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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Michael D. Suder. Mr.
Suder has been the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of
the Company since May 7, 2008, and our President since August
18, 2008. From September 2005 through 2007, Mr. Suder was the
Director of New Business Development for LBC Tank Terminals.
Prior to that time, from 2001 through 2005, Mr. Suder was the
General Manager of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP's Lower Mississippi
River region. Prior to his tenure with Kinder Morgan, Mr. Suder
was the President and COO of Delta Terminal Services in Harvey,
Louisiana, from 1995 through December 2000. Mr. Suder holds a
B.A. from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Philip Tracy. Philip Tracy holds an MSc in Petroleum Engineering
from Imperial College, a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Leeds
University and is currently an Honorary Professor in the Petroleum
Engineering Department of Heriot-Watt University.
He is a Chartered Engineer with over 37
years’ experience
in the international oil and gas industry.
He originally joined Cairn Energy, P.l.c. in 1988 and served
as an executive director from 1989 until 1999. He subsequently
became managing director of Providence Resources P.l.c. before
rejoining Cairn in 2002 as Chairman of Cairn Energy India Pty
Limited, a post he held until May 2006.
He was appointed Engineering & Operations
director in 2004 and has served as Rajasthan Project Director
until December 2006 and again from December 2007 to June 2009,
when he was seconded to Cairn India Limited. Mr. Tracy is currently
Chairman of the Rajasthan Project Review Board.
William Gore. Mr. Gore
is the founder of Manfield Partners Ltd, a specialist UK based
Venture Capital fund dedicated to investing in underperforming
businesses. His current activities include Waverly TBS, a £400
million in sales drinks distributor and Adams Childrensware Ltd
as a re launch of a 90 year old firm and Lombok an upscale furniture
retailer.
Mr. Gore’s career, since 1991, has been focussed in leading
MBO’s and MBI’s in the UK, Europe and the USA including
Bousefield Chemicals, Letts Dairies, Inveresk Paper and Donside
Paper.
Mr. Gore’s other activities include
the University of Essex Chair of Governors, since 2005; and
deputy Chair of the CLC, a global children legal charity, since
2001.
William D Weidner. From 1987 through present, Mr.
Weidner has been President of River Construction Inc. From
1982 through 1987 Mr. Weidner worked for ACECO as a vice
president of their Louisiana operations. From 1977 through
1982 Mr. Weidner worked for LeGardeur International as a project
estimator and manager serving industry on the Mississippi River.
From 1972 through 1977 Mr. Weidner worked for
J Ray McDermott as an engineer designing, fabricating and installing
offshore oil platforms. Mr.
Weidner holds a B. S. Degree in Civil Engineering from Tulane
University. As of June 1, 2011, Mr. Weidner was 60 years of age.
Herbert N. Whitney. From
1966 through 2006, Mr. Whitney was with CITGO Petroleum Corporation
(“CITGO”) in positions
of increasing general management responsibility. From 2004 through
2006, Mr. Whitney was the General Manager of CITGO’s Marine
Transportation and Logistics Division. From 2002 through 2004,
Mr. Whitney was the General Manager of CITGO’s Supply Planning
and Administration Division. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Whitney was
the General Manager of CITGO’s Product Supply, Distribution,
Trading and Commercial / Aviation Sales division. From 1993 through
1998 Mr. Whitney was the General Manager of CITGO’s Operations
and Crude Oil Supply Division. From 1985 through 1998 Mr. Whitney
was the President of CITGO Pipeline Company.
Mr. Whitney served
on the Board of Directors for Colonial Pipeline Company from
1987 until 2006 and was Chairman of the Board of Colonial from
1996 through 2003.
From September 2006 through March 2010, Mr.
Whitney was employed as Director of Pipeline Operations and Acquisitions
for Lazarus Energy Holdings in Houston, Texas.
Mr. Whitney also
owns and is President of Wildcat Consulting, LLC, an Oklahoma
Limited Liability company that provides consulting services to
the petroleum industry.
Mr. Whitney served on the Board of Directors
of Blackwater Midstream Corp. from May 2008 through September
2010.
Mr. Whitney holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering
from Kansas State University and is currently 70 years of age.
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