Geisha Williams

The people of California really like innovation.

Over the years, I really focused on doing the best job I could, working hard, getting great results, and working with my teams.

I'm the first person in my family to go to college, and I'm an immigrant. My aspirations coming out of college weren't particularly lofty. I wanted a good job with a good company.

Don't be afraid to take the tough jobs. You'll develop confidence in dealing with tough issues that will serve you for the rest of your career.

I'd like to see a world where there are so many Latina women leaders - and women of all different backgrounds - in the top jobs around the country. When that happens, we've succeeded.

I liked helping my parents, feeling useful, feeling smart.

I never thought of myself as a woman leader or Latina leader; I just thought of myself as a leader.

I fell in love with electricity.

We will never forget the lessons that we learned as a result of San Bruno. It's really caused us to focus on safety with a laser-like sort of manner. There's always more work to be done.

You don't have to be in the power business to be a powerful woman.

We greatly value the contributions of all of our employees.

I went from thinking I could be a manager to thinking I could do something much bigger than that.