People: Alpha Natural Resources Inc (ANR)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Kevin Crutchfield	52	2012	Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Paul Vining	58	2012	President
Frank Wood	60	2009	Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Vaughn Groves	56	2009	Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Philip Cavatoni	49	2009	Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Brian Sullivan	45	2012	Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer
Glenn Eisenberg	51	2010	Lead Independent Director
James Roberts		2004	Director
Angelo Brisimitzakis	54	2013	Independent Director
William Crowley	67	2004	Independent Director
E. Linn Draper	71	2009	Independent Director
Deborah Fretz	64	2012	Independent Director
P. Michael Giftos	66	2005	Independent Director
L. Patrick Hassey	67	2012	Independent Director
Joel Richards	66	2005	Independent Director
Ted Wood		2009	Independent Director

» Insider Trading

Biographies

Name	Description
Kevin Crutchfield	Mr. Kevin S. Crutchfield is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Mr. Crutchfield joined Alpha’s management team as the executive vice president of Alpha Natural Resources, LLC and vice president of ANR Holdings, LLC in March 2003, and also served as the executive vice president of ANR Holdings, LLC from November 2003 until ANR Holdings was merged with another of Alpha’s subsidiaries in December 2005. From June 2001 through January 2003, he served as vice president of El Paso Corporation, a natural gas and energy provider (“El Paso”), and president of Coastal Coal Company, a coal producer and affiliate of El Paso, acquired by Alpha in 2003. Prior to joining El Paso, he served as president of AMVEST Corporation, a coal and gas producer and provider of related products and services, and held executive positions at AEI Resources, Inc., a coal producer (“AEI Resources”), including president and chief executive officer. Before joining AEI Resources, he served as the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Cyprus Australia Coal Company (“Cyprus”) and held executive operating management positions with Cyprus in the United States before being relocated to Sydney, Australia in 1997. He worked for Pittston Coal Company, a coal mining company (“Pittston”), in various operating and executive management positions from 1986 to 1995, including as vice president operations prior to joining Cyprus.
Paul Vining	Mr. Paul H. Vining is President of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Prior to that time, he served as company's Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer from May 2011 until April 2012. He started his career as an engineer at St. Joe Minerals. In the early 1980s, he transitioned into sales and marketing, holding positions with AT Massey and two international oil company coal subsidiaries, Occidental Petroleum and ENI/Italy, focused on international projects and market development. Vining joined Peabody Energy in 1995, holding various senior commercial leadership positions in sales and trading. Vining accepted the CEO role with Magnum/Trout Coal in 2006, building a central Appalachian coal company through organic growth and acquisitions which grew to 18 million tons of production in three years. The company was sold to Patriot Coal in 2008 with Vining remaining as Patriot's president and chief operating officer. Vining joined Alpha in 2011 as executive vice-president and chief commercial officer.
Frank Wood	Mr. Frank J. Wood is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Prior to that time, he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Legacy Foundation from August 2004 until the Foundation Merger and senior vice president and chief financial officer of RAG American Coal Holding, Inc., Legacy Foundation’s predecessor, from 1999 to August 2004. In these positions, he was responsible for financial reporting, financial planning, income taxes, treasury and insurance. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Wood was vice president & controller at Cyprus Amax Coal Company, and from 1991 to 1993, he was vice president of administration at Cannelton Inc. From 1979 to 1991, Mr. Wood held various accounting and financial management positions at AMAX Inc.’s coal and oil and gas subsidiaries. Mr. Wood earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with a concentration in Accounting, from the College of William and Mary and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University.
Vaughn Groves	Mr. Vaughn R. Groves is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Prior to serving in his current position, he served as Legacy Alpha’s senior vice president from February 2009 until the Foundation Merger, its vice president from September 2006 until February 2009, and its secretary and general counsel from November 2004 until the Foundation Merger. Mr. Groves joined the Legacy Alpha management team as the vice president, secretary and general counsel of Alpha Natural Resources, LLC in October 2003, and also served as the vice president and general counsel of ANR Holdings, LLC from November 2003 until ANR Holdings, LLC was merged with another of its subsidiaries in December 2005. Prior to that time, he served as vice president and general counsel of Pittston from 1996 until joining Legacy Alpha, and as associate general counsel of Pittston from 1991 until 1996. Before joining Pittston, he was associated with the law firm of Jackson Kelly PLLC. He is also a mining engineer and, before obtaining his law degree, worked as an underground section foreman, construction foreman and mining engineer for Monterey Coal Company.
Philip Cavatoni	Mr. Philip J. Cavatoni is Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Prior to serving in his current position, he served as Legacy Alpha’s treasurer and executive vice president — finance and strategy from February 2009 until the Foundation Merger. Before joining Legacy Alpha, Mr. Cavatoni held various positions with JPMorgan Chase & Co., a global financial services firm (“JPM”), beginning in 1991. Mr. Cavatoni’s most recent position with JPM was Managing Director and Head of the firm’s Global Paper, Packaging and Building Products practice, in which he served as the senior investment banker responsible for management of client relationships, advisory and financing transactions and the strategic allocation of capital across the sector. Additionally, Mr. Cavatoni was responsible for JPM’s Midwest M&A practice, coordinating the execution of transactions and business development for the firm’s Midwest clients.
Brian Sullivan	Mr. Brian D. Sullivan is Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Mr. Sullivan has also served as President of Alpha Australia LLC since February 2011. Mr. Sullivan served for ten years as Senior Vice President and General Counsel to The United Company, a private diversified holding company headquartered in Bristol, Virginia, as well as to that company’s subsidiaries in the coal, and oil and gas businesses. In this position he was responsible for all aspects of mergers and acquisitions activity, contract negotiation and administration, human resources, and litigation. Prior to 2001, Mr. Sullivan was counsel with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, in the firm’s Atlanta office. He began his legal career in Washington D.C., in 1992 with Arent, Fox. Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of Duke University and the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, summa cum laude.
