Yellowhammer News confirmed on Friday that Governor Kay Ivey’s deputy chief of staff, Jon Barganier, is leaving the administration effective August 31 to become Executive Director of the Alabama Petroleum Council.

Barganier has worked in the office of the governor for the past six years, including previous service as former Gov. Robert Bentley’s chief of staff.

The Alabama Petroleum Council is a division of the American Petroleum Institute and represents upstream (exploration and production) and downstream (refining, supply, marketing and transportation) interests and investments of major integrated oil and natural gas companies.

Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn