Vital Energy, Inc. announced the promotion of Katie Hill to Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective November 13, 2023. Ms. Hill, age 36, has over 15 years of experience in the energy exploration and production industry and most recently served as the Company?s Vice President ? Operations since September 2022.

Previously, Ms. Hill served as Senior Vice President ? Operations of Javelin Energy Partners, LLC from June 2020 to August 2022. Prior to that, Ms. Hill served in various engineering and operational roles at Chesapeake Energy, Inc. from 2012 until June 2020, most recently as Production and Infrastructure Manager from February 2020 until June 2020.

Ms. Hill started her career with BP in 2008 in various onshore and offshore engineering roles. Ms. Hill received her Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2009 and her Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2012.