PDC Energy CEO James Trimble To Step Down; Barton Brookman Named Successor

(RTTNews) - PDC Energy, Inc. (PDCE) said Wednesday that its President and Chief Executive Officer, James Trimble, will step down and return to his previously held Board of Directors role in January 2015.

Trimble will be succeeded as President and CEO by Barton Brookman. Brookman will be appointed President effective immediately. He has been with the company since 2005, most recently serving as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since his appointment in June 2013.

Prior to his appointment to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2013, Brookman served as the company's Senior Vice President of Exploration and Production. Before joining PDC in 2005, Brookman worked for Patina Oil and Gas and its predecessor Snyder Oil from 1988 until 2005 in a series of operational and technical positions of increasing responsibility, ending his service as Patina's Vice President of Operations.