Chesapeake Utilities Corporation announces that the Board of Directors appointed Jeffry M. Householder, the Company's president and chief executive officer, as chair of the Board and Thomas J. Bresnan as the independent lead director of the Board, effective May 3, 2023. Bresnan has served as an independent director of the Company since 2001, chair of the audit committee since 2004, and a member of the investment committee since 2016. Householder succeeds John R. Schimkaitis, who has served as a director since 1996 and the chair of the Board since 2015.

Calvert Morgan has served as chair of the corporate governance committee since 2006 and as a director of the Company for 23 years. Dennis S. Hudson, III succeeds Morgan as chair of the corporate governance committee effective May 3. Hudson has served as a director since 2009 and has extensive public company, leadership, governance and banking experience. Dianna Morgan has served as chair of the compensation committee since 2016 and as a director of the Company for more than 14 years.

Lisa G. Bisaccia succeeds Morgan as chair of the compensation committee effective May 3. Bisaccia has served as a Director since 2021 and has extensive expertise in compensation, benefits, human capital management, and organizational diversity and inclusion.