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FirstEnergy CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Steven E. Strah is the FirstEnergy's CEO. FirstEnergy has 12,153 employees, of which 58 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The FirstEnergy executive team is 28% female and 72% male.
  • 65% of the management team is White.
  • 14% of FirstEnergy management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Steven E. Strah

CEO / President

Steven E. Strah's LinkedIn

Strah began his career with The Illuminating Company in 1984. He later served as director of Business Services for FirstEnergy's Northern Region - Ohio, and director of Operations Support Services for the company's Western Region - Ohio. In 2001, he was named president of the Northern Region for Jersey Central Power & Light, and in 2005, he was named regional president of Ohio Edison. He was promoted to vice president, Distribution Support, for FirstEnergy Utilities in 2011. and he was named senior vice president and president of FirstEnergy Utilities in 2015. He was elected senior vice president and chief financial officer of FirstEnergy in March 2018, and was elected to his current position in May 2020.

Ben Coops

Founder

John W. Somerhalder II

Board Member

K. Jon Taylor

Senior VP/CFO

Jon Taylor is senior vice president and chief financial officer for FirstEnergy, with responsibility for accounting, treasury and investor relations.

Taylor joined FirstEnergy in 2009. He progressed through various senior level financial positions, including assistant controller FirstEnergy Utilities and assistant controller FirstEnergy Solutions and FirstEnergy Generation. In October 2012, he was promoted to vice president and assistant controller for FirstEnergy Corp, and he was named vice president, controller and chief accounting officer in 2013. In March 2018, Taylor was named president of Ohio Operations. He was promoted to his vice president, FirstEnergy Utilities in April 2019, and elected to his current position in May 2020.

Before joining FirstEnergy, Taylor worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

Samuel L. Belcher

Senior Vice President

Samuel L. Belcher's LinkedIn

Christine L. Walker

Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer and Corporate Services

Christine L. Walker's LinkedIn

Christine Walker administers the company’s employee pay and benefits program, and is responsible for employee relations and recruiting, compliance, organizational effectiveness, labor relations and safety. Walker began her career with GPU, Inc., in the Information Technology organization and held various positions in Human Resources and Customer Service prior to GPU's merger with FirstEnergy in 2001. She was promoted to director, Compensation and Retirement programs in 2005, to executive director, Human Resources, in 2011, and named to executive director, Talent Management, in 2016. She was named vice president, Human Resources, in 2018.

Hyun Park

SVP & CLO

Hyun Park's LinkedIn

Hyun Park joined FirstEnergy in 2021 as senior vice president and chief legal officer for FirstEnergy. He is responsible for the company's Legal, Risk & Internal Audit departments and oversees the company’s ethics and compliance program.

Previously, Park was partner and general counsel of LimNexus LLP, where he advised clients on a wide variety of complex matters, including crisis management, litigation and corporate transactions. Prior to joining LimNexus in October 2019, he was Of Counsel at Latham & Watkins LLP. From 2006 to 2017, Park served as senior vice president and general counsel for PG&E Corporation and its businesses, including its principal subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Prior to joining PG&E Corporation, he was vice president, general counsel and secretary of Allegheny Energy, Inc. and previously served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Sithe Energies, Inc. He began his career at Latham & Watkins and became an equity partner there.

Andrew Joseph Teno

Board Member

Jana T. Croom

Board Member

Jason J. Lisowski

VP, Controller & CAO

Jason J. Lisowski's LinkedIn

Jason J. Lisowski is vice president, controller and chief accounting officer, responsible for the controller, tax, and accounting functions across FirstEnergy. Lisowski joined the company in 2004 as an assistant accountant, progressing through professional accountant and analyst positions before being named manager, Corporate Budgeting & Forecasting, in 2010. Lisowski was promoted to manager, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting in 2011. He advanced to assistant controller, FES and FirstEnergy Generation in 2012, and was named controller and treasurer for FES in 2017. He was named to his current position in March 2018.

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Ben Coops

Founder

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Steven E. Strah

CEO / President

Steven E. Strah's LinkedIn

Strah began his career with The Illuminating Company in 1984. He later served as director of Business Services for FirstEnergy's Northern Region - Ohio, and director of Operations Support Services for the company's Western Region - Ohio. In 2001, he was named president of the Northern Region for Jersey Central Power & Light, and in 2005, he was named regional president of Ohio Edison. He was promoted to vice president, Distribution Support, for FirstEnergy Utilities in 2011. and he was named senior vice president and president of FirstEnergy Utilities in 2015. He was elected senior vice president and chief financial officer of FirstEnergy in March 2018, and was elected to his current position in May 2020.

John W. Somerhalder II

Board Member

Andrew Joseph Teno

Board Member

Jana T. Croom

Board Member

Jesse A. Lynn

Board Member

Leslie M. Turner

Board Member

Lisa Winston Hicks

Board Member

Melvin D. Williams

Board Member

Paul J. Kaleta

Board Member

Steven J. Demetriou

Board Member

FirstEnergy leadership demographics

FirstEnergy gender distribution in management team

  • The FirstEnergy executive team is 28% female and 72% male.
  • FirstEnergy is 38% female and 62% male company-wide.
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Male
72%
Company-wide: 62%
Female
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28%
Company-wide: 38%

FirstEnergy executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among FirstEnergy executive officers is White.
  • 65% of the management team is White.
  • 14% of FirstEnergy's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 71% of employees are White.
  • 9% of employees are Black or African American.
  • 9% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
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