is a commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission. He attended schools both in San Francisco and Marin Counties and received degrees from the University of California, Berkeley 1964 and San Francisco Law School in 1970. He served two stints in the U.S. Air Force (1965 and 1968-1969) as an enlisted man. Mr.
- Robert Haga
Robert Haga, Chief of Staff to Commissioner Chong. He was Vice President of Strategic Planning and USAC Operations at the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) in Washington D.C. Mr. Haga joined USAC in 1998 as its third employee, and during his seven years with USAC, he was responsible for a broad range of issues, including the high cost and low income support mechanisms, corporate finance, information technology, and audits.
- Karen Degannes
Karen DeGannes , Regulatory Analyst, California Public Utilities Commission; Joint Doctoral Candidate, School of Natural Resources and Environment and Department of Sociology , University of Michigan Karen Degannes is a regulatory analyst for the California Public Utilities Commission's Energy Division in San Francisco. Concurrently, Karen is a doctoral student in Sociology and Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan.
- Michael R. Peevey
Michael R. Peevey , President
- Aaron Johnson
Aaron Johnson joined the California Public Utilities Commission in 1999 and has worked as an energy analyst in the Office of Ratepayer Advocates, the Division of Strategic Planning, and as an energy advisor to a Commissioner.
- Michael Funk
Michael was the Founder of Experience Corps Bay Area in 1999. Started in 1995 as a pilot project in five cities, Experience Corps has grown to include more than 2,000 members in 20 cities across the country. As the leading model in outcomes-based literacy service by older adults, Experience Corps has a strong base of knowledge in the field of education and the program understands the means and messages needed to tap the time, talent, and experience of people over 55.
- Steve Westly
Steve Westly California State Controller Steve Westly is the State Controller of California and serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the 5th largest economy in the world. As Controller, Westly has the power of the audit over every state agency and is an independent fiscal watchdog for the people of California.
- Jackalyne Pfannenstiel
Jackalyne Pfannenstiel was appointed to the California Energy Commission on April 20, 2004, by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Commissioner Pfannenstiel fills the environmental protection position on the Energy Com mission. Ms. Pfannenstiel, of Piedmont, has been an energy policy and strategy advisor since 1991. Previously, she was vice president for planning and strategy with PG&E Corporation.
- Ken McEldowney
Ken McEldowney Executive Director Ken McEldowney is executive director of Consumer Action, a San Francisco-based national consumer advocacy and education membership organization. Consumer Action has worked on food, insurance, utility, privacy, toxics, health care, banking, postal and telephone issues for 35 years.
- Dian Grueneich
Ms. Grueneich is a strong advocate of ensuring reliable energy service, addressing climate change, implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy programs, and offering customer choice. While at the CPUC, Ms. Grueneich is committed to making California not only a national but international leader in demonstrating that energy efficiency and demand management, a sound economy, and reliable energy supplies at a reasonable and predictable cost, go hand-in-hand.
- Tim Duane
Tim Duane, University of California Berkeley Tim Duane is associate professor of energy and resources, city and regional planning, landscape architecture and environmental planning at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a Ph.D. in energy and environmental planning from the department of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University and M.S. and A.B. degrees from Stanford. He has been at Berkeley since 1991.
- Mark Stout
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- Paul Laughlin
I'm filipino and irish. I was born and raised in the the top west coast city, San Francisco.
- Cherie Chan
- David Hochschild
David Hochschild was appointed to the Commission by Mayor Newsom in 2007. He is a solar energy advocate who worked with Assemblyman Mark Leno in 2001 to develop San Francisco's $100 Million solar bond initiative. Hochschild went on to co-found the Vote Solar Initiative, a 30,000 member non-profit organization focused on advancing solar energy in states across the country.
- Lisa
- Michael L. Noël
Michael L. Noël is a Senior Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Saber Partners, LLC. Mr. Noël is the former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Edison International, Southern California Edison Company and Edison Mission Energy - corporations where he spent more than thirty years in various executive and financial-management positions. As one of Edison's top five officers, he served as a member of Edison's Management Committee.
- Lily Kang
- Anna Miller
Anna Miller Anna Miller is a marketing assistant for the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE). Her responsibilities run the gamut from establishing administrative processes for collateral development, to coordinating editorial calendars and tradeshow schedules, supporting web postings, state-wide program launches, speaker's bureau programs, news conferences and related special events.
- Marc Richmond
Marc Richmond President Marc Richmond has been involved in the construction industry since the late '80s, both as a builder and a green building consultant. His depth of experience in developing and implementing green building programs both for government agencies, non-profits and within private firms is significant (see " clients " page).
- Jennifer J. Lajoie
Jennifer J. Lajoie Jennifer represents clients in a variety of areas, including cases involving personal injury, medical malpractice and commercial law. Jennifer J. Lajoie joined the Law Offices of Russell D. Barr as a legal assistant in 1994. A Stowe native, Jennifer received her B.A. from the University of Vermont in 1993. In 1996, she moved to San Francisco and worked for the Administrative Law Judge Division of the California Public Utilities Commission.
