Joseph
V. Topper, Jr.
Joseph V. Topper, Jr. was appointed
Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of our general
partner in December 2011. Mr. Topper has 25 years of management
experience in the wholesale and retail fuel distribution business. In 1987,
Mr. Topper purchased his family's retail fuel business and five years
later founded our predecessor, where he has been the Chief Executive Officer
since 1992. Mr. Topper currently serves on the Board of Trustees for
Villanova University. He is the past President of the board for Lehigh Valley
PBS and the Lehigh Valley PBS Foundation. He also served as a board member for
the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown. Mr. Topper holds a
master of Business Administration degree from Lehigh University and a Bachelor
of Science degree in Accounting from Villanova University. Mr. Topper is
also a Certified Public Accountant.
Melinda
B. German
Melinda B. German was appointed as a
director of our general partner on March 12, 2013. Ms. German
has spent most of her professional career in higher education as both a faculty
member and administrator. Currently, Ms. German is the Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Business Programs at Villanova University where she has been
employed for more than 15 years. As Associate Dean, she leads the
strategic and academic direction of undergraduate business programs as well as
program administration. Prior to her role in the undergraduate program,
Ms. German was the Assistant Dean for Graduate Business Programs
responsible for the development of programs and curricula, marketing and
recruiting, and oversight of services for graduate business students. Before
joining Villanova University, Ms. German was the Director of Graduate
Business Programs at Philadelphia University where she was also a full-time
faculty member before taking on an administrative role. She was also on the
faculty at LaSalle University and Temple University. Ms. German worked in
marketing research for several years before pursuing a career in higher
education. She is a graduate of the University at Albany-SUNY with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Business Education and earned an MBA from Temple
University.
Warren
S. Kimber, Jr.
Warren S. Kimber, Jr. was appointed as a
director of our general partner in May 2012. Mr. Kimber has been retired
since January 2009 and currently holds positions as the National Coordinator of
Officials for the NCAA for Men's Lacrosse (since 1990) and the Director of Assigning
for the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (since 1986). Prior
to his retirement in January 2009, Mr. Kimber held the position of Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of Kimber Petroleum
Corporation, in which LGC acquired a majority interest in 2008. Mr. Kimber
served on the Board of Trustees for the Pingry School for 20 years with
six of those years as Chairman of the board of directors. He also served as
trustee for Hobart College and was a member of the board of directors of
Chatham Trust Company, Summit Bank Corporation and the United Way.
Mr. Kimber holds a degree from Hobart College.
John F. Malloy
John F. Malloy was appointed as a
director of our general partner in May 2012. Mr. Malloy has been the
Chairman of the board of directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Victaulic Company, the world's largest provider of mechanical joining systems
for piping, since 2004. Prior to joining Victaulic, Mr. Malloy worked for
19 years for United Technologies Corporation, or UTC, including time spent
as President of Carrier Corporation, a subsidiary of UTC. Prior to UTC, Malloy
taught economics at Hamilton College. Mr. Malloy is a member of the board
of directors of Hubbell Corporation, Hollingsworth & Vose, Cornell
Iron Works, and Follett Corporation. He is a Trustee of the Lehigh Valley
Health Network. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Syracuse University, where
he earned a National Science Foundation Fellowship, and a Bachelor of Arts
degree in economics from Boston College.
James H. Miller
James H. Miller was appointed as a
director of our general partner in May 2012. Mr. Miller retired in April
2012. Prior to retiring, Mr. Miller was the Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of PPL Corporation, or PPL, from 2006 through March 2012.
Mr. Miller has more than 35 years of diverse experience in the
electricity industry. Mr. Miller joined PPL in February 2001 as President
of PPL Generation, LLC, a subsidiary of PPL that controls or owns more
than 11,000 megawatts of electrical generation capacity in competitive U.S.
markets. Mr. Miller currently serves on the board of directors of
Rayonier, Inc. and Crown Holdings, Inc. In the community, he serves
on the board of trustees for Lehigh Valley Health Network and the Lehigh Valley
Partnership. Mr. Miller holds a bachelor degree in electrical engineering
from the University of Delaware and served in the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine
program.
John B. Reilly, III
John B. Reilly, III was appointed as a
director of our general partner in May 2012. Mr. Reilly has also served as
the President of City Center Investment Corp since October 2011.
Mr. Reilly has thirty years of experience in commercial and residential
real estate development and planning, finance management and law. Mr. Reilly
serves as a trustee of Lafayette College and DeSales University and also served
as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Lehigh Valley Health Network.
He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University Law School and a
bachelor degree in economics from Lafayette College. He is a Certified Public
Accountant and a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Maura E. Topper
Maura E. Topper was appointed as a
director of our general partner in May 2012. Ms. Topper is the daughter of
Joseph V. Topper Jr., our Chairman of the board of directors and Chief
Executive Officer. Since October 2010, Ms. Topper has worked as a
marketing account executive at MSG Promotions, Inc., an event marketing
and management firm based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining MSG
Promotions, Ms. Topper worked as a senior accountant in the audit practice
of Deloitte & Touche LLP in New York from September of 2008 until
September of 2010. In May 2008, Ms. Topper earned a Bachelor of Science
degree in Accounting and a Bachelor of Science in Business (Finance) from
Villanova University. Ms. Topper is currently enrolled in the Masters of
Business Administration program at Columbia Business School where she has been
awarded a merit-based fellowship.
Robert L. Wiss
Robert L. Wiss was appointed as a
director of our general partner in May 2012. Mr. Wiss retired in December
2009. Prior to retiring, Mr. Wiss was the co-founder and former President
of CaseSoft, Inc., the developer of case analysis software tools for
litigators and their clients. CaseSoft was sold to LexisNexis, a division of
Reed Elsevier Inc., in 2006. Mr. Wiss was a vice president of
LexisNexis until December 2009. Mr. Wiss began his career at IBM where he
held various marketing positions. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Accounting from Villanova University.