G. Joyce Rowland is senior vice president of Human Resources and chief ethics officer for Sempra Energy, a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services. The Sempra Energy companies' 13,500 employees serve more than 29 million consumers worldwide.

In her current position, Rowland is responsible for corporate human resources, including compensation, health and welfare benefits, employee relations, executive/leadership development, staffing, people research and affirmative-action/diversity programs. She also is responsible for corporate security and human resource information systems, and payroll.

Before that, Rowland was vice president of Human Resources and chief ethics officer of Pacific Enterprises, the parent company of Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), a job she held from 1995 to 1998.

From 1990 to 1995, Rowland served as manager of Labor Relations at SoCalGas where negotiated a number of major changes in long-standing agreements. Prior to that, she was manager of Personnel Relations and Planning. In 1987, she served as Community Involvement manager and, later, was promoted to manager of Consumer Affairs.

She joined SoCalGas in 1980 as an organization and compensation specialist, and she held a range of jobs in Human Resources between 1980 and 1987.

Rowland has a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in industrial relations and a bachelor’s degree in psychology (graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of California at Los Angeles. She also completed the Executive Education Program at the University of Michigan and has a number of certifications including, CEBS (Certified Employee Benefits Specialist), CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) and SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources).

Rowland is an alumna of the “2001 American Issues Forum of LEADERSHIP AMERICA.” She is also a member of a number of professional groups, including the Society for Human Resource Management, World at Work and Blue Cross of California's consumer relations committee.