Valero Energy is a Fortune 500 international manufacturer and a marketer of transportation fuels, other petrochemical products and power.

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Jason Fraser serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He has significant leadership experience at Valero, having served as General Counsel, as well as Senior Vice President with oversight of Valero's public policy, strategic planning, governmental affairs, investor relations and external communications functions.

Fraser also has served as President of European Commercial Operations, overseeing the company's European commercial businesses, and Vice President of Specialty Products Marketing. He began his career with Valero in 1999.

He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Business Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin, and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Prior to attending the University of Texas, Fraser served in the U.S. Army in 1986-1990.

Jason Fraser

Greg Bram is the VP of Supply Chain Optimization at [Valero Energy](/org/valero-energy). Greg has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Greg started their career as a Refinery Manager at Premcor Refining Group in 1999. Greg was with Premcor for 6 years before moving to [Valero Energy](/org/valero-energy) Corporation in 2005. Greg has been with [Valero Energy](/org/valero-energy) for over 15 years and has held various positions within the company.

Greg Bram reports to Gary Simmons, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.

Greg Bram

Eric Honeyman

Lane Riggs serves as President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing refining operations, engineering, projects and strategic sourcing organizations, commercial operations and renewables and logistics operations. He has been with the company since 1989 and has served in many leadership positions.

He began his career at Valero as a Process Engineer at the McKee refinery and subsequently held management positions including General Manager-Process Engineering, Director-Supply and Optimization, Vice President-Refinery Planning and Economics, Senior Vice President-Crude, Feedstock Supply and Trading, Senior Vice President-Refining Operations and Executive Vice President-Refining Operations and Engineering.


Lane Riggs

Cheryl Thomas serves as Senior Vice President-Information Services and Chief Information Officer, with responsibility for the company’s information services network and related technology.

Thomas has served Valero and its predecessors since 1984. She previously served as Senior Vice President-Information Services for Valero, managing the company’s Information Systems Development, Support and Infrastructure teams. Prior to that role, Thomas served as Vice President of Retail Operations Support and Vice President of Retail Information Systems. She has played a key role in restructuring Valero’s Information Services Department and integrating recently acquired assets into Valero’s complex systems.

Cheryl Thomas

Homer Bhullar is Vice President Investor Relations and Finance.

Bhullar joined Valero in 2014. He started as a Director in Corporate Development and moved to Business Development in 2015, where he was promoted to Vice President in 2018. In 2019, he assumed the role of Vice President Investor Relations, and was promoted to his current position in 2021.

Prior to Valero, Bhullar was an Investment Banker focused on the Energy sector at J.P. Morgan and [Citigroup](/org/citigroup). While at J.P. Morgan, Bhullar was part of the advisory teams for the spinoff of CST Brands Inc. and the formation of Valero Energy Partners LP.

Bhullar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and an MBA with a focus on investment management and energy finance, both from the University of Texas at Austin. 

Homer Bhullar

H. Paulett Eberhart

Eric D. Mullins

Deborah Platt Majoras

Kimberly S. Greene

Randall J. Weisenburger

Fred M. Diaz

Don Nickles

Rayford Wilkins Jr.

Philip J. Pfeiffer

Robert A. Profusek

Gary Simmons is Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, with oversight of the company's crude supply and products trading, wholesale marketing, transportation and international commercial operations groups. He previously served as Senior Vice President-Supply, International Operations and Systems Optimization; and Vice President-Crude, Feedstock, Supply and Trading.

Simmons joined Valero in 1987 and began his career as a Process Engineer at the Ardmore refinery and held many leadership positions including Executive Director-Regional Development, Vice President and General Manager of the Ardmore refinery, Vice President and General Manager of the St. Charles refinery, and Vice President-Planning and Economics, before being promoted to his current position. Simmons directs the supply, trading and hedging activities for supply of crude oil to all Valero refineries, and oversees international operations and refinery systems optimization.

Gary Simmons

Mark Schmeltekopf serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, with responsibility for the company’s accounting, budgeting, forecasting and profit-planning procedures, as well as financial statements and reporting, and corporate tax functions.



Mark Schmeltekopf

Rich Walsh serves as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, with responsibility for the company’s litigation, commercial, customs, compliance and regulatory law departments.

