---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-028965"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001547158"
company_name: "TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T03:32:48.671077+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Adams retires; Gengler named CEO, Wickliffe as Treasurer effective Apr 1, 2024

## Summary
- CEO P. Bradley Adams retired March 31, 2024; Courtney Gengler appointed CEO effective April 1, 2024.
- Sean Wickliffe appointed Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer, succeeding Gengler, effective April 1, 2024.
- Gengler, 37, previously PFO and Treasurer since 2021; Wickliffe, 34, previously VP and Assistant Treasurer.
- Appointments follow Adams' retirement from the Company and the Adviser, Tortoise Capital Advisors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-028965
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001547158
- company_name: TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-02T23:59:59+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/1547158/000121390024028965/0001213900-24-028965-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547158/000121390024028965/ea0203085-06_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sean Wickliffe was appointed as Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer at TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: the Board of Directors appointed Sean Wickliffe to serve as Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, also effective April 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547158/000121390024028965/0001213900-24-028965-index.htm
- Executive change
  Courtney Gengler 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 Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. (the “ Company ”) appointed Courtney Gengler to succeed P. Bradley Adams as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of April 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547158/000121390024028965/0001213900-24-028965-index.htm
- Executive change
  P. Bradley Adams retired as Chief Executive Officer at TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The appointment was made in connection with the retirement of Mr. Adams, who in addition to stepping down from his role as Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547158/000121390024028965/0001213900-24-028965-index.htm

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