John E. Bryson

John Bryson is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Edison International. Headquartered in Rosemead, California, Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison, a regulated electric utility, and Edison Mission Group, a competitive power generation business and parent company to Edison Mission Energy and Edison Capital.

Bryson joined Edison in February 1984 and was elected chairman and CEO of Edison International and Southern California Edison on October 1, 1990. He was elected to his current position with Edison International on January 1, 2000. On January 1, 2003, he was re-elected chairman of the board of directors of Southern California Edison.

Before joining Edison, Bryson was a partner in the law firm of Morrison and Foerster. From 1979 to 1982, he served as president of the California Public Utilities Commission. Before that he served nearly three years as chairman of the California State Water Resources Control Board. Earlier, he practiced law and served as a co-founder and attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Bryson is a director of The Boeing Company, W. M. Keck Foundation, and The Walt Disney Company; and a trustee of California Institute of Technology. He serves or has served on a number of educational, environmental, and other nonprofit boards, including prior service as chairman of the California Business Roundtable and as a trustee of Stanford University.