Maryam S. Brown

Maryam S. Brown, Chief Executive Officer

Maryam S. Brown is chief executive officer of the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), the United States’ largest gas distribution utility. Brown oversees all operations across SoCalGas’ 24,000 square mile territory, guiding the company and its 8,000 employees in the delivery of affordable, reliable, and safe energy to 21 million consumers in 500 communities. Before taking on the role of chief executive officer in 2025, Brown served as SoCalGas’ president, executing the company’s strategic vision and advancing clean renewable hydrogen with initiatives like the Angeles Link dedicated hydrogen pipeline project. Brown joined SoCalGas in 2019 from SoCalGas’ corporate parent Sempra, a diversified energy services company based in San Diego, where she was vice president, federal government affairs. Prior to Sempra, Brown worked on Capitol Hill in senior staff roles in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and served as senior energy and environment counsel for two Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives and as chief energy counsel to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.