- Heidi Sieck
Heidi Sieck is the 3-1-1 Customer Service Project Director in the Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom . Heidi also established, and acts as the Administrator for, the Mayor's SFStat performance management program.
- Jason Seligman
Dr. Seligman's research is in the area of Public Economics. His current research projects include the Retirement Transition Project, funded by the National Endowment for Financial Education, and the Tax and Expenditure Data Center, funded by the Georgia Legislature. His work is published in the National Tax Journal, the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, the Journal of Money Credit and Banking, and the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance.
- Lenard G. Weiss
Lenard G. Weiss is a Shareholder in the Litigation Group and one of the founding members of Steefel, Levitt & Weiss. He has served as the firm's Managing Partner and Chair of the Litigation Group. Mr. Weiss currently serves on the firm's Board of Directors. Mr. Weiss is a litigator with over 37 years' experience in complex business and commercial litigation.
- William A. Blase Jr
William A. Blase Jr . Senior Executive Vice President – Human Resources Bill Blase is senior executive vice president-Human Resources, with responsibility for the development and implementation of human resources policies and practices in support of AT&T’s global workforce, as well as the company’s relationship with the unions that represent AT&T employees. From December 2005 to June 2007, Mr. Blase served as executive vice president-Labor Relations.
- Bernadette del Chiaro
Bernadette Del Chiaro Company: Environment California Bernadette Del Chiaro directs Environment California and Environment California Research & Policy Center's Clean Energy and Global Warming Programs. In this capacity, Ms. Del Chiaro advocates before the California legislature, the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission, and before municipal agencies on clean energy issues.
- W. Davis Smith
W. Davis Smith Vice President and Associate General Counsel - Sempra Energy W. Davis Smith W. Davis Smith is vice president and associate general counsel for Sempra Energy, and general counsel for the Sempra 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.
- Miles J. Dolinger
Mr. Dolinger has several years of diverse public law and real property experience.
- Judith Iklé
Judith Iklé , Energy Division, California Public Utilities Commission Judith Iklé is a Program Manager in the Procurement, Renewables and Climate Strategy Branch of the Energy Division at the California Public Utilities Commission. This branch includes electric procurement and resource adequacy, the Renewable Portfolio Standards program, distributed generation, and the California Solar Initiative.
- Scott Zimmermann
Scott Zimmermann BIO: Scott Zimmermann is a JD student at the UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) interested in international energy development. He serves as Articles Editor for Ecology Law Quarterly, and is actively involved in Boalt's Environmental Law Society. He recently worked in Beijing, China with the NRDC China Clean Energy Program, and also with Commissioner Dian Grueneich at the California Public Utilities Commission on the states greenhouse gas regulations.
- Jeff Dasovich
Jeff Dasovich , SVP Development – Western Region During 2002-2003 Mr. Dasovich served as senior director at a multi-national bank, where he assisted senior bank management in setting up a new business unit focused on electricity and natural gas trading and sales.
- Joel Anderson
Joel Anderson President & CEO International Warehouse Logistics Association Joel D. Anderson is President and Chief Executive Officer of IWLA – The International Warehouse Logistics Association. In this position, he is responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day operations of IWLA and its subsidiaries. Anderson joined the IWLA on March 31, 2006.
- Jack McGowan
Jack McGowan is the CIEE Executive Assistant providing administrative and analytical support to CIEE Directors. As Office Manager, he also provides leadership in organization of information, space, and other logistical resources for CIEE staff.
- Sandi McCubbin
Sandi McCubbin has been an influential policy professional on a broad range of issues for decades in California. While maintaining both a national and statewide network of key business, government, and local decision makers, she is a successful and well-respected advocate in the State Capitol, the California Public Utilities Commission, and other state agencies.
- Henry M. Duque
HENRY M. DUQUE From 1995 to 2003, Henry Duque served as a commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission. Henry gained a national reputation for excellence as Chair of NARUC’s Water Committee and a member of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council chartered by the U.S.
- John E. Cromwell
John E. Cromwell III, a managing economist in our Washington, DC office, has 30 years of experience specializing in the water utility sector. He has analyzed costs and benefits of regulations governing water quality, infrastructure rehabilitation and replacement, water resources development, water pricing practices, and utility financial planning.
- Robert Michaels
Robert Michaels , professor of economics and an expert on the electrical industry, stands inside the university’s switch gear station from where electrical power is distributed throughout the campus. The substation was constructed in 1995 as part of the electrical/telecommunications infrastructure project.
- Rachelle Chong
- Rachelle Chong
Rachelle Chong Commissioner XX California Public Utilities Commission
- Jeffrey Byron
Jeffrey Byron , Commissioner , California Energy Commission Byron was appointed to the California Energy Commission in June 2006 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to fill the public-at-large position. He has served as president of Byron Consulting Group, developing strategic energy solutions for four years, prior to which he worked on behalf of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Sustainable Silicon Valley to manage a program to reduce energy use and carbon emissions in the valley.