Chief Executive Officer and President of Monroe Energy, LLC, the Trainer Refinery

As an industry recognized visionary leader and author with a proven track record, Jeff Warmann accepted the challenge of leading the newly acquired Monroe Energy, LLC, the Trainer Refinery, as Chief Executive Officer and President. An energetic, creative refining, and marketing executive he combines management, refining, and marketing skills to enhance companies and growth-oriented organizations. Jeff’s unique style of leadership led to the successful start-up of Monroe Energy, LLC. Surpassing all expectations, the Warmann team completed the start-up and produced jet fuel for Delta Airlines, the parent company, ahead of schedule. With over 30 years of refining industry experience in the chemical and petroleum industry, including extensive experience in petroleum refining, marketing, trading, supply, and distribution operations, Jeff combines extensive knowledge with an entrepreneurial zest for identifying opportunities, integrating assets, and assembling teams to capitalize on potential for growth and to bring those opportunities to fruition. As the Refinery Manager at Murphy Oil, USA Inc., Jeff led the Meraux Refinery to set all-time safety, environmental compliance, and throughput records. His uncompromising pursuit of excellence and inspirational leadership contributed to Meraux’s improvement from a 4th quartile Solomon refinery into a 2nd quartile refinery in less than one year. Additionally, under his leadership, Meraux’s average net income continually improved to a positive $10-20MM per month versus losing $10-20MM per month. Serving as Senior Consultant at Whitewater Strategies, Jeff developed a restructuring plan to increase the profitability of a Louisiana Gulf Coast Refinery. He was the steward of efforts to improve the turnaround team and renew the refinery’s focus on increased performance. Jeff’s career includes a number of leadership roles. At Frontier Refining & Marketing, Inc., he served as the Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development. He played a key role in searching for, developing, evaluating, negotiating, and transitioning merger and acquisition opportunities. At Western Refining Company, while serving as Manager of Special Projects, Jeff was responsible for the capital budget investment of $500MM Clean Fuels and Expansion Projects, including a DHDS expansion, a new Hydrogen plant, a new Prime G+ plant, a new LSR NHT plant, two new Amine plants, a new Sour Water Stripping plant, a revamped infrastructure, and OSBL associated work. Other industry experiences include International Alliance Group, The Williams Companies, Process Services, Inc., EDECO, Inc., Warmann Oil Company, Fina Oil and Chemical Company, and Colorado Specialty Chemicals. Jeff is an author and inventor and has co-authored two books: Effective FCC Revamp Management Leads to Substantial Benefits, National Petrochemical and Refiners’ Association Annual Meeting, March 2000, and Fast-tracked FCC Revamp Meets Project Goals, Oil and Gas Journal, June 2000. Jeff served as the lead co-inventor of eight patents concerning additive injection and ratio blending. Jeff holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of Missouri in St. Louis, Missouri, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. A man with a balanced life, Jeff is a devoted husband and father of two.