PG&E Corporation Board of Directors Elects John Woolard and Bill Smith as New Directors
October 15 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New Additions Bring Significant Safety,
Operational and Clean Energy Experience
PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) today announced the election of
Bill Smith and John Woolard to its Board of Directors and to the
Board of Directors of its subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, effective October 11, 2019.
Woolard brings extensive experience in developing world-class
clean energy projects, a technological background and understanding
of software and grid modernization solutions and is well versed in
California’s regulatory and policy goals.
Smith brings a comprehensive focus on large-scale integration
and modernization of vast infrastructure networks, an ability to
identify and leverage new technologies to meet future businesses
needs and a track record of delivering on commitments to public and
employee safety.
With regard to safety, Woolard has set the tone from the top for
safety culture as a chief executive of companies delivering
customer-focused, energy software solutions to leading the
engineering, procurement and construction of one of the largest
clean energy projects in the world. During significant parts of his
career, Smith had responsibility for the safety of a field-based
workforce numbering in the tens of thousands charged with
delivering safe service across large geographic areas.
Additionally, Smith has compressive experience in maintaining
service during natural disasters like hurricanes and post-disaster
infrastructure recovery and restoration.
“PG&E’s primary focus is delivering safe and reliable energy
to our customers and helping meet the energy and climate challenges
in California. As part of our commitment to expand our diverse and
balanced mix of experiences and competencies, we are adding
directors who bring new and additional views on key areas like
safety, operational excellence and clean energy,” said PG&E
Corporation’s independent Chair of the Board, Nora Mead Brownell.
“We welcome Bill and John to our Boards and we look forward to
serving with them. The Boards are committed to using our combined
expertise to better serve PG&E’s customers, help address
California’s energy and climate challenges, and help the company
move through Chapter 11 as quickly as possible.”
Woolard, age 54, is Chief Executive Officer of Meridian Energy
and a Senior Operating Partner at San Francisco-based Activate
Capital; he brings more than 20 years of experience as an executive
in the energy technology sector. Woolard previously served as the
President and Chief Executive Officer of BrightSource Energy, where
he led the development, construction and commissioning of the
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California’s Mojave
Desert, the world’s largest solar thermal power plant. He also
served as Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Energy Corp, in
addition to holding leadership roles at Google and Itron Inc. Early
in his career, Woolard was an energy analyst at Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory. Currently, he serves on the advisory board of the
University of California, Berkeley’s Energy and Climate Initiative,
and is a Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute and a Crown
Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
Smith, age 62, is the retired President of AT&T Technology
Operations at AT&T Services, Inc. where he spent 37 years with
the telecommunications service provider and its predecessor
companies. Smith held a number of senior officer positions at
AT&T, including President of Network Operations where he
oversaw data center and information technology operations, Direct
TV field operations, and planning, engineering, construction,
provisioning and maintenance for the company’s wireless and
wireline networks. He also served as Executive Vice President of
Shared Services for AT&T and Chief Technology Officer for Bell
South Corp. Smith has served on the boards of several technology
companies from 2000 to present. He currently serves on the board of
directors of ASOCS Ltd. (a developer of on-premise cloud solutions
for industries such as retail, real estate, hospitality, sports and
entertainment).
Woolard holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the
University of Virginia, a Master of Environmental Planning degree
from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Business
Administration degree from the University of California, Berkeley’s
Haas School of Business. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in civil engineering from North Carolina State University.
With the additions of Smith and Woolard, PG&E Corporation’s
Board expands from 13 to 15, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s
Board expands from 14 to 16.
About PG&E Corporation
PG&E Corporation is a holding company headquartered in San
Francisco. It is the parent company of Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (the “Utility”), an energy company that serves 16 million
Californians across a 70,000-square-mile service area in Northern
and Central California. Each of PG&E Corporation and the
Utility is a separate entity, with distinct creditors and
claimants, and is subject to separate laws, rules and regulations.
For more information, visit http://www.pgecorp.com. In this news
release, they are together referred to as "PG&E."
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