Amanda Mertens Campbell will be joining FirstEnergy as vice president, External Affairs, effective July 10. Amanda will lead and oversee the company’s local, state and federal external affairs. In this role, she will drive engagement on issues that that significantly impact our customers, employees and operations aligned with FirstEnergy’s core values and business strategies. She will report to Mark Mroczynski, acting vice president, Operations.

“Amanda’s knowledge of the energy industry, along with her experience leading policy development and strategy and driving industry and trade association collaboration around key issues, make her a strong addition to the FirstEnergy leadership team,” Mark said. “As we renew our leadership on policies and regulations that advance our ability to serve customers, she will play a key role in ensuring our activities remain grounded in our core values and enhanced political engagement policies and procedures.”

Since 2018, Amanda has served as vice president of Government Affairs and Community and Project Outreach for The Williams Companies. In this role, she was instrumental in building teams engaged in government and regulatory affairs, guiding the development of strategic policy and regulatory agendas that integrated business priorities and sustainability goals. Under her leadership, The Williams Companies established itself as an industry leader on clean energy an climate change issues. In addition, she led efforts to partner with customers to create and execute community outreach campaigns that support energy infrastructure development and operations.

Prior to The Williams Companies, Amanda was executive counsel, Global Government Affairs and Policy for GE Power, a subsidiary of The General Electric Company. She has also served as manager of Global Affairs and Policy for GE Hitachi Nuclear.

Before joining GE, Campbell was minority counsel from 2008-2009 and general counsel from 2009-2010 for The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce. Amanda also held an associate attorney role with Stinson LLP in its Washington, D.C. energy regulatory practice.

Amanda earned a Bachelor of Science degree in American Studies and English from Lake Forest College and received a Juris Doctorate from Roger Williams University School of Law. She is a member of the bar associations in Maryland, District of Columbia and U.S. Supreme Court.