Neil Navin
Senior Vice President-Engineering and Major Projects and Chief Clean Fuels Officer,
SoCalGas

Neil Navin is senior vice president, engineering and major projects and chief clean fuels officer for Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), a Sempra regulated California utility. He oversees a comprehensive portfolio of clean energy strategies, innovations and projects to support its role as a long-term leader enabling California's clean energy future. Neil’s focus is on delivering tangible innovations and projects in new and growing markets—including renewable natural gas, hydrogen and fuel cells—all aligned to the SoCalGas mission, strategy and sustainability plan.
Previously, Neil was vice president of construction for SoCalGas and for utility San Diego Gas & Electric. Since joining SoCalGas in 2014, he has served in a number of increasingly responsible management positions in gas transmission and storage, major project management and risk management. Neil also held project management positions at contractors Fluor Corp. and Parsons. His previous experience included work in a range of gas and power engineering, construction, operations and other areas in the U.S., Middle East and Europe. A board member of Friends of Ballona Wetlands and past board chair of Housing Works, Neil holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from McGill University in Montréal, Québec,