Sector: Utilities
Director information for FIRSTENERGY CORP (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Croom | 41 | [] | ["Audit", "Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Political Oversight"] | 2026 | |
| Brian X. Tierney | Director; Board Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer; Board Chair, President and CEO | 58 | ["Board Chair", "President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstEnergy Corp.", "Global head of Portfolio Operations and Asset Management for Blackstone Infrastructure Partners", "23 years at American Electric Power Company, Inc.", "Executive vice president of Strategy", "Chief Financial Officer", "Bachelor's degree from Boston College", "MBA from the University of Chicago", "United States Peace Corps volunteer"] | [] | 2026 |
| Heidi L. Boyd | Senior managing director of Blackstone Infrastructure Group | 41 | ["Senior managing director at Blackstone", "Private equity investor in infrastructure businesses for nearly 15 years", "Board member at Safe Harbor Marinas LLC", "Audit Committee Chair and board member at Carrix Inc.", "Director at NIPSCO", "Director at Atlantic Power Transmission", "Bachelor of Arts in Science, Technology and Society from Stanford University", "Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School"] | ["Audit", "Compensation", "Governance"] | 2026 |
| James F. O’Neil III | Former chief executive officer and vice chairman of Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc.; Director | 67 | ["Former chief executive officer and vice chairman of Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc.", "Former president, chief executive officer and director of Quanta Services, Inc.", "Director of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp IV", "Director of NRC Group Holdings", "Director of Spark Power Group Inc.", "Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Tulane University", "Extensive leadership and senior management experience", "Experience in sustainability and environmental related matters", "Audit, general corporate decision-making and engineering experience"] | ["Audit", "Compensation (Chair)", "Operations and Safety Oversight"] | 2026 |
| Jana T. Croom | Chief financial officer of Kimball Electronics, Inc.; Director | 49 | ["Chief financial officer for Kimball Electronics, Inc.", "Vice president, finance", "Vice president, financial planning and analysis", "Director of operations planning", "Various roles at NiSource Inc.", "Bachelor of Arts degree from The College of Wooster", "Masters of Business Administration from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University"] | ["Audit", "Governance"] | 2026 |
| John W. Somerhalder II | Independent Director | 70 | ["Previously Board Chair and Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstEnergy Corp.", "Other public boards 1", "Previously served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of your Company", "Vice Chair from March 2021 to May 2022", "Non-executive Board Chair from June 2023 to January 1, 2025", "Interim president and chief executive officer of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.", "Director of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC", "Director of Gulfport Energy Corp", "Director and board chairman of Enable Midstream Partners, LP", "Director of SunCoke Energy Partners GP LLC", "Director at Crestwood Equity GP LLC", "Interim president and chief executive officer of Colonial Pipeline Company", "Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona", "Extensive leadership and senior management experience in the energy and utility industries", "Significant energy industry, executive and board experience"] | ["Finance", "Operations and Safety Oversight"] | 2026 |
| Leslie M. Turner | Retired senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of The Hershey Company; Director | 68 | ["Senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of The Hershey Company", "Leader of Hershey\u2019s legal, government relations, corporate secretary and corporate security functions", "Progressively more responsible leadership roles at Coca-Cola", "Akin Gump Hauer & Feld, LLP", "Department of the Interior at the federal government", "Director of The Chemours Company", "Law degree from Georgetown University Law Center", "Bachelor of Science degree from New York University", "Master of Laws in Law and Government from American University"] | ["Audit (Chair)", "Finance"] | 2026 |
| Lisa Winston Hicks | Lead Independent Director of the Board | 59 | ["Lead Independent Director of FirstEnergy Corp.", "Retired board chair of MV Transportation, Inc.", "Executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for MV Transportation", "Senior vice president and associate general counsel for TXU Corp.", "Litigator in private law practice", "Various roles at the U.S. Department of Justice and in the White House"] | ["Compensation", "Finance", "Operations and Safety Oversight"] | 2026 |
| Paul Kaleta | Retired executive vice president and general counsel of First Solar, Inc.; Retired executive vice president, general counsel, federal affairs, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary of First Solar, Inc. | 70 | ["Managing director of SERC Consulting LLC", "Executive vice president, general counsel, shared services, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary of NV Energy, Inc.", "More than 30 years of leadership and business experience as a senior executive and general counsel for companies in the energy industry", "Adjunct professor teaching energy law and business ethics"] | ["Governance (Chair)", "Compensation", "Operations and Safety Oversight"] | 2026 |
| Steven J. Demetriou | Independent Director | 67 | ["Executive chair of Amentum Holdings, Inc.", "Other public boards 2", "Former chief executive officer of Jacobs Solutions Inc.", "Former chairman and chief executive officer of Aleris Corporation", "Director of Arcosa, Inc. and C5 Acquisition Corporation", "Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Tufts University", "Experience in leadership and senior management roles"] | ["Finance", "Compensation"] | 2026 |
