Plains All American Pipeline MENU PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE MANAGEMENT Home About Us Leadership Plains All American Pipeline Management Willie Chiang Chairman of the Board & CEO Mr. Chiang has served as Chairman of the Board of PAA GP Holdings LLC since January 2020, and previously served as a director since February 2017. In addition, Mr. Chiang has been Chief Executive Officer since October 2018 and previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Plains All American GP LLC, the general partner of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Mr. Chiang joined PAA in 2015 from Occidental Petroleum Corporation where he served as Executive Vice President, Operations since 2012. From 1996 until 2012, he served in various positions at ConocoPhillips and predecessors, including most recently as Senior Vice President - Refining, Marketing, Transportation, and Commercial. He has served on the boards of DCP Midstream and Chevron Phillips Chemical and has been extensively involved in the American Petroleum Institute. He currently serves in director roles on the United Way of Greater Houston and the Society for the Performing Arts. He is also involved in the American Petroleum Institute, American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, National Petroleum Council, the Permian Strategic Partnership, the Energy Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Greater Houston Partnership. Mr. Chiang holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and completed the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Harry Pefanis President and Director, Plains All American GP LLC Mr. Pefanis has served as a director of PAA GP Holdings LLC since February 2017. Mr. Pefanis is President of Plains All American GP LLC, the general partner of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Mr. Pefanis has held the position of President of PAA and its predecessors since 1988. Mr. Pefanis joined Plains Resources (which formerly owned 100% of PAA's GP interest) in 1983. Prior to joining Plains Resources in 1983, Mr. Pefanis was an auditor for the national accounting firm of Price Waterhouse & Co. He is a director of the American Petroleum Institute (API), and the Association of Oil Pipelines, and is currently serving as Chair of the Association of Oil Pipelines. He also served on the New York Mercantile Exchange's Crude Oil Advisory Committee from 1996 through 2003. Mr. Pefanis serves as a director of the Memorial Hermann Foundation; and serves on the Advisory Board of the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Pefanis has a BBA in accounting from the University of Oklahoma. Al Swanson Executive Vice President and CFO Al joined PAA in 2000 from Santa Fe Snyder Corporation. Al’s responsibilities include executing our financial growth strategy, maintaining relationships with our various capital providers, overseeing our financial reporting processes and safeguarding our assets. Chris Chandler Executive Vice President and COO Chris is responsible for our US and Canadian operations, engineering, and health, safety and environmental organizations. He has more than 20 years of energy industry experience, joining Plains in 2018. Previously, Chris served in a number of leadership roles at Phillips 66, most recently as General Manager, Corporate Strategy, and prior to that as General Manager, Midstream Commercial and Business Development, as well as numerous leadership roles in refining. Richard McGee Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary Richard joined PAA in 2009 from Duke Energy, where he was President of Duke Energy International. Richard is responsible for overseeing our corporate legal activities, including our acquisition efforts. Jeremy Goebel Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer Jeremy joined PAA in 2013 from Simmons & Company International. He is responsible for our US Transportation and US Facilities businesses. Jeremy has more than 18 years of energy and investment banking experience, and has been with Plains All American for more than six years in roles of increasing responsibility, from Managing Director, Strategic Planning and Acquisitions to his most recent role as Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer. Sam Brown Senior Vice President, Crude Oil Business Development Sam joined PAA in 2009 from TEPPCO. He is responsible for the commercial business development activities for all U.S. and Canadian pipelines and terminals. Chris Herbold Senior Vice President, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer Chris joined PAA in 2002 from Arthur Andersen, LLP. Chris is responsible for various finance functions including oversight of the accounting and tax functions, investor relations, communications and government relations, as well as, managing equity capital markets activity. Keith Jalbert Senior Vice President, Commercial Activities Keith joined PAA in 2002 from Genesis Energy Partners. Keith is responsible for the development, implementation and execution of commercial strategies to help optimize our asset base, system logistics and crude oil purchases/sales. Alfred Lindseth Senior Vice President, Technology, Process & Risk Management Al joined PAA in 2000 from PricewaterhouseCoopers. Al is responsible for the design and functionality of our risk management policies and procedures, information systems and business processes. Megan Prout Senior Vice President, Commercial Law and Litigation Megan joined PAA in 2005 from the law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP. Megan is responsible for overseeing the legal aspects of PAA’s day-to-day operations, with a focus on commercial contracts and litigation. Phil Smith Senior Vice President, Operations Phil joined PAA in 2002 from Shell Pipeline. He is responsible for the operations and maintenance activities on our