Benzinga | Nov 18, 2020 06:07AM EST

CMS Energy Announces Patti Poppe Stepping Down As CEO, Garrick Rochow Named President, CEO

JACKSON, Mich., Nov. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CMS Energy announced today that Patti Poppe is leaving the company, effective December 1, 2020, to take the position as CEO at PG&E Corporation in California. Garrick Rochow, current executive vice president of operations, will succeed Poppe as CMS Energy and Consumers Energy president and chief executive officer and on CMS Energy's Board of Directors. Poppe has served as president and chief executive officer of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy since 2016.