OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Marshall S. McCrea
President and Chief Operation Officer
Marshall S. McCrea. Mr. McCrea has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of ETP GP since June 2008. Prior to that, he served as President – Midstream from March 2007 to June 2008. Previously, since the combination of ETP’s midstream and propane operations in January 2004, Mr. McCrea served as the Senior Vice President - Commercial Development over the midstream operations. Before January 2004, Mr. McCrea served as Senior Vice President – Business Development and Producer Services of ETP’s midstream operations, having served in that capacity since 1997. Mr. McCrea has served as a Director of our general partner and of ETP GP since December 2009.
Brian Beebe
Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
Brian Beebe joined Energy Transfer in 2004 and serves as Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations. Prior to joining ETP, Mr. Beebe served in various positions from 1989 to 2004 at TXU Energy (formerly Texas Utilities), where his career began, lastly in Business Development from 1998 until 2004. Mr. Beebe has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry.
Ryan Coffey
Senior Vice President, Operations
Ryan Coffey was named Senior Vice President of Operations in July of 2011. Mr. Coffey joined Energy Transfer in 2004 as Director of Operations. Prior to Energy Transfer he held various positions with El Paso Natural Gas, El Paso Field Services and Enterprise Products, having more than 28 years of experience in the natural gas industry.
Shelley Corman
Senior Vice President of Commercial and Regulatory
Ms. Corman is Senior Vice President of Commercial and Regulatory for Transwestern where she is responsible for TW's marketing, business development, and regulatory matters. She has been in the energy industry for twenty-five years, and has held various positions in legal, regulatory, gas logistics, and marketing areas. Prior to her current position, Ms. Corman held positions at Enron, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Manuel Gallegos
Senior Vice President, Commercial Services
Manuel Gallegos serves as Senior Vice President, Commercial Services since 2011. Mr. Gallegos joined Energy Transfer in 2008 as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Shared Services. Prior to joining ETC, Mr. Gallegos was President and CEO of Sierra Consulting Group, Inc. and has held various Senior Management positions with Gulf Liquids New River Project LLC, Williams International Company, and Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), having more than 28 years of experience in the natural gas industry.
Lee Hanse
Senior Vice President, Interstate Division
Lee Hanse was named Senior Vice President of Energy Transfer Company’s Interstate Division in October 2008. He joined ETC in 2006, as Senior Vice President of Commercial Optimization. Prior to ETC, Mr. Hanse worked for Burlington Resources, in several roles for over 18 years, ultimately as Director of U.S. Gas Marketing. He has also held various positions with Coastal Oil and Gas and Texas Eastern Transmission Company. Mr. Hanse has over 20 years of experience in the energy industry.
Roy Patton
Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
Roy Patton joined Energy Transfer in 2004 and serves as Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations North. Prior to joining ETP, Mr. Patton served as Director of Origination from 2001 to 2004 at TXU Energy. Mr. Patton began his career with Valero Energy in 1983 and has since held various management positions with PG&E, El Paso Corporation and TXU Energy, having more than 26 years in the natural gas pipeline industry.
John R. Phillips
Senior Vice President, Engineering
John Phillips joined Energy Transfer in January 2011 and serves as Senior Vice President of Engineering. Prior to joining ETP, he was the Director of System Optimization, Texas Supply and Processing, for Enterprise Products. Mr. Phillips has held engineering and operations management positions related to the natural gas pipeline and processing industry since 1975 with El Paso, Fish Engineering, Valero and PG&E Gas Transmission.
Mario Rivera
Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
Mario Rivera joined Energy Transfer in April 2011 and serves as Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations. Prior to joining ETP, Mr. Rivera held several key commercial and business development roles with Shell Midstream, later Enterprise, including Vice President US Gulf Coast Gathering and Processing. Most recently, Mario held the position of Vice President, Business Development for Boardwalk Pipeline Partners.
Tim Small
Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
Tim Small has served as Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations Texas since 2010. Mr. Small joined Energy Transfer in 2003 as Vice President of Trading. Prior to joining Energy Transfer, Mr. Small worked as a natural gas trader and accountant for Aquila Energy and a natural gas accountant at Valero Energy.
Alan Vaina
Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
Alan Vaina has served as Senior Vice President of Energy Transfer’s Allegheny Region since 2008. Mr. Vaina was formerly Director & Vice President of Marketing for Equitrans, L.P., a subsidiary of Equitable Resources, where he was responsible for marketing and business development initiatives related to Equitrans transmission, gathering, and storage assets. Alan has over 30 years of experience in the natural gas and energy industry and has also held positions with Market Hub Partners, Natural Gas Clearinghouse, Endevco, and Tidewater Compression.