William H. Shea Jr.
Director

Mr. Shea has been serving as a director and the Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of Penn Virginia Resource Partners L.P. (PVR), a coal and midstream MLP, since March 2010. From March 2010 to March 2011, he also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of PennVirginiaGP Holdings, L.P. (PVG), which owned the general partner of PVR until it was merged into PVR in March 2011. Mr. Shea previously served as a director of Penn Virginia Corporation (PVA), an independent natural gas and oil company. Mr. Shea was previously with the general partner of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (BPL), a petroleum products MLP, serving as Chairman from May 2004 to July 2007, Chief Executive Officer and President from September 2000 to July 2007 and President and Chief Operating Officer from July 1998 to September 2000. He was also Chairman of the general partner of Buckeye GP Holdings, L.P. (BGH), the owner of the general partner of BPL, from August 2006 to July 2007 and Chief Executive Officer and President from May 2004 to July 2007. Mr. Shea held various managerial and executive positions during his tenure with Buckeye, which he joined in 1996. Prior to Buckeye, Mr. Shea worked for Union Pacific Corporation, UGI Development Company and Laidlaw Environmental Services. Mr. Shea also serves as director for Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC, a natural gas storage partnership, and Gibson Energy ULC, a midstream energy company. Mr. Shea's extensive executive experience in the MLP sector and the energy industry, as well as his board experience as a director of several energy-related companies allows him to provide the Boards of the Companies with insight into the specific industries in which the Companies invest.