Robert P. Reffner, senior vice president and chief legal officer, left, and Ebony L. Yeboah-Amankwah, vice president, general counsel and chief ethics officer, right, with FirstEnergy Corp.FirstEnergy Promotes In-House Lawyer, General Counsel
The promotions are a part of a slew of management changes.
May 21, 2020 at 12:23 PM
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Ohio-based power company FirstEnergy Corp. has announced the promotions of an in-house lawyer to general counsel and the previous general counsel to chief legal officer.
The company this week said it elected Robert P. Reffner to chief legal officer and Ebony L. Yeboah-Amankwah to vice president, general counsel and chief ethics officer.
The promotions are a part of a slew of management changes.
A request for a statement from Reffner and Yeboah-Amankwah was not immediately returned.
Reffner will continue to lead the corporate, legal, information and compliance, and real estate departments. Added to his role is overseeing the risk and internal auditing.
"He will also oversee efforts to develop the Innovation Center, a new venture that will apply data analytics, technologies and creative problem-solving to accelerate innovation within FirstEnergy," the announcement said.
Reffner joined FirstEnergy in 2007. He was elected senior vice president and general counsel in 2018. He received his law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Yeboah-Amankwah was named vice president, deputy general counsel, corporate secretary and chief ethics officer in 2018, the company said.
"Yeboah-Amankwah joined the company in 2005 as an attorney supporting the company's treasury department. She was promoted several times in the Legal Department, developing expertise in the area of state regulatory affairs," the announcement said.
It continues that Yeboah-Amankwah joined the external affairs department in 2011 as executive director of state affairs, supporting legislative and regulatory matters. She then returned to the legal department in 2012 as executive director of state and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission legal affairs. Eventually in 2017, she advanced to vice president of state and federal regulatory legal affairs. She earned her law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law.
FirstEnergy operates power plants in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Correction: A previous version said FirstEnergy Corp. was emerging from recent bankruptcy, but its former subsidiary FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. had emerged from bankruptcy in February.
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