Lorna Wisham

Vice

PRESIDENT,

CORPORATE AFFAIRS, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, FIRSTENERGY CORPORATION

PRESIDENT, FIRSTENERGY FOUNDATION

Lorna Wisham joined FirstEnergy in 2005 as regional vice president for The Illuminating Company, and later became director of External Affairs for The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison electric utilities. In 2011 she joined FirstEnergy’s Federal Team as senior advisor, lobbying federal agencies and U.S. Congressional members and staff on a broad spectrum of topics from utility operations and cyber-security to regulatory and environmental issues. While in Washington, Wisham was active with Edison Electric Institute Power PAC Board, the Washington Group on Government Relations, Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment and the American Association of Blacks in Energy Washington DC Chapter.

In September 2018 Wisham was named vice president, Corporate Affairs and Community Involvement. In this role, she leads charitable giving, employee engagement and volunteerism initiatives, and nonprofit board placements for executives. Wisham also serves as president of the FirstEnergy Foundation overseeing a $10 million annual investment portfolio. In 2020, she launched the Investing with Purpose initiative allocating an additional $7 million to nearly 200 nonprofits impacted by Covid-19, and to nonprofits responding to ongoing racial and social injustices across the FirstEnergy footprint.

Wisham previously served as Chief of Public Affairs for former Cleveland Mayor Jane L. Campbell and marketing vice president for Downtown Cleveland Partnership. Her experience in public service began in 1996 for then-Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White. She has a long history of nonprofit board service and currently serves on the boards of the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation, the United Way of Greater Cleveland, First Tee of Cleveland, Women’s Endowment Fund, Women of Color Foundation and University Hospitals in Cleveland.

Wisham is a graduate of Leadership Cleveland Class of 2005 and Leadership Akron Signature 38 Class of 2022. She also is the recipient of honors from Savoy Magazine, SmartBusiness Magazine, Women of Color Foundation, and the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio. In 2021, Wisham was named a Woman of Achievement by the YWCA of Greater Cleveland, a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, and she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Akron in 2022. A native of northeast Ohio, Wisham earned a bachelor’s degree in Business and Organizational Communication from The University of Akron and a master’s degree in Public Communication from American University, Washington, D.C.