Leadership Awards Dinner Gala

Our annual Leadership Award Dinner, which takes place in October, honors an individual and/or a corporation whose achievements and leadership in the business community have resulted in positive results for small and minority-owned businesses.  

LEADERSHIP AWARDS DINNER GALA
Friday, October 15, 2010

Our 2010 Honoree is...

Michael W. Allman

For more information, including sponsorships and seats/tables for our 2010 event,
please contact Shawn Smith via e-mail ssmith@scmbdc.org or call (213) 689-6960 x230.
  • List of Past Recipients of the SCMBDC Leadership Award
    • 2009
      • Tetsuo Iwamura
        -President & CEO
        American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
    • 2008
      • Earvin "Magic" Johnson
        -Chairman and CEO
        Magic Johnson Enterprises
        -Founder and Chairman
        Magic Johnson Foundation
    • 2007
      • Alfred E. Osborne, Jr.
        -Senior Associate Dean
        UCLA Anderson School of Management
        -Associate Professor of Global Economics
        & Management, Founder and Faculty Director
        Harold Price Center for Entrprepeurial Studies
    • 2006
      • Stephen F. Bollenbach
        Co-Chairman & Chief Executive Office
        Hilton Worldwide
    • 2005
      • Robert A. Iger
        Chief Executive Officer
        The Walt Disney Company
    • 2004
      • Robert D. Pryor
        Chief Executive Officer
        Capgemini Energy LP
    • 2003
      • Richard Hartnack
        Vice Chairman, Community Banking & Investment Services Group
        Union Bank of California
    • 2001
      • Kenneth T. Lombard
        President - Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners
        President - Johnson Development Corporation
    • 2000
      • Stephen G. Welch
        President, Procurement
        SBC Operations, Inc.
    • 1999
      • Takahiro Moriguchi
        President & Chief Executive Officer
        Union Bank of California
    • 1998
      • David Coulter
        Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
        Bank of America Corporation
    • 1997
      • Koichi Amemiya
        President & Chief Executive Officer
        American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
    • 1996
      • Kent Kresa
        Chairman, President, & Chief Executive Officer
        Northrop Grumman Corporation
    • 1995
      • Leonard D. Schaeffer
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
        Blue Cross of California
    • 1993
      • Robert A. Best
        Group Vice President Senior Advisor
        Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
    • 1992
      • Warren I. Mitchell
        President
        The Gas Company
    • 1991
      • William C. Rusnack
        President
        ARCO Transportation Company
    • 1990
      • Edsel D. Dunford
        Executive Vice President & General Manager
        TRW Space & Defense Sector
  • Click here to view a list of past award recipients prior to 1990

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About our 2010 Honoree... Minimize
 
 

Michael W. Allman is President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas).

Allman became President of SoCalGas in March 2010.

Previously, Allman served as President and CEO of Sempra Generation, another subsidiary of Sempra Energy, overseeing the operation of merchant power plants through North America. Allman has spearheaded the development of several groundbreaking renewable energy projects, including the country's largest solar photovoltaic plant in Boulder City, Nevada.

From 1998 to 2008, Allman held leadership positions with Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries, including Chief Financial Officer of Sempra Global, the umbrella organization for Sempra Energy's businesses operating in competitive energy markets; President of Sempra Technology Ventures; Vice President of Corporate Planning and Development and Vice President of Audit Services.

Prior to joining Sempra Energy in 1998, Allman was responsible for marketing and delivering consulting projects to corporate clients of the Los Angeles office of LEK/Alcar, a strategic and financial consulting-services firm. Allman joined the Alcar Group in 1987 in Chicago, and was assigned to Johannesburg, London and Los Angeles throughout his tenure with the company.

Allman has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Michigan State University. He is a Certified Management Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Gas Association, Los Angeles World Affairs Council and the California Chamber of Commerce.

  
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