internal
Garrick J. Rochow
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
9 yr
30 reports
CMS Energy Corporation ·CMS
CEO oversees utility, operations, legal, and strategy directly
Energy · Fortune #493 · Hybrid structure · 8K employees · Jackson, Michigan
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7
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 10)
3.1
Avg span
moderate
3
Max depth
3 levels
5.7 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
83%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$8.3B
Operating income
$1.7B
Net income
$1.1B
Total assets
$39.9B
Shares out
306M
Sourced from CMS Energy Corporation DEF 14A · filed 2026-03-26 ↗ View on SEC
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CMS Energy stands out for its centralized structure: the CEO directly oversees operations, gas delivery, legal, and enterprise strategy. This page maps CMS’s leadership hierarchy, executive team, and reporting lines, with analysis and peer comparison highlighting how its structure differs from other regulated utilities.
What to model
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Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal Kurt L. Darrow departed as Board Director
Retired from the boards effective July 1, 2025.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI & Digital Officer Create a new C-level role to centralize digital, AI, and data initiatives as grid modernization accelerates.
- Move Gas Delivery under COO Shift Gas Delivery to report to the COO, narrowing the CEO’s span and consolidating operations.
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The people
Who's running this
7 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Tonya L. Berry
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Operations
1 yr
12 reports
internal
Rejji P. Hayes
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
9 yr
10 reports
internal
Shaun M. Johnson
Executive Vice President, Business Transformation, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
Legal & Administration
3 yr
9 reports
internal
LeeRoy Wells Jr.
Senior Vice President, President – Gas Delivery (Consumers Energy)
Gas Operations
7 yr
8 reports
internal
Brandon J. Hofmeister
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Sustainability and External Affairs
Strategy & Sustainability
6 yr
6 reports
Open Role
Vice President, Human Resources
Human Resources
2 yr
5 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 6 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Garrick J. Rochow $10.5M
- Base salary
- $1.27M
- Stock awards
- $6.76M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.06M
- Pension change
- $0K
- Other
- $440K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Rejji P. Hayes $4.1M
- Base salary
- $860K
- Stock awards
- $2.09M
- Non-equity incentive
- $888K
- Other
- $250K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Tonya L. Berry $2.0M
- Base salary
- $585K
- Stock awards
- $796K
- Non-equity incentive
- $532K
- Other
- $119K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Shaun M. Johnson $2.8M
- Base salary
- $683K
- Stock awards
- $1.22M
- Non-equity incentive
- $704K
- Other
- $180K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Brandon J. Hofmeister $2.2M
- Base salary
- $600K
- Stock awards
- $915K
- Non-equity incentive
- $503K
- Other
- $152K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
LeeRoy Wells Jr. $2.4M
- Base salary
- $585K
- Stock awards
- $1.08M
- Non-equity incentive
- $566K
- Other
- $161K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The skin in the game
Beneficial ownership
Insider stock holdings and the company's ownership requirements for executives and directors. Disclosed in the most recent DEF 14A.
Stock ownership requirements
6×CEO base salary
3×NEO base salary
5×Director cash retainer
Executives and directors are subject to stock ownership guidelines based on multiples of salary or retainer.
| Holder | Shares | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Garrick J. Rochow | 644K | <1% |
| Rejji P. Hayes | 271K | <1% |
The businesses
How CMS Energy Corporation divides the work
5 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Electric Operations
4K employees
Chief Operating Officer (Tonya L. Berry)
Operates and maintains Consumers Energy’s electric generation, transmission, and distribution systems.
Gas Operations
2K employees
President – Gas Delivery (LeeRoy Wells Jr.)
Manages natural gas distribution, storage, and safety across Michigan.
Finance
400 employees
Chief Financial Officer (Rejji P. Hayes)
Oversees financial planning, treasury, accounting, and regulatory finance.
Legal & Administration
300 employees
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer (Shaun M. Johnson)
Provides legal, compliance, IT, and administrative services.
Strategy & Sustainability
150 employees
SVP Strategy, Sustainability and External Affairs (Brandon J. Hofmeister)
Leads corporate strategy, ESG commitments, and government and community relations.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
The most distinctive feature of CMS Energy’s structure is the unusually broad span of control under the CEO, with utility operations, gas delivery, legal/administrative, and enterprise strategy all reporting directly.
Unlike many peer utilities that insert a strong holding-company COO or separate utility CEOs, CMS concentrates authority at the top.
This structure reflects CMS’s regulated-utility focus and Michigan-centric footprint, where coordination between electric, gas, and regulatory strategy is critical. The COO oversees core operations, but major enterprise levers—legal, transformation, sustainability, and external affairs—remain CEO-facing. This keeps regulatory, ESG, and capital planning tightly aligned with top leadership.
The trade-off is executive load: the CEO manages seven direct reports spanning very different disciplines. CMS mitigates this with experienced, long-tenured executives and a stable board, rather than by adding additional hierarchical layers.