Glenn Eisenberg	Mr. Glenn A. Eisenberg is Lead Independent Director of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. He was appointed to board of directors and as chairman of audit committee and a member of nominating and corporate governance committee at the time of the Foundation Merger. He served as chairman of the audit committee until May 2012. Mr. Eisenberg continues to serve as a member of the audit committee and serves as chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee. Prior to the Foundation Merger, he served as a member of the board of directors of Alpha’s predecessor from May 2005 until the Foundation Merger. Mr. Eisenberg also served as the chairman of the audit committee of Alpha’s predecessor from 2005 until the Foundation Merger and as a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee of Alpha’s predecessor from 2005 until the Foundation Merger. Mr. Eisenberg currently serves as executive vice president, finance and administration of The Timken Company, a diversified industrial manufacturer of innovative materials, products and services providing friction management and power transmission solutions for mechanical applications. Prior to joining The Timken Company in 2002, Mr. Eisenberg served as president and chief operating officer of United Dominion Industries, a manufacturer of proprietary engineered products, from 1999 to 2001, and as the president — test instrumentation segment and executive vice president for United Dominion Industries from 1998 to 1999.
James Roberts	Mr. James F. Roberts was Director of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. He was appointed to Company's safety, health, environmental and sustainability committee at the time of the Foundation Merger. Mr. Roberts served as chairman of the board of Legacy Foundation from April 2006 until the Foundation Merger. Mr. Roberts also served as chief executive officer from August 2004 until the Foundation Merger, and as president from August 2004 to January 2008. Prior to his service in these positions, he was president and chief executive officer of RAG, Legacy Foundation’s predecessor, from January 1999 to August 2004. Mr. Roberts was president of CoalARBED International Trading from 1981 to 1999, chief financial officer of Leckie Smokeless Coal Company from 1977 to 1981 and vice president of finance at Solar Fuel Company from 1974 to 1977. Mr. Roberts currently serves on the United States advisory board of Alexander Proudfoot, an international business consulting firm. He is a former director and a former chairman of the National Mining Association, a former director of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a former member of the executive committee of the National Coal Council and the former vice-chair of the Coal Utilization Research Council.
Angelo Brisimitzakis	Dr. Angelo C. Brisimitzakis is Independent Director of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. He served as president, chief executive officer and a director of Compass Minerals International, Inc., a producer and marketer of inorganic mineral products with manufacturing sites in North America and the U.K., from May 2006 until retirement in December 2012. Dr. Brisimitzakis was employed from 1998 through 2005 with Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, last serving as executive vice president of the flame retardants and performance products division. Dr. Brisimitzakis joined Great Lakes Chemical Corporation after fourteen years of service of increasing responsibility with General Electric Company in multiple materials based businesses. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Wagner College, a Master’s and Ph.D. degree in chemistry from New York University and an MBA in marketing from Pace University.
William Crowley	Mr. William J. Crowley, Jr., is Independent Director of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Mr. Crowley has served as a member of audit committee since December 2004, served as its chairman from December 2004 until the Foundation Merger and has again served as its chairman since May 2012. Since May 2012, he has served as a member of the safety, health, environmental and sustainability committee and, prior to that time, as a member of the compensation committee. Mr. Crowley has also served as an independent business advisor to various companies since 2002. Prior to his retirement in 2002, Mr. Crowley had a 32-year career with Arthur Andersen LLP, the public accounting firm, of which 16 years were in Baltimore, Maryland, most recently serving for seven years as managing partner of the Baltimore office. In this capacity, he was charged with the task of overseeing and managing the risks associated with portfolio clients which included performing an annual risk assessment, signing off on client acceptance or terminating a client relationship, assessing the capabilities of Arthur Andersen LLP’s personnel and ensuring the appropriate staffing of engagements based on skill sets and the client risk profile. Mr. Crowley currently serves as a director and chairman of the audit committee of JNL Series Trust. He served as a director and chairman of the audit committee and as a member of the nominating and governance committee of BioVeris Corporation (“BioVeris”) from May 2004 to June 2007, when that company was acquired, and served as chairman of its special committee. He also served as a director and member of the audit committee of Provident Bankshares Corporation (“Provident Bankshares”) from May 2003 to May 2009, when that company was acquired.
E. Linn Draper	Dr. E.Linn Draper, Jr., is Independent Director of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. He was appointed to board of directors and as chairman of compensation committee and a member of safety, health, environmental and sustainability committee at the time of the Foundation Merger. He served as chairman of the compensation committee and as a member of safety, health, environmental and sustainability committee until May 2012. Dr. Draper currently serves as a member of the compensation committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee. Prior to the Foundation Merger, he served as a member of the board of directors of Alpha’s predecessor from its formation in November 2004 until the Foundation Merger and served as the lead independent director of Alpha’s predecessor from October 2006 until the merger. Dr. Draper also served as chairman of the compensation committee of Alpha’s predecessor from 2005 until the Foundation Merger and as a member of the safety, health and environmental committee from May 2008 (its formation date) until the merger. Dr. Draper joined American Electric Power, an electric utility company (“AEP”), as president in 1992 and served as the chairman, president and chief executive officer of AEP from 1993 until his retirement in April 2004. Prior to joining AEP, Dr. Draper worked for Gulf States Utilities Company, an electric utility company, from 1979 to 1992, serving as its chairman of the board of directors, and president and chief executive officer from 1987 to 1992. Dr. Draper received a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Cornell University, was a professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, and served as Chairman of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations from 2001 to 2003.
