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FirstEnergy names Jennifer Lawless to lead learning and development, supporting ongoing cultural transformation.

What happened

FirstEnergy Corp hired Jennifer Lawless as Vice President, Enterprise Learning on Apr 9th '26.

Source

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FirstEnergy names Jennifer Lawless to lead learning and development, supporting ongoing cultural transformation. PR Newswire Today at 9:35am PDT AKRON, Ohio, April 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) has named Jennifer Lawless Vice President, Enterprise Learning as it advances its culture of continuous performance improvement that supports employee growth, reliable service for customers and the company's long-term success. In this role, Lawless will lead implementation of FirstEnergy's enterprise learning and development strategy to build an agile and engaged workforce. She is responsible for advancing leadership capabilities, modernizing learning technologies and championing a culture rooted in accountability, safety and innovation. Lawless reports to Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Karen McClendon. Previously, Lawless was Training Director at Exelon Utilities, where she set the strategic direction for training, upgraded the learning management system serving more than 42,000 employees and contractors, established a centralized training organization, implemented the systematic approach to training (ADDIE model) and developed leadership programs for all levels, including field leaders, supervisors, managers, directors and executives. She also held senior leadership roles in workforce development, change management, instructor...

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Event
Executive hire

What this signalsA new leader often reviews the tools the team uses.

Person
Jennifer LawlessVice President, Enterprise Learning
Takes effect
Apr 9, 2026

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People

  • Jennifer LawlessVice President, Enterprise Learning · Named in the story

Details

Category
Hires

Topics and mentions

Job title tags

  • directors

Extraction

Confidence
90%
Detected
Apr 9, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
hires

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