John C. Mingé

John Mingé joined the Board of Directors in December 2017. Mr. Mingé retired as an employee of BP America, Inc. in December 2019 where he most recently served as chairman of a study by the National Petroleum Council into carbon capture utilization and storage technologies. From February 2013 to May 2018, he served as the Chairman and President of BP America, Inc., a subsidiary of BP plc (NYSE: BP), comprised of BP business units involved in exploration and production, refining, chemicals, supply and trading, pipeline operations, shipping, and alternative energy. During his 37-year career with BP, Mr. Mingé held a variety of executive and engineering posts around the globe, including assignments as head of BP Alaska, head of BP's Asia Pacific Exploration and Production Unit, president of BP Indonesia, and president of the exploration and production for BP Vietnam and China. Mr. Mingé began his career with Standard Oil of Ohio in Cleveland, Ohio as a drilling research engineer and subsequently served in varying positions of increasing responsibility throughout the United States, United Kingdom, and Southeast Asia. Mr. Mingé currently serves as an executive committee and board member of the Washington State University Foundation.