Cloud Peak Energy Inc. announced that, effective July 5, 2016, Ms. Jeane L. Hull has been elected to the Board of Directors as a new independent director and will also serve as a member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Health, Safety, Environment and Communities Committee of the Board. Hull retired from Peabody Energy Corporation in August 2015 where she served as Peabody's Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, with responsibility for global strategy and governance for health, safety and environment, supply chain, engineering, applied technologies and asset management functions.