- CEO has direct oversight of both electric and gas leadership
- Strategy, sustainability, and external affairs combined in one role
The comparison
How CMS Energy Corporation stacks up
Compared with other mid-cap regulated utilities, CMS Energy is more centralized. Many peers split electric and gas utilities into separate presidents or elevate a holding-company COO above utility heads. CMS instead keeps both electric operations and gas delivery close to the CEO. CMS’s C-suite is also slightly leaner …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
CMS Energy Corporation
3 levels
4 levels
5 levels
5 levels
5 levels
4 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
CMS Energy Corporation
6 yr
6 yr
6 yr
5 yr
6 yr
Has COO / Has CAIO
CMS Energy Corporation ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
CMS added two new independent directors in February 2026, expanding the board to 11 members.
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-03-26
- CEO
- Garrick J. Rochow
- CEO span
- 7
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 5.5 yr
First full year with Berry included as an NEO.
Named executive officers (6)
- Garrick J. Rochow - President & CEO since 2016
- Rejji P. Hayes - EVP & CFO since 2016
- Tonya L. Berry - EVP & COO since 2024
- Shaun M. Johnson - EVP, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer since 2022
- Brandon J. Hofmeister - SVP Strategy & Sustainability since 2019
- LeeRoy Wells Jr. - President – Gas Delivery since 2018
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-03-27
- CEO
- Garrick J. Rochow
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 6 yr
COO role existed but Berry not yet an NEO.
Named executive officers (5)
- Garrick J. Rochow - President & CEO since 2016
- Rejji P. Hayes - EVP & CFO since 2016
- Shaun M. Johnson - EVP, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer since 2022
- Brandon J. Hofmeister - SVP Strategy & Sustainability since 2019
- LeeRoy Wells Jr. - President – Gas Delivery since 2018
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-03-28
- CEO
- Garrick J. Rochow
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 6.5 yr
Stable executive team with long tenures.
Named executive officers (5)
- Garrick J. Rochow - President & CEO since 2016
- Rejji P. Hayes - EVP & CFO since 2016
- Shaun M. Johnson - EVP, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer since 2022
- Brandon J. Hofmeister - SVP Strategy & Sustainability since 2019
- LeeRoy Wells Jr. - President – Gas Delivery since 2018
Year-over-year changes
Leadership remained stable with no major executive transitions.
- Avg tenure: 6.5 → 6 yr
Addition of Berry as COO increased CEO span and C-suite size.
- CEO span: 6 → 7
- C-suite size: 5 → 6
- Avg tenure: 6 → 5.5 yr
- new Tonya L. Berry - Chief Operating Officer (DEF 14A, 2026-03-26)
The board
Board of directors
11 directors. 10 of 11 independent (91%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Deborah H. Butler
Independent
Retired EVP & CIO, Norfolk Southern
Ralph Izzo
Independent
CEO, Public Utility Executive
Richard P. Keyes
Independent
President & CEO, Meijer, Inc.
Diane Leopold
Independent
Former EVP & COO, Dominion Energy
Garrick J. Rochow
Inside
President & CEO, CMS Energy
John G. Russell
Chair Independent
Board Chair
Suzanne F. Shank
Lead Indep. Independent
CEO, Siebert Williams Shank
Myrna M. Soto
Independent
CEO, Apogee Executive Advisors
John G. Sznewajs
Independent
Finance Executive
Ronald J. Tanski
Independent
Former CEO, Consumers Energy
Laura H. Wright
Independent
Nonprofit Executive
The board, organized
Board committees
5 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.
Audit Committee
100% independent 7 mtgs/yr
- Ralph Izzo
- Richard P. Keyes
- Suzanne F. Shank
- Myrna M. Soto
Compensation and Human Resources Committee
100% independent 4 mtgs/yr
- Deborah H. Butler
- Diane Leopold
- Laura H. Wright
Finance Committee
100% independent 4 mtgs/yr
- Ralph Izzo
- Diane Leopold
- John G. Sznewajs
- Ronald J. Tanski
Governance, Sustainability and Public Responsibility Committee
100% independent 4 mtgs/yr
- Deborah H. Butler
- Richard P. Keyes
- Laura H. Wright
Executive Committee
100% independent
- Suzanne F. Shank
- Myrna M. Soto
- John G. Sznewajs
- Ronald J. Tanski
- Laura H. Wright
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of CMS Energy?
Garrick J. Rochow has served as President and CEO of CMS Energy since 2016.
What type of organizational structure does CMS Energy use?
CMS Energy uses a hybrid enterprise structure with centralized executive control over regulated utility operations.
How many direct reports does CMS Energy's CEO have?
The CEO has seven direct reports, including the CFO, COO, and major functional leaders.
How has CMS Energy's leadership changed recently?
In February 2026, CMS added two new independent directors, Diane Leopold and Richard Keyes, expanding the board.
Does CMS Energy have a COO?
Yes. Tonya L. Berry has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 2024.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Jun 6 2025
- 8-K Filing, Feb 20 2026
- SEC EDGAR: CMS Energy Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: CMS Energy Corporation 10-K Annual Report
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