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Investor Relations

Board of Directors

Ted Papapostolou
Director and Chairman of the Board (Compensation Committee; Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee)

Mr. Papapostolou has served as our Director and Chairman since March 2023. Mr. Papapostolou has served as the chief financial officer of Icahn Enterprises L.P. ("IEP") since November 2021. Mr. Papapostolou has served as a director of IEP since December 2021 and as its secretary since April 2020. Mr. Papapostolou previously served as the chief accounting officer of IEP from April 2020 to December 2023 and in various progressive accounting positions at IEP from March 2007 to March 2020. Previously, Mr. Papapostolou worked at Grant Thornton LLP in their audit practice. Mr. Papapostolou has served as director of Viskase Companies Inc., a meat casing company, since April 2020. Mr. Papapostolou received his Master of Business Administration from The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at Saint John's University and his Bachelor of Business Administration from Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University.


David L. Lamp
Director, President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Lamp has served as our Director since January 2018. Mr. Lamp has also served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as the Executive Chairman of our affiliate the general partner of CVR Partners, LP ("CVR Partners") since December 2017, and as a member of the board of directors of the general partner of CVR Partners since January 2018, including as Chairman of the board from January 2018 to March 2023. Mr. Lamp has more than 40 years of technical, commercial and operational experience in the refining and chemical industries. He previously served as a director of the general partner of our affiliate, CVR Refining, LP, an independent downstream energy limited partnership, from January 2018 to February 2019, and prior to joining CVR Energy, served in various senior executive roles for Western Refining, Inc., Northern Tier Energy LP, and HollyFrontier Corporation. Mr. Lamp graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering.


Dustin DeMaria
Director (Compensation Committee – Chairman)

Mr. DeMaria has served as a financial associate at Icahn Enterprises L.P. and Icahn Capital L.P. (collectively, “IEP”) since February of 2022. Prior to his position at IEP, Mr. DeMaria served as a Director at Zipari, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo. Prior to Zipari, Mr. DeMaria worked as an investment banking associate at Moelis & Company. Mr. DeMaria has served as a director of Viskase Companies, Inc. (“Viskase”) since March 2023. IEP and Viskase are indirectly controlled by Mr. Carl C. Icahn. Mr. DeMaria received a Master of Business Administration from the S. C. Johnson College of Business at Cornell University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Roanoke College.


Jaffrey (Jay) A. Firestone
Director (Audit Committee; Compensation Committee; Environmental, Health & Safety Committee)

Mr. Firestone has served as our Director since April 2020. Since 2006, Mr. Firestone has served as chairman and chief executive officer at Prodigy Pictures Inc., a leader in the production of quality film, television and cross-platform media. Mr. Firestone has served on the board of directors and the audit committee of Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public acquisition vehicle, since June 2022 and on the board of directors of Sandridge Energy, Inc., an independent oil and gas company engaged in the development, production and acquisition of oil and gas properties, since May 2021. Mr. Firestone has served on the board of directors for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences International Council in Los Angeles. Mr. Firestone previously served on the board of directors and the audit committee of Voltari Corporation, a company in the business of acquiring, financing and leasing commercial real properties from 2011 to 2019. Mr. Firestone has led two successful initial public offerings and, in 1998, was nominated for entrepreneur of the year. Mr. Firestone obtained a degree in commerce from McMasters University.


Stephen Mongillo
Director (Audit Committee – Chairman; Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee)

Mr. Mongillo has served as our Director since May 2012. Mr. Mongillo is currently the chairman and chief executive officer of AMPF, Inc., a distributor of picture frame mouldings and supplies of which he is the principal shareholder. Since November 2022, Mr. Mongillo has been an equity member of Manufactured Housing Partners LLC, a private real estate management company and has served as the Managing Partner of Elkmont Capital since 2011. Mr. Mongillo is a private investor and since March 2020 has served as a director of Icahn Enterprises L.P., and currently serves as chairman of the audit committee. From January 2008 to January 2011, Mr. Mongillo served as a managing director of Icahn Capital LP, the entity through which Mr. Carl C. Icahn managed third-party investment funds. Prior to joining Icahn Capital LP, Mr. Mongillo worked at Bear Stearns for ten years, most recently as a senior managing director overseeing the leveraged finance group's efforts in the healthcare, real estate, gaming, lodging, leisure, restaurant and education sectors. Mr. Mongillo has previously served as a director of Herc Holdings Inc., from 2016 to 2018 and Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation from 2017 to 2018. Mr. Mongillo received a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College and a Master of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.


Mark J. Smith
Director (Environmental, Health & Safety Committee)

Mr. Smith has over 40 years of executive leadership and general management experience in petroleum refining and associated businesses. Mr. Smith currently serves as a consultant in the energy industry and as the Plan Administrator for the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc. (“PES”) Liquidating Trust and as Chief Restructuring Officer for Fulcrum Bioenergy, Inc. Mr. Smith has broad in-depth experience leading operations, defining vision, hiring talent, and optimizing assets and resources. From 2018 to 2020, Mr. Smith served as chief executive officer and a director of PES, which was the largest oil refiner on the U.S. East Coast. Prior to PES, Mr. Smith served as the president, refining and marketing of Western Refining, Inc. (“WNR”) from its initial public offering in 2006 through June 2017. Prior to WNR, Mr. Smith served as vice president of operations at CITGO Petroleum Corp. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma State University.


James M. Strock
Director (Audit Committee; Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee – Chairman; Environmental, Health & Safety Committee - Chairman)

Mr. Strock has served as our Director since May 2012. Mr. Strock is the chief executive officer of Serve to Lead Group, Inc., which he founded in 1997. Serve to Lead Group, Inc. serves diverse sectors including: finance, manufacturing, transportation, technology, defense, aerospace, health care, real estate, chemicals, professional services, insurance, environmental safety and health, remediation, clean tech, sustainability, energy, and medical cannabis. Mr. Strock, individually and as part of various teams and organizations, serves various functions, including: management, project management, financing, sales and marketing, stakeholder engagement, public advocacy, communication (including new media), crisis communication, strategic planning, regulatory compliance, negotiation, mediation, facilitation, human resources, and training. Mr. Strock has served in senior executive and board positions in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. He served as California's founding Secretary for Environmental Protection, and as Assistant Administrator for Enforcement (chief law enforcement officer) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has worked extensively on climate-related matters and risks in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. Mr. Strock is the author of three books on leadership, management, and communication, and a fourth on political reform. Mr. Strock holds an Artium Baccalaureus from Harvard College and a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School. He served to captain in the United States Army Reserve-Judge Advocate General's Corps (USAR-JAGC).


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