Cliff Gleicher

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT CLIFF GLEICHER

Highly agile and market tested legal, compliance and operations executive with ~23 years of success at Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Northern California. Experienced and strategic litigator with superlative track record leading and defending high-value litigation cases. A valued member of leadership teams noted for hands-on engagement and ability to quickly assess and mitigate issues and risks, with many years of experience before trial and appellate courts, regulators, senior officer teams, and Board of Directors. Blends deep legal knowledge, keen intellect, strategic thinking, and advocacy skills with high emotional intelligence and a collaborative interpersonal style to deliver results in key performance areas. o Litigation Strategy: Led teams of in-house and outside counsel to prevail at trials, arbitrations, on motions, and on appeals in various complex civil and regulatory litigation matters. Currently leading defenses of separate municipal takeover efforts collectively worth $10B+ with related legal issues before trial court and state regulator. Successfully defended highly public consumer class action and legislative inquiry, and mitigated customer backlash, regarding new technology implementation. o Executive Leadership: Repeatedly appointed by C-suite to address high-stakes legal and reputational challenges, including building enterprise management plan to mitigate Artificial Intelligence (AI) risks (2023-24) and company-wide Compliance & Ethics function (2016). Reduced regulatory noncompliance citations by 85% following highly public ethical lapse by company. Led successful completion of critical multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project on time and on budget. o Culture Building: Co-created employee “speak up” campaign specifically targeting fraud and misconduct. Led communications and coalition building that drove company’s highest-ever “speak up survey” results and highest-ever number of helpline calls. Led legal strategy team that managed civil, criminal, disciplinary, and communications responses to fraud and misconduct cases. o Crisis Management: Led teams of multiple sizes on complex projects under crisis conditions, collaborating with C-suite and reporting to Boards of Directors on high-profile matters. Represented company in courts, regulatory agencies, city councils and county boards of supervisors meeting, in company all-employee meetings, and with District Court-appointed monitor.