Living Our Core Values
April 9, 2023
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) is a FirstEnergy core value – and a companywide priority.
Here are two events demonstrating our commitment to this important initiative – as well as living our Stewardship value by enriching our communities.
Employees in our Met-Ed service area volunteered for the IM ABLE Foundation’s Annual Bash. The event raises funds, understanding and awareness about the organization and its mission to remove obstacles that keep people with challenges on the sidelines. The organization also provides access to programs and equipment tailored to their needs and a community of all abilities to support them. Also, the FirstEnergy Foundation has supported the organization’s Lead from the Front program, which pairs a veteran with a differently abled person so they can motivate and learn from one another.
L.-r.: MaryBeth Emerich, supervisor, IT Solutions, THRIVE Employee Business Resource Group (EBRG) co-chair and IM Able Foundation board member; Angela Anderson, FEU Process Improvement staff business analyst and chair of the Veterans and Allies Pennsylvania East Chapter EBRG; Jason Thomas, lineman 1st class and Veterans and Allies Pennsylvania. East Chapter member. Not pictured: Jessie Palmer, SAP Configuration analyst IV and membership chair for THRIVE, and Jenn Rivera, consultant, Corporate Affairs & Community Involvement.
At the event, front row: Felix Rivera, Met-Ed retiree and husband of Jenn. Back row, l.-r.: Jose Rivera, son of Jenn; and Jenn.
A few of our New Jersey employees attended the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey Circle of Achievement Awards Gala held at the Venetian in Garfield. At the event, l.-r.: Jose Ortiz, consultant, Regional External Affairs; Jackie Espinoza, manager, Regional External Affairs; Stan Prater, retiree and board chair of the African American Chamber of Commerce; and Rich Rebisz, consultant, Regional External Affairs.