HOUSTON, June 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Targa Resources Corp. (NYSE: TRGP) ("Targa" or the "Company") announced today that it has elected Ms. Lindsey M. Cooksen to the Board effective June 1, 2020 and increased the size of its Board of Directors from eleven to twelve directors.

Ms. Cooksen has served as the Founder and Managing Director of Cooksen Wealth, LLC, a wealth management firm, since April 2019. She previously held various positions with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management (“Morgan Stanley”) from August 2009 to April 2019. While at Morgan Stanley, she held the roles of Private Wealth Advisor, Family Wealth Director and Portfolio Management Director. She also previously worked for Citigroup Global Investment Bank between July 2005 and August 2007.

“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. 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,” said Matthew J. Meloy, Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

About Targa Resources Corp.

Targa Resources Corp. is a leading provider of midstream services and is one of the largest independent midstream energy companies in North America. The Company owns, operates, acquires and develops a diversified portfolio of complementary midstream energy assets. The Company is primarily engaged in the business of: gathering, compressing, treating, processing, transporting and selling natural gas; transporting, storing, fractionating, treating and selling NGLs and NGL products, including services to LPG exporters; and gathering, storing, terminaling and selling crude oil.

For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.targaresources.com.