Richard Slifka was elected Vice Chairman of the Board of our general partner in
March 2005 and became Chairman in March 2014. He had been employed with Global
Companies LLC or its predecessors since 1963. Mr. Slifka served as Treasurer and
a director of Global Companies LLC since its formation in December 1998. Mr. Slifka
also is a shareholder, a director and the President of Global Petroleum Corp.,
a privately held affiliated company that had owned, operated and leased to us
our petroleum products storage terminal located in Revere, Massachusetts until
we acquired the terminal in January 2015. Mr. Slifka is a past director of the
New England Fuel Institute and currently serves as president of the Independent
Fuel Terminal Operators Association. He also currently serves on the board of
directors of St. Francis House and the board of trustees of Boston Medical Center.
He has been a director of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society since 1988.
Mr. Slifka’s extensive knowledge of the oil industry in general and of our
history, customers and suppliers make him uniquely qualified to serve as our Chairman
of the Board. Richard Slifka is the brother of the late Alfred A. Slifka.
Eric Slifka was elected President, Chief Executive Officer and director of
Global GP LLC, the general partner of Global Partners LP, in March 2005. He
has been employed with Global Companies LLC or its predecessors since 1987.
Mr. Slifka served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of
Global Companies LLC since July 2004 and as Chief Operating Officer and a director
of Global Companies LLC from its formation in December 1998 to July 2004. Prior
to 1998, Mr. Slifka held various senior positions in the accounting, supply,
distribution and marketing departments of the predecessors to Global Companies
LLC. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and serves on the board
of directors of the Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc., the Massachusetts
Youth Committed to Winning and Massachusetts General Hospital President’s
Council. Mr. Slifka is the son of the late Alfred A. Slifka and the nephew of
Richard Slifka.
Andrew Slifka was elected to serve as a director of our general partner in
April 2012 and has been serving as Executive Vice President of Global Partners
LP since March 2012 and President of Alliance Energy LLC and its predecessor
Alliance Energy Corp. since November 2007. He has been employed with Alliance
since 1999. Mr. Slifka served as Vice President and General Manager for the
Northeast region (RI, MA, NH, and ME) of Alliance Energy Corp. from 1999 to
2003 and as Executive Vice President from 2003 to November 2007. From 1991 to
1999 Mr. Slifka held various positions in the supply, distribution, and marketing
departments with the predecessor of Global Companies LLC, Global Petroleum Corp.
He serves on the boards of directors of NECSEMA (New England Convenience Store
& Energy Marketers Association), the National Multiple Sclerosis Society,
the CF & MS Fund Foundation Inc. and is on the board of trustees of The
Rivers School. Additionally, Mr. Slifka is a Member of the ExxonMobil National
Council. Mr. Slifka is the son of Richard Slifka and the nephew of the late
Alfred A. Slifka.
Mark A. Romaine has been Chief Operating Officer of Global Partners LP since
July 2013. Mr. Romaine served as the Senior Vice President of Light Oil Supply
and Distribution for Global Partners LP from 2006 until June 2013. He joined
a predecessor company to Global in 1998 as Premium Fuels Marketing Manager.
His experience in the petroleum products industry includes operations and marketing
positions with Plymouth, MA-based Volta Oil. Mr. Romaine received a bachelor’s
degree from Providence College and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts.
Daphne H. Foster was elected to serve as a director of our general partner in
May 2016 and has been Chief Financial Officer of Global Partners LP since July
2013. Ms. Foster served as Treasurer of Global Partners LP from 2010 until June
2013. She joined Global in 2007. Her experience in the petroleum products industry
includes several years as a Vice President in the Energy and Utilities Division
of Bank of Boston. She started her banking career in 1982 at Bank of Boston
and later joined Citizens Financial Group, where she oversaw the Loan Officer
Development Program. Ms. Foster received a bachelors degree and an MBA from
Boston University.
Edward J. Faneuil was elected Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of our general partner in March 2005. He has been employed with Global
Companies LLC or its predecessors since 1991. Mr. Faneuil served as General
Counsel and Secretary of Global Companies LLC since its formation in December
1998. He previously served as Executive Vice President, Secretary, and General
Counsel of Alliance Energy LLC (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Partners
LP). He currently serves as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
of Global Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Faneuil received a bachelor’s degree
from Trinity College and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.
Charles A. Rudinsky was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer of our general partner and of Global Partners LP in March 2005 and was
named Executive Vice President and Treasurer in February 2007. Mr. Rudinsky
continues to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.
He has been employed with Global Companies LLC or its predecessors since 1988.
Mr. Rudinsky served as Assistant Controller from 1988 to 1997 and as the Senior
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Global Companies LLC since its formation
in December 1998. Mr. Rudinsky earned a bachelors degree from Boston College
and an MBA from Babson College.
David K. McKown was elected to serve as a director of our general partner and
as a member of the conflicts committee, the compensation committee and the audit
committee of the board of directors of our general partner in October 2005.
He has been a Senior Advisor to the Bank Loan Fund of Eaton Vance Management,
whose principal business is creating, marketing and managing investment funds
and providing investment management services to institutions and individuals,
since 2000. In this capacity he serves as a credit analyst and a research source
for many of the changes in the accounting area, such as marked to market valuations,
changes in bank lending rules and understanding of new financial products and
derivatives. Mr. McKown retired in March 2000 having served as a Group Executive
with BankBoston since 1993. Mr. McKown has been in the banking industry for
over 40 years, where he acquired extensive accounting, financial structuring
and negotiation skills, having worked at BankBoston for over 33 years as a Senior
Credit Officer, the head of a workout unit, the head of BankBoston’s energy
lending group and the head of BankBoston’s real estate and corporate finance
departments. He also was a managing director of BankBoston’s private equity
unit. Mr. McKown has served on the boards of four public companies and four
private companies in a variety of industries. He currently serves as a director
of Safety Insurance Group, Drive Shack Inc. and several private companies. Mr.
McKown previously served as a member of the board of directors of Equity Office
Properties. Mr. McKown’s extensive financial expertise and longstanding
work in BankBoston’s energy practice make him well qualified to serve
as a director of our general partner.
Robert J. McCool was elected to serve as a director of our general partner,
the chair of the conflicts committee of the board of directors of our general
partner, and a member of the compensation and audit committees of the board
of directors of our general partner in October 2005. He had served as an Advisor
to Tetco Inc., a privately held company in the energy industry, for 15 years
and has been in the refined petroleum industry for over 40 years. He worked
for Mobil Oil for 33 years in various positions including manager, planning
and financial analysis, controller, manager U.S. lubricants operations and manager,
budget and controls for U.S. acquisitions. Mr. McCool retired in 1998 having
served as Executive Vice President responsible for Mobil Oil’s North and
South America marketing and refining business. Mr. McCool’s extensive
experience with the financial, accounting and managerial aspects of the refined
petroleum products industry make him well qualified to serve as a director of
our general partner.
Kenneth I. Watchmaker was elected to serve as a director of our general partner,
a member of the conflicts and compensation committees of the board of directors
of our general partner, and chair of the audit committee of the board of directors
of our general partner in October 2005. He subsequently became chair of our
general partners compensation committee as well. He served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Reebok International Ltd. from 1995
until March 2006. Mr. Watchmaker joined Reebok International Ltd. in July 1992
as Executive Vice President,
Global Partners Lp currently has 4700 employees.
