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Chesapeake Utilities CFO Beth Cooper announces retirement, COO Jeff Sylvester named successor

  • Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) announced that Executive Vice President & CFO Beth Cooper will retire on June 30, 2026, after 36 years with the company.
  • Senior Vice President & COO Jeff Sylvester will succeed Cooper as CFO effective July 1, 2026.
  • Cooper joined Chesapeake Utilities in 1990, held various financial & strategic planning roles, & was named CFO in September 2008.
  • Sylvester began his career with Chesapeake Utilities in 2004 in finance & business development roles before leaving to work at Florida Public Utilities & Black Hills Energy.
  • Sylvester returned to Chesapeake Utilities in 2019 as Senior Vice President of Operations & was named Chief Operating Officer in 2022.
  • Sylvester holds a Bachelor of Science in finance management & a Master of Business Administration in finance from Clemson University.
  • Chesapeake Utilities is a diversified energy delivery company offering natural gas transmission & distribution, electricity generation & distribution, propane gas distribution, & mobile compressed natural gas utility services.
  • Lucia M. Dempsey serves as Head of Investor Relations for Chesapeake Utilities Corporation.