---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-028626"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001547158"
company_name: "TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:47:18.907384+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tortoise Energy Independence Fund CEO Courtney Gengler departing; Matthew Sallee appointed

## Summary
- Director Jennifer Paquette will not stand for reelection at the 2024 Annual Meeting; no disagreement with company.
- CEO Courtney Gengler leaves effective June 7, 2024, to pursue other opportunities.
- Matthew Sallee, Managing Director of the Adviser, appointed CEO effective June 7, 2024.
- Sallee has served the Adviser since 2005 in various roles.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-028626
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001547158
- company_name: TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547158/000114036124028626/0001140361-24-028626-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547158/000114036124028626/ef20030531_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-028626.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Sallee was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Matthew Sallee to succeed Courtney Gengler as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of the close of business on June 7, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547158/000114036124028626/0001140361-24-028626-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jennifer Paquette departed as Director at TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC..
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 29, 2024, Jennifer Paquette, a director of Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. (the “ Company ”), notified the Company of her decision not to stand for reelection when her current term expires at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547158/000114036124028626/0001140361-24-028626-index.htm
- Executive change
  Courtney Gengler departed as Chief Executive Officer at TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC..
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The appointment was made in connection with the departure of Ms. Gengler, who is leaving Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the “ Adviser ”) to pursue other opportunities effective as of the close of business on June 7, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547158/000114036124028626/0001140361-24-028626-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.