Deborah Fretz	Ms. Deborah M. Fretz is Independent Director of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. She became a member of audit committee and compensation committee in May 2012. From 2002 until her retirement in July 2010, Ms. Fretz was president and chief executive officer of Sunoco Logistics Partners, LP. Sunoco Logistics Partners is a publicly traded master limited partnership which was formed to acquire, expand, own and operate a geographically diverse group of crude oil and refined products pipelines, terminals and storage facilities in eleven states. Prior to her role in Sunoco Logistics Partners, she held executive positions with the commercial and manufacturing businesses of Sunoco, including as Vice President Mid-Continent Refining, Marketing and Logistics which included Sunoco’s Lubricant business as well as the MidAmerica refining and marketing business.
P. Michael Giftos	Mr. P. Michael Giftos is Independent Director of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Mr. Giftos has been a member of audit committee since December 2005 and was a member of nominating and corporate governance committee from December 2005 until May 2012. At the time of the Foundation Merger, Mr. Giftos was also appointed to safety, health, environmental and sustainability committee, and was appointed as chairman of that committee in May 2012. From 1975 to 2004, he served in many executive positions with CSX Corporation and its subsidiaries (“CSX”). From 2000 through 2004, Mr. Giftos served as CSX Transportation’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer. He also served as senior vice president and general counsel at CSX from 1990 through 2000. From 1985 through 1989, he served as vice president and general counsel at CSX. Mr. Giftos was directly involved in risk management at CSX and the CSX transportation risk management group reported to him during much of the period that he served as a CSX senior vice president.
L. Patrick Hassey	Mr. L. Patrick Hassey is Independent Director of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a in the production of specialty materials for the aerospace, chemical and oil and gas industries (“ATI”), until he retired in May 2011, and currently provides consulting services to ATI. He was elected to ATI’s board of directors in July 2003, appointed as ATI’s president and chief executive officer in October 2003, and became chairman of ATI’s board of directors in May 2004. Mr. Hassey served as ATI’s president until August 2010. Prior to October 2003, he was as an outside management consultant to ATI’s executive management. Before joining ATI, Mr. Hassey served as executive vice president and as a member of the corporate executive committee of Alcoa from May 2000 until his early retirement in February 2003, and as executive vice president of Alcoa and group president of Alcoa Industrial Components from May 2000 to October 2002. Prior to May 2000, he served as executive vice president of Alcoa and president of Alcoa Europe, Inc. from 1998 to 2000.
Joel Richards	Mr. Joel Richards, III, is Independent Director of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. He has been a member of compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee since March 2005 and served as chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee from December 2005 to May 2012. Mr. Richards was appointed as chairman of the compensation committee in May 2012. He served as lead independent director of Foundation from April 2006 until the Foundation Merger. He also served as a member of the board of directors of Foundation’s predecessor, RAG American Coal Holdings, Inc. (“RAG”), from 2000 to 2003. Since 2002, he has been a principal in a management consultant firm, Joel Richards and Associates, LLC. Mr. Richards was executive vice president and chief administrative officer of El Paso Energy Corp. from 1996 until his retirement in 2002. From 1990 through 1996, he served as senior vice president human resources and administration at El Paso Natural Gas Company. At El Paso, Mr. Richards served on the executive committee, which reviewed and managed, among other matters, risk throughout the organization and served on its corporate safety committee for several years which quarterly performed a corporate safety performance review of all El Paso company business units. He was also senior vice president finance and administration at Meridian Minerals Company, where he worked from 1985 to 1990. Prior to that time, he held various management and labor relations positions at Burlington Northern, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation and Boise Cascade Corporation.
Ted Wood	Mr. Ted G. Wood was Independent Director of Alpha Natural Resources Inc. He was appointed to the company's board of directors and as chairman of safety, health, environmental and sustainability committee and a member of compensation committee at the time of the Foundation Merger. Prior to that time, he served as a member of the board of directors and a member of the compensation committee of Legacy Alpha from January 2006 until the Foundation Merger and as chairman of Legacy Alpha’s safety, health and environmental committee from May 2008 (its formation date) until the Foundation Merger. He also served as president of The United Company’s operating companies from 1998 until his retirement in 2002. Additionally, Mr. Wood served as vice chairman of The United Company from January 2003 until August 2003. From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Wood was president and chief executive officer of KV Pharmaceutical Co. in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to that time, he held executive positions with several pharmaceutical companies, acting as president of Boehringer Mannheim Pharmaceutical Corporation from 1992 to 1993, executive vice president of marketing and sales for SmithKline Beecham Corporation from 1990 to 1991 and president of Beecham Laboratories, U.S.A. from 1988 to 1989. Mr. Wood served on the board of directors of King Pharmaceuticals from August 2003 until the first quarter of 2011, when he resigned in connection with the acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals by Pfizer. Mr. Wood served as a director of Pozen Inc., a pharmaceutical company (“Pozen”), from 2000 until 2006 and was a member of its compensation committee.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Kevin Crutchfield	6,193,370
Paul Vining	5,191,340
Frank Wood	2,302,020
Vaughn Groves	1,683,690
Philip Cavatoni	2,544,630
Brian Sullivan	--
Glenn Eisenberg	--
James Roberts	--
Angelo Brisimitzakis	--
William Crowley	--
E. Linn Draper	--
Deborah Fretz	--
P. Michael Giftos	--
L. Patrick Hassey	--
Joel Richards	--
Ted Wood	--

