Marathon Petroleum names two new VPs

Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) promoted Brian K. Partee to vice president of Business Development and Rick Linhardt to vice president of Tax. Their appointments are effective February 1, 2018.

Partee joined MPC in 1995 as an accountant in Marathon Pipe Line and progressed through increasingly responsible positions.  He served as MPC's manager of crude oil logistics and analysis beginning in 2014 and assumed his current position, director of Business Development, in January 2017.

Linhardt has 30 years of tax experience in public accounting and the oil and gas industry. He was named MPC’s director of Tax, his current role, in 2017.

"We are delighted to welcome Brian and Rick to our executive leadership team. They both have a wealth of experience and knowledge that will benefit our Business Development and Tax organizations," said Gary R. Heminger, chairman and chief executive officer of MPC.

MPC is the second largest refiner in the United States. Its subsidiary, Speedway is also the country’s second-largest convenience store chain operator. Marathon brand gasoline is sold through approximately 5,600 independently owned retail outlets across 20 states and the District of Columbia.