Leaders also selected to oversee engineering
and planning for distribution business and finance function for
transmission business
AKRON,
Ohio, Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy
Corp. (NYSE: FE) today announced that James
H. Myers III has been appointed President, West Virginia and Maryland, effective December 15. In this role, he will oversee and be
accountable for operational excellence, financial performance and
state regulatory strategy and outcomes for the company's combined
West Virginia/Maryland business, including the Mon Power and
Potomac Edison electric companies and its regulated generation
facilities. Myers will report to Wade
Smith, President, FirstEnergy Utilities.
Myers' appointment is part of FirstEnergy's move to a new
business structure that shifts decision making and service closer
to customers. Under this structure, the company expects to foster
better execution and customer investment at the local level, making
a positive difference in the communities served by FirstEnergy's
electric companies.
Wade Smith, President,
FirstEnergy Utilities: "Jim's knowledge, vision and
continuous improvement mindset are key to driving strong safety and
reliability performance, enhancing the customer experience and
executing our capital investment plan to support growth and a
robust electric system. I'm confident his experience and commitment
to financial and operational excellence will help transform the
company while successfully meeting the challenges and opportunities
unique to West Virginia and
Maryland."
Also supporting its new operational structure, FirstEnergy has
named Sally Thomas to the role of
Vice President, Distribution Engineering and Planning, effective
January 12, and Joe Storsin to Vice President, Transmission
Finance, effective December 15.
Thomas will report to Toby
Thomas, Chief Operating Officer, and will be responsible for
overseeing and setting strategic direction for design,
comprehensive and integrated planning and protection, reliability,
engineering standards and specifications, asset and program
management, joint use program, and mapping and records.
Reporting to Mark Mroczynski,
President, Transmission, Storsin will oversee the finance
organization for the company's transmission business and have
responsibility for standalone transmission financial planning and
performance.
Jim Myers Biography
Most recently Vice President of the company's West Virginia and Maryland operations, Myers joined Allegheny
Energy in 1985 as a student engineering assistant and rose through
a series of engineering and leadership roles before being promoted
to director, Building Services in 2006. He was named director,
Distribution Engineering and Planning in 2007; director, Asset
Management in 2008; and director, Operations Support for Allegheny
Power in 2011.
After FirstEnergy merged with Allegheny Energy in 2012, Myers
was named director of Operations Support for Penelec. He was named
director, Operations Services for Penelec in 2019 before being
promoted to President, West Virginia Operations with responsibility
for Mon Power in May 2020. In
January 2022, he also assumed
responsibility for the company's regulated power plants. He assumed
his current position in 2024.
Myers holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from
the University of Pittsburgh and is a
licensed professional engineer.
Sally Thomas Biography
Thomas currently serves as Director, Transmission Planning and
Protection for FirstEnergy.
She joined FirstEnergy in 2003 as an assistant engineer in the
company's Rotational Engineering Program. She was promoted to
Project Manager in 2007 before being named Manager, Engineering
Services in 2008 and General Manager of Operations in 2011. Thomas
held leadership roles with Regional Operations Support and
Commissioning before being named to her current role in 2018.
Thomas holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical
engineering from Grove City College.
She is a licensed professional engineer in Ohio.
Joe Storsin Biography
Storsin is currently FirstEnergy's Vice President, Strategy,
Long-Term Planning and Business Performance, a position he has held
since August 2021.
He began his career with FirstEnergy in 2006 as an intern in
General Accounting and Financial Reporting. Storsin was hired full
time in Financial Reporting and progressed through professional
accountant and analyst positions before being named Supervisor of
Financial Reporting in 2012. He advanced to Manager, Financial
Reporting & Technical Accounting in 2014, Director of
Accounting in 2016 and Director of Business Planning &
Performance in 2019. He was promoted to Assistant Controller in
2020.
Storsin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business
administration and a Master of Business Administration degree from
Kent State University. He is a
Certified Public Accountant licensed in Ohio. He also serves on the board of the
FirstEnergy Family Credit Union and is the President of the Board
of the Summit Choral Society.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and
operational excellence. Its electric distribution companies form
one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems,
serving more than 6 million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, West Virginia,
Maryland and New York. The company's transmission
subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission
lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow
FirstEnergy online at firstenergycorp.com and on X,
@FirstEnergyCorp.
Editor's Note: Professional photos of Myers, Storsin and
Thomas are available for download on Flickr.
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