pipeline, terminal, NGL and natural gas operations across North America. Sharon Spurlin Senior Vice President, Treasurer Sharon joined PAA in 2014 from PetroLogistics L.P. Sharon is responsible for financial planning activities, customer credit functions, insurance risk management, foreign exchange and interest rate management activities, and coordination of our banking transactions and lending arrangements. Kevin Cantrell Vice President, Internal Audit Kevin joined PAA in 2009 from Protiviti Inc. Kevin is responsible for maintaining and improving our internal audit and SOX compliance practice. Mark Eilerman Vice President, Lease Supply Mark joined PAA in 2003 from Shell Trading. He is responsible for leading our lease purchasing team in the California, Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent, Mississippi, Alabama and Gulf Coast Regions. Mark also manages our trucking organization. Jimmy Ferrell Vice President, Supply Chain Management Jimmy joined PAA in 2006 from ConocoPhillips Company. He is responsible for managing our North American supply chain activities including procurement, contracting, inventory management and fleet. Patrick Hodgins Vice President, Health, Safety & Environmental Patrick joined Plains in 2015 and has held roles of increasing responsibility, from Senior Director of Safety, Security & Training to Managing Director of Safety, Security, Crisis Management Services & Training prior to his promotion to Vice President, Health, Safety & Environmental North America. Prior to joining Plains, Patrick worked in Chemical Process Operations, Maintenance and HSSE roles at OxyChem, Genesis Energy and Buckeye Partners. Matt Isom Vice President, North American Engineering Matt joined Plains more than five years ago and has held roles of increasing responsibility, from Sr. Project Manager to Managing Director of Project Engineering prior to his promotion to Vice President, Engineering. Prior to joining Plains, Matt worked in refinery maintenance, pipeline and terminal construction and engineering roles at NuStar Energy and served five years in the United States Air Force. Dwayne Koehn Vice President, Operations, South Region Dwayne joined PAA in 2005 and is responsible for leading the operations and maintenance activities for pipelines and terminals in PAA's South region, which includes the Gulf Coat, Mid Continent and Southwestern Divisions. Roy Lamoreaux Vice President, Investor Relations, Communications and Government Relations Roy joined PAA in 2006 from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Roy is responsible for shaping and implementing our strategy to effectively engage with investors, employees, community and government stakeholders, and is responsible for our Corporate Social Responsibility effort. Russ Montgomery Vice President, Controller Russ joined PAA in 2002 from Arthur Andersen, LLP. He is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day accounting operations and implementing accounting standards and technologies. Russ is also responsible for maintaining our internal controls over financial reporting. Dan Noack Vice President, Emerging Energy and Process Optimization Dan joined PAA in 2008, serving in roles of increasing responsibility in our natural gas storage processing business prior to accepting his current position. Dan is responsible for identifying and pursuing energy transition opportunities that complement Plains' assets and services and support the company's long-term focus on sustainability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions across our North American operating footprint. Mark Odom Vice President, Pipeline Commercial Mark joined Plains in 2018 from Chevron, where he had most recently served as Vice President, Supply & Trading. At Plains, he assumes commercial responsibility for pipeline assets in the Rockies, Mid-Continent, South Texas and Gulf Coast regions, along with pipeline assets in California and crude pipeline assets in Canada. Mark has 26 years of energy industry experience, with a strong commercial, operations and asset management background. James Pinchback Vice President, Pipeline Commercial and Senior Permian Executive James joined PAA in 2006 from BP and serves as PAA’s top executive located in the Permian Basin. Mr. Pinchback is responsible for Permian pipeline business development, as well as coordinating all of our operating, business development and commercial activities in the region. George Polydoros Vice President, Land and Office Services George joined PAA in 2011 from the law firm Mayer Brown. George is responsible for overseeing PAA's activities associated with its right-of-way, surface lands and corporate facilities. Carol Sandvick Vice President, Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Carol joined PAA in 2008 and is responsible for the legal work supporting PAA’s acquisitions and divestitures and the formation and ongoing operations of our Joint Ventures. Kevan Taylor Vice President, Permian Lease Supply Kevan joined PAA in 2011 and is responsible for leading our lease purchasing activities in the Permian Basin. In addition, he is involved in the coordination of our commercial, operations and lease gathering activities in the region. Jim Tillis Vice President, Human Resources Jim joined PAA in 2015 from Mattress Firm. Jim is responsible for all areas of human resources. Walter van Zanten Vice President, Tax Walter joined PAA in 2008, having previously worked for Chimerical, Inc. Walter is responsible for our tax compliance and tax planning for PAA’s business activities. DISCOVER OUR COMPANY HISTORY Learn More icon WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY 911 or 1-800-708-5071 Corporate Headquarters: 333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, Houston, TX 77002713.646.4100 Employee Login Privacy Policy Site Map Terms of Use © 2015 Plains All American Pipeline