Felicia King

About Felicia King

I am a Spanish-bilingual professional experienced in business development, economic…

Experience

1. Director of Economic Development

   FirstEnergy

   Sep 2024 — Present

   Director of a Fortune 500 electric utility serving 6M+ customers in PJM. Directly responsible for large load projects in 5 states, deregulated and regulated. Supervise staff with extensive cross-functional collaboration across FE’s employees. • Overhaul the economic development department with clear customer focused strategies to establish a qualified, multi-billion-dollar project pipeline leading to sustainable load growth. • Establish strategic plan with required technology, human, and financial resources.• Train and mentor staff to create a consistent, quality customer experience across territory.• Created pipeline database to perform data analytics on project progression across all states to make programmatic adjustments and to monitor community economic health and employee performance.• Review proposed state legislation and public utility commission regulation to determine economic impact on commercial and industrial customers and shape FE’s position statements.• Speak at public events to educate audiences about the economy and energy markets, and to form strategic partnerships with government, developer, and economic development partners.

Education

• Brigham Young University

  Bachelor's degree, International Law & Diplomacy

  1999 — 2003

• International Economic Development Council

  Economic Development

• University of Phoenix

  Certificate, 4.0 GPA, Graphic design, visual communications

  2012 — 2012

• Old Dominion University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2017