As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Kevin Crutchfield	79,695	327,650
Paul Vining	0	0
Frank Wood	30,000	1,563,970
Vaughn Groves	8,000	24,000
Philip Cavatoni	0	0
Brian Sullivan	0	0
Glenn Eisenberg	0	0
James Roberts	0	0
Angelo Brisimitzakis	0	0
William Crowley	0	0
E. Linn Draper	0	0
Deborah Fretz	0	0
P. Michael Giftos	0	0
L. Patrick Hassey	0	0
Joel Richards	0	0
Ted Wood	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
VINING PAUL H	2,155	$7.03
VINING PAUL H	1,946	$8.13
CAVATONI PHILIP J	1,890	$8.01
SULLIVAN BRIAN D	776	$8.01
VINING PAUL H	2,568	$8.01
CRUTCHFIELD KEVIN S	9,783	$8.01
GROVES VAUGHN R	1,512	$8.01
CAVATONI PHILIP J	37,062	$0.00
VINING PAUL H	82,410	$0.00
BRISIMITZAKIS ANGELO C	9,791	$0.00
CRUTCHFIELD KEVIN S	191,859	$0.00
WOOD FRANK J	41,859	$0.00
SULLIVAN BRIAN D	19,827	$0.00
BRISIMITZAKIS ANGELO C	2,574	$0.00
GROVES VAUGHN R	29,649	$0.00
CRUTCHFIELD KEVIN S	4,158	$10.60
GROVES VAUGHN R	569	$10.60
GROVES VAUGHN R	712	$10.60
CRUTCHFIELD KEVIN S	3,182	$10.60
CAVATONI PHILIP J	670	$10.60
SULLIVAN BRIAN D	352	$10.60
CAVATONI PHILIP J	838	$10.60
WOOD FRANK J	237	$0.00
VINING PAUL H	300,000	$0.00
CAVATONI PHILIP J	150,000	$0.00

» Full list on Insider Trading

People: Alpha Natural Resources Inc (ANR)

Related Topics:

Summary

Biographies

Basic Compensation

Options Compensation

Related Topics: