Debra L. Reed

Debra L. Reed (born 1957) is an American businesswoman in the energy industry.

Debra Reed is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors (since 2012) and Chief Executive Officer (since 2011) of Sempra Energy, a San Diego-based utilities holding company. She was promoted from her previous role as Executive Vice President at the firm. Before moving into the management of Sempra Energy, Reed was Chief Financial Officer and thereafter (2006 to 2010) President and CEO of two Sempra subsidiaries, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas).

In her current role at Sempra, Reed presides over $37bn in assets, operates revenues of $10+bn and 17,000 employees. Reed started at SoCalGas in 1978. Her total compensation for 2013 $9,792,288 and her stock ownership for 2014, 57,762.

In 1988, Reed became SoCalGas’s first female officer. Today, out of all 500 CEOs from the Fortune 500 companies, she is one of only 23 females in this position.

In 2014, Reed was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy to the National Petroleum Council.Fortune Magazine has named her to its list of "Most Powerful Women in Business" six consecutive times, ranking her #23 in 2015 and #22 in 2016.

Today, Reed is a member of the Board of Directors of Halliburton Co., the Board of Councilors of the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, Chairman’s Competitiveness Council, The Trusteeship and The Business Council.

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