Targa Resources elects new board member

Targa Resources elected Lindsey Cooksen to its board of directors, increasing the size of the board from 11 to 12 directors.

Cooksen has served as the founder and managing director of wealth management firm Cooksen Wealth since April 2019.

She previously held various positions with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management from 2009-19. While there, she worked in the roles of private wealth advisor, family wealth director and portfolio management director. She also previously worked for Citigroup from 2005-07.

“As part of our ongoing succession planning for our board of directors, we are pleased to have Lindsey join us and believe she will make a meaningful contribution to the company,” says Matthew Meloy, CEO of Targa. “Ms. Cooksen’s extensive corporate experience in the financial services industry, including wealth management and portfolio construction, tax planning and analysis and risk mitigation brings financial experience and an investor’s perspective to the Board, and enhances the knowledge of the board in these areas.”

Targa is a provider of midstream services and is one of the largest independent midstream energy companies in North America, according to the company.

The company owns, operates, acquires and develops a portfolio of complementary midstream energy assets. It is engaged in the business of gathering, compressing, treating, processing, transporting and selling natural gas. In addition, Targa transports, stores, fractionates, treats and sells NGLs and NGL products, including services to LPG exporters. It also gathers, stores, terminals and sell crude oil.

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