FirstEnergy announced that Ebony Yeboah-Amankwah has been promoted to Vice President, State and Federal Regulatory Legal Affairs. In her new role, Yeboah-Amankwah will assume responsibility for labor, employment, benefits, real estate and tax law, and continue to manage State and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Legal Regulatory Affairs. She joined FirstEnergy in 2005 as an attorney supporting the company's Treasury Department, and was promoted several times in the Legal Department, developing expertise in the area of state regulatory affairs. In 2011, she was named executive director of State Affairs, managing legislative and regulatory strategy across the company's six-state service area.