2013 Golden Achievement Awards Dinner
Friday, April 19, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013, 6pm
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
The Golden Achievement Awards Dinner is the annual formal gala and awards dinner for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego, honoring the Golden Achievement Award Honoree. In the past, the event has hosted more than 250 guests, including event partners and major BGCGSD donors. It has become tradition for this event to be held at the beautiful San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina and to have a theme shaped by the background and achievements of the Golden Achievement Award Honoree. This year we honor Jessie J. Knight, Jr.
2013 GAAD Honoree
Jessie J. Knight, Jr.
Jessie J. Knight, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, San Diego Gas & Electric
Jessie J. Knight, Jr. is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of Sempra Energy’s regulated California utilities. Knight became CEO of SDG&E in April 2010.
Before joining Sempra Energy in 2006, Knight served for seven years as president and chief executive officer of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.
From 1993 to 1999, Knight served as commissioner for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), after being appointed by then-Governor Pete Wilson.
Prior to his appointment as CPUC Commissioner, Knight was employed as executive vice president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, responsible for international operations, economic development and business development for the Chamber’s 2,100 businesses.
Knight began his corporate career in 1975 with Dole Food Company Inc., where he worked 10 years in both domestic and international operations.
From 1985 and until 1992, Knight was vice president of marketing for the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner newspapers. While there, he won five coveted national Clio Awards for television, radio, and print advertising and a Cannes Film Festival Golden Lion Award for business marketing.
Knight holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Louis University, was a fellow of the University of Madrid, and holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin.