David McCulloch

Vice President, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer | Pacific Gas and Electric Company

 David McCullough

David McCulloch is Vice President, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).

McCulloch joined PG&E in November 2022 and oversees how the company communicates with its 16 million customers in Northern and Central California. This includes keeping customers and others informed about PG&E's efforts in delivering safe, reliable energy; ways the company is helping customers save money on their bills; and how PG&E is harnessing innovation to achieve its bold climate goals.

McCulloch also oversees PG&E's marketing efforts to encourage customer participation in programs that promote energy efficiency, provide income-qualified bill discounts, and support electric vehicle owners, among others.

Before coming to PG&E, McCulloch gained deep experience in corporate communications and marketing at a range of companies in the energy and technology sectors. Most recently, he led communications for X's moonshot to decarbonize the electric grid through advanced simulation and modeling technologies. X is a subsidiary of Alphabet.

McCulloch also held marketing and communications leadership roles at Hitachi's global tech subsidiary Hitachi Vantara, fuel cell company Bloom Energy, and General Electric, where he focused on issues at the crossroads of electricity and artificial intelligence. Before that, he led global public relations at Cisco and was an executive leader with global technology PR agency Text 100.

A longtime Bay Area resident, McCulloch has been recognized as North America Public Relations Professional of the Year by PRWeek, was part of Cisco's PR team that was selected as PRWeek's In-House Team of the Year and is a past president of the Public Relations Society of America's Silicon Valley Chapter.

McCulloch joined PG&E in November 2022 and oversees how the company communicates with its 16 million customers in Northern and Central California. This includes keeping customers and others informed about PG&E's efforts in delivering safe, reliable energy; ways the company is helping customers save money on their bills; and how PG&E is harnessing innovation to achieve its bold climate goals.

McCulloch also oversees PG&E's marketing efforts to encourage customer participation in programs that promote energy efficiency, provide income-qualified bill discounts, and support electric vehicle owners, among others.

Before coming to PG&E, McCulloch gained deep experience in corporate communications and marketing at a range of companies in the energy and technology sectors. Most recently, he led communications for X's moonshot to decarbonize the electric grid through advanced simulation and modeling technologies. X is a subsidiary of Alphabet.

McCulloch also held marketing and communications leadership roles at Hitachi's global tech subsidiary Hitachi Vantara, fuel cell company Bloom Energy, and General Electric, where he focused on issues at the crossroads of electricity and artificial intelligence. Before that, he led global public relations at Cisco and was an executive leader with global technology PR agency Text 100.

A longtime Bay Area resident, McCulloch has been recognized as North America Public Relations Professional of the Year by PRWeek, was part of Cisco's PR team that was selected as PRWeek's In-House Team of the Year and is a past president of the Public Relations Society of America's Silicon Valley Chapter.