Shawn Standish is the transmission vegetation program manager for FirstEnergy Corp., where he is responsible for the utility’s transmission vegetation management activities related to federal and state compliance, new transmission construction projects, training staff and contractors, emerging technologies, contract strategies, and FirstEnergy’s TVM work management solution that staff and contractors use to document work activities. In his current role since 2015, Standish has worked for FirstEnergy for 13 years, primarily in leadership positions. He graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a degree in forest science and presently serves on the North American Transmission Forum’s vegetation management core team.