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Senior Management of the General Partner

 

Greg L. Armstrong
Chairman and CEO

Greg has been with PAA or its predecessors since 1981 and is ultimately responsible for all facets of our business. Greg focuses the majority of his time on developing and refining our strategy, ensuring that we have the tools and capital we need to execute our business plan and helping us overcome obstacles as they arise.


 

Harry N. Pefanis
President and COO

Harry has been with PAA or its predecessors since 1983 and is responsible for executing our strategy, overseeing our day-to-day operations, coordinating the many disciplines within our organization and identifying areas for future expansion.


 

Phil D. Kramer
Executive Vice President

Phil has been with PAA or its predecessors since 1983 and has served in a number of roles within the partnership including Chief Financial Officer for PAA or its predecessor from 1992 until November 2008. Phil has responsibility for our lease gathering business and related support functions, procurement, human resources and office services.




 

Dave Duckett
President
PMC (Nova Scotia) Company

Dave has been with PAA or its predecessors since 1984 and is responsible for managing our commercial operations in Canada. Dave and his group are also responsible for maintaining relationships with our Canadian and LPG customers.




 

Mark J. Gorman
Senior Vice President, Operations & Business Development

Mark joined PAA in 2006 from Genesis Energy where he served in various capacities including Director, EVP, COO, President and CEO.  At PAA, Mark is responsible for the majority of our domestic business operations as well as the commercial operations of our pipeline business development group. 




 

Alfred A. Lindseth
Senior Vice President, Technology, Process &
Risk Management

Al joined us in 2000 from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he specialized in risk management and arbitrage analysis. Al has primary responsibility for the design and functionality of our risk management policies and procedures, information systems and business processes.




 

Al Swanson
Senior Vice President, CFO

Al joined us in 2000 from Santa Fe Snyder Corporation. His responsibilities include executing our financial growth strategy, maintaining relationships with our various capital providers, overseeing our financial reporting processes and safeguarding our assets.




 

John von Berg
Senior Vice President, Commercial Activities

John joined us in 2002 from Genesis Energy Partners where he was Chief Executive Officer. John is responsible for developing and executing commercial strategies designed to maintain the counter-cyclical balance of our asset base and enhance our margins.




 

A. Patrick Diamond
Vice President

Pat joined us in 1999 from the Energy Investment Banking Division of Salomon Smith Barney where he was heavily involved in our 1998 IPO. Pat devotes the majority of his time to partnership strategy and finance issues, assisting in our business development activities and overseeing our equity capital markets activities.




 

Lawrence J. Dreyfuss
Vice President, General Counsel -
Commercial and Litigation & Assistant Secretary

Larry has been with PAA or its predecessors since 1981. Larry devotes a significant amount of his time to our acquisition efforts and overseeing the legal aspects of our day-to-day operations, while also serving as the General Counsel and Secretary of our Canadian operations.




 

Roger D. Everett
Vice President, Human Resources

Roger joined PAA in 2006 from Stone Partners where he was a principal.  He has responsibility for human resource management and devotes his time to recruitment, employee relations, compensation and benefits, employment law, ethics and regulatory compliance, employee development, human resource communications and payroll administration.




 

James B. Fryfogle
Vice President, Refinery Supply

Jim joined us in 2004 from Marathon Ashland Petroleum and has over 29 years of experience in the crude oil industry. Jim is responsible for managing our lease acquisition and crude oil marketing group.




 

Jim G. Hester
Vice President, Acquisitions

Jim has been with PAA or its predecessors since 1988 and is responsible for our acquisition and business development activities, including the identification, analysis, due diligence and integration of target assets or companies.




 

John R. Keffer
Vice President, Terminals

John has been with PAA since 1998 and has 25 years of experience in the energy industry.  John's primary responsibilities are managing the commercial operations in our crude and products terminals. 





 

Charles Kingswell-Smith
Vice President, Treasurer

Chuck joined PAA in 2008 from GE Energy Finance. Chuck has over 25 years of experience in the energy banking business principally with JPMorgan Chase.  At PAA, Chuck is responsible for coordination of our banking transactions and lending arrangements, customer credit functions, financial planning activities, insurance risk management and foreign exchange and interest rate management activities.




 

Tim Moore
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Tim joined us in 2000 from an independent E&P company and prior thereto was with a nationally recognized law firm. Tim is responsible for our corporate legal activities and all securities-related matters.




 

Daniel J. Nerbonne
Vice President, Engineering

Dan joined us in 2005 from Shell and has 25 years of experience in the pipeline industry. Dan is responsible for our project implementation activities and has oversight of our maintenance programs, including our API 653 and pipeline integrity management programs.




 

John F. Russell
Vice President, West Coast Projects

John joined us in 2004 from ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and has over 30 years of experience in the pipeline industry. John is responsible for managing our regulated and non-regulated pipeline activities.




 

Robert M. Sanford
Vice President, Lease Supply

Robert joined PAA in 2004 from Link Energy Where he was involved in Link's North American crude oil and pipeline operations. Robert devotes his time to managing the commercial operations of our lease marketing, trucking and marine transportation activities.




 

Tina L. Val
Vice President, Accounting &
Chief Accounting Officer

Tina has been with PAA or its predecessors for a total of nine years and has primary responsibility for all aspects of our accounting, from maintaining the books and records of the partnership to reporting our results to the financial community.




 

Troy E. Valenzuela
Vice President, Environmental, Health & Safety

Troy has been with PAA or its predecessors since 1983 and has primary responsibility for the development, implementation and management of our environmental, safety and regulatory compliance initiatives in the areas of air, water, waste, site assessment and clean-up, emergency preparedness, security and employee training.




 

David E. Wright
Vice President

David joined PAA in 2006 from Pacific Energy Partners. Dave is currently involved in the development of a major deep water petroleum marine terminal project on Pier 400, Berth 408, in the Port of Los Angeles, which upon completion will enable the import of up to 25% of the petroleum needs of the Los Angeles area.






 

Kevin L. Cantrell
Managing Director, Internal Audit

Kevin joined PAA in 2009 from Protiviti Inc., where he served as a Managing Director specializing in Internal Audit Solutions. At PAA, Kevin is responsible for maintaining and improving our Internal Audit and SOX compliance practice through process, client and staff development.

 




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