Kent Harvey, senior vice president and chief financial officer of PG&E
Corporation, was named Outstanding Corporate Leader of the Year by the National
Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). The honor was announced
during the NGLCC’s Financial
Services Diversity Leadership Awards on Feb. 2 at the New York Stock
Exchange.
The award recognizes a corporate champion who has demonstrated
commitment and forethought in developing unique and creative programs
and resources for inclusion of their employees.
Harvey, who joined PG&E in 1982 and assumed his current position in
2009, has led and supported numerous company diversity and inclusion
initiatives. In 2010, PG&E became the first California utility to use
minority-owned investment banks in a lead role and LGBT enterprises in
its supplier diversity program. With his support, PG&E
spent a record $2.3 billion with diverse suppliers, or 42.1 percent
of its total procurement budget, in 2013.
Harvey is an executive sponsor of the company’s Pride Network Employee
Resource Group, which focuses on engaging and supporting LGBT inclusion
in PG&E’s workforce and business priorities. Under his leadership, PG&E
backed the passage of California Assembly Bill 1678. The measure, which
went into effect Jan. 1, 2015, requires public utilities to extend their
existing provisions granted to minority-, women- and disabled
veteran-owned business enterprises to certified LGBT-owned businesses.
“Kent has been a guiding force in helping PG&E become a national leader
in diversity and inclusion, which not only makes PG&E a better place to
work, it also improves the quality of gas and electric service we
provide to 16 million Californians. We’re very proud to see him receive
this honor,” said Tony Earley, chairman, CEO and president, PG&E
Corporation.
Additionally for the last 11 years, PG&E has been named as one
of the best places to work by the Human Rights Campaign and received
a perfect score on its Corporate Equality Index for the company’s
consistently strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.
As CFO, Harvey oversees PG&E’s financial activities, including
accounting, treasury, tax, risk business and financial planning, and
investor relations. He has served the company in many different
capacities—including vice president and treasurer; senior vice
president, chief financial officer and treasurer of PG&E and senior vice
president and chief risk and audit officer for PG&E Corporation. Harvey
is a director of the North Bay Leadership Council.
About NGLCC
Co-founders Justin Nelson and Chance Mitchell founded the NGLCC in 2002.
The organization supports and advocates for diversity in all LGBT-owned
businesses. This includes working to ensure implementation of
pro-business, LGBT-inclusive policies at the federal, state and local
levels of government.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco,
with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers some of the
nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and
Central California. For more information, visit www.pge.com/
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