Diane O. Wittenberg

Diane O. Wittenberg is an influential leader in California environmental and energy policy. Joining Southern California Edison in 1985, she became vice president of corporate communications for the electric utility and its holding company, Edison International (EIX). She also was president of a non-regulated EIX subsidiary, Edison EV, providing electric vehicle charging installations for six major automakers. In 20XX Wittenberg became the founding president of California Climate Action Registry, a nonprofit formed through state legislation. At the Registry, she led the development of first-ever greenhouse gas accounting and inventory reporting standards and advocated their adoption by 41 U.S. states, the 12 Canadian provinces and six Mexican states.

In 2011, Wittenberg became the first executive director of the PEV Collaborative, a public-private partnership to promote sales of electric vehicles in California. The Collaborative includes the three key environmental and energy agencies in California, the major car companies, electric utilities operating in the state, the legislature, the governor’s office, and large environmental organizations. Currently she is chair of the California State Parks and Recreation Commission appointed by Governor Jerry Brown.