Board of Directors

Boyd

Heidi L. Boyd   

Senior Managing Director at Blackstone 
Director of FirstEnergy since 2024

Committees: Audit; Compensation; Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Political Oversight

Croom

Jana T. Croom

Chief financial officer of Kimball Electronics 
Director of FirstEnergy since 2022.

Committees: Audit; Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Political Oversight 

Demetriou

Steven J. Demetriou

Executive chair of the board at Amentum Holdings, Inc.
Director of FirstEnergy since 2017.

Committees: Finance (Chair); Compensation

Hicks

Lisa Winston Hicks

Former chair of the board for MV Transportation, Inc. 
Lead Independent Director of FirstEnergy 
Director of FirstEnergy since 2021

Committees: Compensation and Finance; Operations and Safety Oversight

Kaleta

Paul Kaleta

Retired executive vice president and general counsel at First Solar Inc.
Director of FirstEnergy since 2021

Committees: Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Political Oversight (Chair); Compensation, Operations and Safety Oversight 

O'Neil

James F. O’Neil III

Former chief executive officer and vice chairman of Orbital Infrastructure Group.
Director of FirstEnergy since 2017.

Committees: Compensation (Chair); Audit, Operations and Safety Oversight 

Somerhalder

John W. Somerhalder II

Non-Executive Board Chair
Director of FirstEnergy since 2021.

Committees: Finance; Operations and Safety Oversight

Tierney

Brian X. Tierney    

President and chief executive officer of FirstEnergy Corp.
Director of FirstEnergy since 2023.

Turner

Leslie M. Turner   

Retired as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of The Hershey Company.
Director of FirstEnergy since 2018.

Committees: Audit (Chair); Finance

Williams

Melvin D. Williams

Retired as president of Nicor Gas and senior vice president of Southern Company Gas.
Director of FirstEnergy since 2021.

Committees: Operations and Safety Oversight (Chair); Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility and Political Oversight

The Board annually reviews the independence of each of its members to make the affirmative determination of independence that is called for by our Corporate Governance Policies and required by the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).  Click here to see our Corporate Governance Policies.