San Diego Gas & Electric CEO and leadership

Caroline Winn is chief executive officer for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of Sempra Energy’s regulated California utilities. Sempra Energy is a San Diego-based energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services.

SDG&E provides service to 3.6 million consumers through 1.4 million electric meters and more than 873,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties.

Winn became CEO of SDG&E in August 2020. Previously, she served as the chief operating officer of SDG&E, overseeing operations of the utility’s gas and electric infrastructure assets, and customer services. In that role, Winn is widely recognized for SDG&E’s national leadership in sustainability, technology and innovation, including the company’s significant safety and wildfire mitigation efforts.

Winn also served as chief energy delivery officer, managing all energy delivery activities for SDG&E, including electric distribution operations and gas services, customer services, and external and state legislative affairs.

Since joining the company in 1986 as an associate engineer, Winn has held several leadership positions with SDG&E and Southern California Gas (SoCalGas).

Winn is the current board chair for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. She also serves on the board of directors for Veloz, Monarch School and Smart Electric Power Alliance; the executive council for Western Energy Institute; and the director’s council of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from California State University Sacramento and is a registered professional engineer in the State of California.

Ben Gordon is senior vice president, chief information officer and chief digital officer for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), Sempra Energy’s regulated California utilities.

As chief information officer, he develops and executes policy and strategic initiatives for all matters related to information and digital technologies - ranging from cybersecurity and customer experience to big data analytics - to mitigate threats and drive business growth. He oversees an information technology team dedicated to optimizing IT infrastructure performance and decreasing enterprise risk across technology networks, data centers, and end-use devices.

As chief digital officer, Gordon is focused on fostering new ideas to drive corporate innovations, enterprise-wide culture change, and the rapid technology adoption necessary to become leaders of digital transformation in the energy sector.

Gordon joined SoCalGas and SDG&E in August 2018 and previously held the title of vice president, technology operations and infrastructure management.

Prior to joining the utilities, he was vice president of technology for Molina Healthcare in Long Beach, Calif. In that role, he led Molina’s technology operations, including the creation and execution of a modernization program for the company’s technology platforms, implementation of cloud-platform technologies, and consolidation of technology infrastructure to more efficiently run the company’s call centers and critical applications.

Gordon’ previous experience also included holding management positions at Three Dimensional Resource Planning, a technology solutions and services company, and at the Apollo Education Group, a provider of higher education programs.

Gordon has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Northern Arizona University and a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Florida.

Bruce Folkmann is president and chief financial officer for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of Sempra Energy’s regulated California utilities.

Folkmann became president and chief financial officer in August of 2020. Previously, he served as senior vice president, controller and chief financial officer of SDG&E. His responsibilities included accounting, financial planning and treasury, regulatory accounts and business innovation, energy supply and asset management functions.

Since joining Sempra Energy in 2005, Folkmann has held positions of increasing responsibility, primarily in the accounting and finance organizations with the Sempra Energy family of companies. He joined SDG&E in 2015.

Folkmann graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston Honors College, receiving degrees in accounting and finance. He is a certified public accountant.

Folkmann serves on the board of directors of the Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation. The Foundation preserves and protects for educational and recreational purposes the natural environment of the 7,200-acre park in partnership with the City of San Diego.

Vice President, Clean Transportation, Sustainability and Chief Environmental Officer at San Diego Gas & Electric

Valerie Bille is a Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC and is based in San Diego, California. She has worked as Assistant Controller at SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC; Director, Financial Systems and Business Controls (SDG&E and Southern California Gas Co.) at Sempra; and Director of Accounting at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. Valerie studied at CSUSM College of Business between 1996 and 2000.

Diana Day is vice president of enterprise risk management and compliance for San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas Company. Day is responsible for the policy, governance, structures, process, and guidelines for the companies’ risk management practices, and the interaction of risk management with asset and investment management. Day holds a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. She graduated summa cum laude from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Michael M. Schneider is vice president of operations support and chief environmental officer for San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas Company. Schneider is responsible for facilities, fleet services, and environmental services. Schneider holds a master's degree in business administration from George Mason University with an emphasis in finance and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Arizona. Schneider is a member of the advisory board and director's circle for the Lamden School of Accountancy at San Diego State University. He also serves on the board of directors of the San Diego River Park Foundation and the industry advisory board for the Eller School at the University of Arizona.

Rodger R. Schwecke is Senior Vice President and Chief Infrastructure Officer for San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), Sempra Energy’s regulated California utilities. He oversees gas distribution, transmission and storage system operations, as well as construction and execution of capital programs to enhance the safety and reliability of the gas system.

Since joining SoCalGas in 1983, Schwecke has held a variety of increasingly responsible management positions in business development, operations, marketing, engineering and project management. From 2012 to 2016, he served as vice president, customer solutions for SoCalGas and was responsible for customer programs, customer communications and eServices, account executives and the development of new emerging technologies, including clean transportation, distributed energy, in-home services and biofuels.

From 2010 to 2012, Schwecke was director of storage and managed the underground storage field operations that support the daily and seasonal operational flexibility of the gas transmission and distribution system. From 2007 to 2010, he was director of energy markets and capacity products and led the development, marketing and capacity planning for products and services using existing pipeline and storage assets. He also developed regulatory cases and explored the expansion of these assets.

Schwecke serves on the board of directors for the California Science Center. He is also a member of the University of California, Irvine Chief Executive Roundtable. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from California State University, Long Beach.