Below are the members of the board of directors of Targa Resources GP LLC (the "General Partner of TRP"), which is the general partner of Targa Resources Partners LP ("TRP"). The General Partner of TRP, which is a subsidiary of Targa Resources Corp. ("TRC"), manages the business and affairs of TRP.
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Audit Committee
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Conflicts Committee
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Rene R. Joyce
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Rene R. Joyce has served as Executive Chairman of the Board of TRC, the General Partner of TRP, and TRI Resources Inc. ("TRI") since January 1, 2012 and as a director of TRC since its formation on October 27, 2005 and of the General Partner of TRP since October 2006. Mr. Joyce previously served as Chief Executive Officer of TRC between October 27, 2005 and December 31, 2011, the General Partner of TRP between October 2006 and December 31, 2011 and TRI between February 2004 and December 31, 2011. He also served as director of TRI between 2004 and December 31, 2011 and was a consultant for the TRI predecessor company during 2003. He is also a member of the supervisory directors of Core Laboratories N.V. Mr. Joyce served as a consultant in the energy industry from 2000 through 2003 providing advice to various energy companies and investors regarding their operations, acquisitions and dispositions. Mr. Joyce served as President of onshore pipeline operations of Coral Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Shell Oil Company ("Shell") from 1998 through 1999 and President of energy services of Coral Energy Holding, L.P. ("Coral"), a subsidiary of Shell which was the gas and power marketing joint venture between Shell and Tejas Gas Corporation ("Tejas"), during 1999. Mr. Joyce served as President of various operating subsidiaries of Tejas, a natural gas pipeline company, from 1990 until 1998 when Tejas was acquired by Shell.
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Joe Bob Perkins
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Joe Bob Perkins has served as Chief Executive Officer and director of TRC, the General Partner of TRP and TRI since January 1, 2012. Mr. Perkins previously served as President of TRC between the date of its formation on October 27, 2005 and December 31, 2011, of the General Partner of TRP between October 2006 and December 31, 2011 and of TRI between February 2004 and December 31, 2011. He was a consultant for the TRI predecessor company during 2003. Mr. Perkins was an independent consultant in the energy industry from 2002 through 2003 and was an active partner in an outdoor advertising firm during a portion of such time period. Mr. Perkins served as President and Chief Operating Officer for the Wholesale Businesses, Wholesale Group and Power Generation Group of Reliant Resources, Inc. and its parent/predecessor companies, from 1998 to 2002 and Vice President, Corporate Planning and Development, of Houston Industries from 1996 to 1998. He served as Vice President, Business Development, of Coral from 1995 to 1996 and as Director, Business Development, of Tejas from 1994 to 1995. Prior to 1994, Mr. Perkins held various positions with the consulting firm of McKinsey & Company and with an exploration and production company. Mr. Perkins graduated with honors from Texas A&M University and with distinction from Harvard Business School.
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James W. Whalen
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James W. Whalen has served as Advisor to Chairman and CEO of TRC, the General Partner of TRP and TRI since January 1, 2012 and as a director of TRC since its formation on October 27, 2005, of the General Partner of TRP since February 2007 and of TRI between 2004 and December 2010. Mr. Whalen previously served as Executive Chairman of the Board of TRC and TRI between October 25, 2010 and December 31, 2011 and of the General Partner of TRP between December 15, 2010 and December 31, 2011. He also served as President-Finance and Administration of TRC and TRI between January 2006 and October 2010 and the General Partner of TRP between October 2006 and December 2010 and for various Targa subsidiaries since November 2005. Between October 2002 and October 2005, Mr. Whalen served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Parker Drilling Company. Between January 2000 and October 2002, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Diversified Diagnostic Products, Inc. He served as Chief Commercial Officer of Coral from February 1998 through January 2000. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Tejas from 1992 to 1998.
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Ruth I. Dreessen
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Ruth I. Dreessen has served as a director of the General Partner of TRP since February 6, 2013. Ms. Dreessen is a Managing Director of Lion Chemical Capital, LLC where she has been employed since October 2010. Ms. Dreessen is also a director of Gevo, Inc. and Versar, Inc. Ms Dreessen served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TPC Group, Inc. from November 2005 to May 2010. Before joining TPC Group, she served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Westlake Chemical Corp. from 2003 to 2005. Ms. Dreessen spent 21 years at JP Morgan Securities and predecessor companies ultimately as a Managing Director of chemicals investment banking, focused on leveraged and private equity transactions in chemicals and related industries.
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In Seon Hwang
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In Seon Hwang has served as a director of the General Partner of TRP since February 2011, of TRC between May 2006 and February 2013 and of TRI between May 2006 and December 2010. Mr. Hwang is a Member and Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC and a general partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., where he has been employed since 2004, and became a partner of Warburg Pincus & Co. in 2009. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Mr. Hwang worked at GSC Partners, a distressed investment firm, from 2002 until 2004, the M&A group at Goldman Sachs from 1998 to 2000, and the Boston Consulting Group from 1997 to 1998. He is also a director of Competitive Power Ventures, Gulf Coast Energy Resources, LLC, Omega Energia Renovavel S.A. and Venari LLC and serves on the investment committee of Sheridan Production Partners LLC. Mr. Hwang serves as a director because certain investment funds managed by Warburg Pincus LLC, for whom Mr. Hwang is a managing director and member, previously controlled us through their ownership of securities in TRC.
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Robert B. Evans
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Robert B. Evans has served as a director of the General Partner of TRP since February 2007. Mr. Evans is also a director of New Jersey Resources Corporation and Sprague Resources GP LLC. Mr. Evans was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Duke Energy Americas, a business unit of Duke Energy Corp., from January 2004 until his retirement in March 2006. Mr. Evans served as the transition executive for Energy Services, a business unit of Duke Energy, during 2003. Mr. Evans also served as President of Duke Energy Gas Transmission beginning in 1998 and was named President and Chief Executive Officer in 2002. Prior to his employment at Duke Energy, Mr. Evans served as Vice President of marketing and regulatory affairs for Texas Eastern Transmission and Algonquin Gas Transmission from 1996 to 1998.
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Barry R. Pearl
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Barry R. Pearl has served as a director of the General Partner of TRP since February 2007. Mr. Pearl is Executive Vice President of Kealine LLC (and its WesPac Energy LLC affiliate), a private developer and operator of petroleum infrastructure facilities and is a director of Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company, Kayne Anderson/Midstream Energy Fund and Magellan Midstream Holdings, L.P., the general partner of Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. Mr. Pearl served as President and Chief Executive Officer of TEPPCO Partners from May 2002 until December 2005 and as President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2001 through April 2002. Mr. Pearl served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Maverick Tube Corporation from June 1998 until December 2000. From 1984 to 1998, Mr. Pearl was Vice President of Operations, Senior Vice President of business development and planning and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline Partners, L.P.
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William D. Sullivan
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William D. Sullivan has served as a director of the General Partner of TRP since February 2007. Mr. Sullivan is a director of SM Energy Company, where he serves as a non-executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Sullivan is also a director of Legacy Reserves GP, LLC, Tetra Technologies, Inc. and Compressco Partners GP, LLC. Mr. Sullivan served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Leor Energy LP from June 15, 2005 to August 5, 2005. Between 1981 and August 2003, Mr. Sullivan was employed in various capacities by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, including serving as Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production between August 2001 and August 2003. Since Mr. Sullivan’s departure from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in August 2003, he has served on various private energy company boards.
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