Walsh has served in various leadership roles within Valero's legal department. Much of his current work involves interfacing with key regulatory agencies such as the Coast Guard Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, [Federal Energy Regulatory Commission](/org/federal-energy-regulatory-commission), U.S. Customs Service and Occupational Safety and Health Administration.



Rich Walsh

Joe Gorder became Chairman of the Board on Dec. 31, 2014, and Chief Executive Officer on May 1, 2014. He previously served as President, and as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for refining operations and commercial operations in marketing, supply and transportation. He also has served as Chief Commercial Officer and President of Valero Europe.

He oversaw all commercial trading and related activity for the company, including Crude and Feedstock Supply and Trading, Products Supply and Trading, Wholesale Marketing, Logistics Operations, Commercial Business Development, Transportation and Specialty Products Marketing. In addition, he was responsible for all business activity and operations of Valero’s assets in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Gorder served as Valero’s Executive Vice President-Marketing and Supply, following tenure as Senior Vice President for Corporate Development and Strategic Planning. Before joining Valero, he held the positions of Vice President of Business Development for Ultramar Diamond Shamrock, and Director of Commercial/Industrial Sales, Assistant Treasurer and Director of Information Systems for Diamond Shamrock.


Joe Gorder

Julia Rendon Reinhart serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, responsible for Valero’s human resources operations companywide as well as global security, facilities and administrative services.

She joined Valero in December 2006 as Managing Counsel-Labor & Employment, overseeing legal aspects of Valero’s human resources policies, discipline, litigation and immigration. Reinhart was promoted to Executive Director-Corporate Communications, directing internal and external messaging, and advanced to Vice President-Corporate Communications in 2010.

In 2013, she became Vice President-Human Resources Administration & Refinery Operations, responsible for human resources in Valero’s refinery operations, as well as labor relations, technical training, HR Information Services and payroll. She was promoted to Vice President-Human Resources and Administration in November 2015, and to her current position in January 2019.

Prior to joining Valero, Reinhart served as a Partner in the law firm of [Bracewell](/org/bracewell-l-l-p) & Giuliani LLP, where she defended employers in all phases of employment law. Prior to [Bracewell](/org/bracewell-l-l-p), she practiced law at Troutman Sanders in Atlanta, with a short secondment to CNN as in-house labor and employment counsel, and the State of Georgia as an Assistant State Attorney General.

Reinhart earned a Juris Doctor from [Emory University](/org/emory-university) in 1994, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and statistics, with a certificate in actuarial science, from the [University of Rochester](/org/university-of-rochester) in 1991.

Julia Rendon Reinhart

Eric Fisher serves as Senior Vice President-Wholesale Marketing & International Commercial Operations, responsible for global wholesale marketing, including administration of London, Montreal and Dublin operations and the specialty products marketing business. Fisher has served as President of European Commercial Operations, and in leadership roles in Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, Strategic Planning and Corporate Development.

Fisher began his career with Valero in 1997, when he joined Valero’s Corporate Law Department. In 1999, he moved to Investor Relations, and in 2004 was named Vice President of Investor Relations. He then served as Vice President-Investor and Corporate Communications, President-Europe, and Vice President-Investor Relations, Market Analysis & Strategic Planning, before assuming his current position.

Eric Fisher

Rich Lashway is Senior Vice President-Corporate Development and Midstream Operations.

He joined with predecessor Ultramar Diamond Shamrock (UDS), and in his current position with Valero is responsible for developing and managing logistics projects. Throughout his career with Valero and UDS, Lashway has held critical leadership positions in the commercial and corporate development groups, and has been an integral part of key transportation and logistics projects, including the initial public offering of Shamrock Logistics L.P., the predecessor to NuStar, and its acquisition of Kaneb Pipe Line Partners L.P.

Rich Lashway

John Locke is Vice President-Investor Relations and Communications.

Locke joined Valero in 2003 as an Audit Specialist in Valero's Internal Audit department where he earned several promotions and ultimately served as Executive Director of Internal Audit. In 2013, he transferred to Valero's Investor Relations department. Prior to joining Valero, Locke worked at La Quinta Corporation as the SEC Reporting Manager, and also has served as Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young LLP.

He received his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Science degrees in accounting from [Texas Tech University](/org/texas-tech-university), where he also played football. He is a Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner.

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