---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-028628"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001408201"
company_name: "TORTOISE POWER & ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FUND INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:45:11.897379+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jennifer Paquette to step down as director; Matthew Sallee succeeds Courtney Gengler as CEO

## Summary
- Director Jennifer Paquette notified company she will not stand for reelection at 2024 Annual Meeting; no disagreement cited.
- Board appointed Matthew Sallee as CEO effective June 7, 2024, succeeding Courtney Gengler who departs to pursue other opportunities.
- Sallee, age 45, continues as Managing Director of Tortoise Capital Advisors; previously served in various roles since 2005.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-028628
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001408201
- company_name: TORTOISE POWER & ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FUND INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408201/000114036124028628/0001140361-24-028628-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408201/000114036124028628/ef20030535_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Courtney Gengler departed as Chief Executive Officer at TORTOISE POWER & ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FUND INC.
  - Action: departed
  - 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/1408201/000114036124028628/0001140361-24-028628-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jennifer Paquette departed as Director at TORTOISE POWER & ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FUND INC.
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 29, 2024, Jennifer Paquette, a director of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure 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/1408201/000114036124028628/0001140361-24-028628-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Sallee was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at TORTOISE POWER & ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FUND INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Additionally, effective June 3, 2024, 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/1408201/000114036124028628/0001140361-24-028628-index.htm

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