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Standing from left to right:
Randall J. Weisenburger, Dr. Ronald K. Calgaard, Sen. Don Nickles, Dr. Susan Purcell, Jerry D. Choate, Rayford Wilkins Jr. and Stephen M. Waters
 
Seated from left to right:
William R. Klesse, Bob Marbut, Robert A. Profusek and Ruben M. Escobedo
 
Dr. Ronald K. Calgaard
Chairman of the Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust in San Antonio, Texas; former Chairman and CEO of Austin Calvert & Flavin Inc.

Dr. Ronald K. Calgaard is Chairman of the Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust in San Antonio, Texas.  He was formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Austin Calvert & Flavin Inc., a San Antonio-based investment management firm, from 2000 to February 2006.  Dr. Calgaard served as President of Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, from 1979 until his retirement in 1999.  He is also a director of The Trust Company, N.A. and served as its Chairman from June 1999 until January 2000.  Dr. Calgaard has served as a director of Valero or its former parent company since 1996.
Jerry D. Choate
Former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Allstate Corporation

Jerry D. Choate retired from Allstate Corporation, an insurance company, at the end of 1998 where he had served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since 1995.  Mr. Choate also serves as a director of Amgen, Inc. and Van Kampen Mutual Funds.  He has served as a director of Valero since 1999.
Ruben M. Escobedo
Owner of Ruben Escobedo & Company, CPAs, in San Antonio, Texas

Ruben M. Escobedo is a Certified Public Accountant.  He owned and operated his public accounting firm, Ruben Escobedo & Company, CPAs, in San Antonio, Texas since its formation in 1977 through 2007.  Mr. Escobedo also serves as a director of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.  He has served as a director of Valero or its former parent company since 1994.
William R. Klesse
Chairman of the Board, CEO and President of Valero Energy Corporation

William R. Klesse is Valero’s Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President.  He was elected Chairman of the Board in January 2007, and was elected President in January 2008.  He previously served as Valero’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board since the end of 2005.  He served as Valero’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2003 through 2005, and as Executive Vice President-Refining and Commercial Operations since Valero’s acquisition of UDS in 2001.
Bob Marbut
Former Director and Chairman of RISCO U.S.; former director of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation

Bob Marbut retired from RISCO U.S. in 2011. He served as Director and Chairman of RISCO from 2010 to 2011. From 2004 through March 2010 he served as the Executive Chairman and Director of Electronics Line 3000, a developer, manufacturer and provider of advanced security, safety, connectivity and control solutions. He is a former Chief Executive Officer of Argyle Security, Inc., a provider of physical electronic security solutions, a company he co-founded in 2005 as Argyle Security Acquisition Corporation.  He is a director of Tupperware Brands Corporation and previously served as a director of Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.  Mr. Marbut was previously founder and Chief Executive Officer of SecTecGLOBAL, Inc. from 2002 through 2006.  He served as a director of UDS since 1990, and has served as a director of Valero since Valero’s acquisition of UDS in 2001.
Sen. Don Nickles
Retired U.S. Senator (R-Okla.); Chairman and CEO of The Nickles Group

Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) retired in January 2005 as U.S. Senator from Oklahoma after serving in the U.S. Senate for 24 years.  He had also served in the Oklahoma State Senate for two years.  During his tenure as a U.S. Senator, he was Assistant Republican Leader for six years, Chairman of the Republican Senatorial Committee, and Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.  He served as Chairman of the Budget Committee, and as a member of the Finance and Energy and Natural Resources Committees.  In 2005, he formed and is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Nickles Group, a Washington-based consulting and business venture firm.  Senator Nickles also serves on the Board of Directors of Chesapeake Energy Corporation; Fortress International Group, Inc.; and Washington Mutual Investors Fund.  He has served as a director of Valero since 2005.
Robert A. Profusek
Partner in the Jones Day law firm
Robert A. Profusek is a partner of and heads the mergers and acquisitions department of the Jones Day law firm.  His law practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, restructurings, and corporate governance matters, including compensation.  Mr. Profusek is also a director of CTS Corporation.  He has served as a director of Valero since 2005.
Dr. Susan Kaufman Purcell
Director of the Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami

Dr. Susan Kaufman Purcell is Director of the Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami.  The Center examines political, economic, financial, trade and security issues in Latin America, as well as U.S. - Latin America relations.  Dr. Purcell previously served as Vice President of the Council of the Americas, a non-profit business organization of Fortune 500 companies with investments in Latin America, and of the Americas Society, a non-profit educational institution, both in New York City.  Dr. Purcell has been a director of Valero or its former parent company since 1994.
Stephen M. Waters
Managing Partner of Compass Advisers LLP; Chief Executive of Compass Partners European Equity Fund

Stephen M. Waters has been the managing partner of Compass Advisers LLP since 1996 and the Chief Executive of Compass Partners European Equity Fund since 2005. From 1988 to 1996, he served in several capacities at Morgan Stanley, including Co-Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions department from 1990 to 1992, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Europe from 1992 to 1996 and as a member of the firm’s worldwide Firm Operating Committee from 1992 to 1996.  From 1974 to 1988, he was with Lehman Brothers, co-founding the Mergers and Acquisitions department in 1977, becoming a partner in 1980 and serving as Co-Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions department from 1985 to 1988.  Mr. Waters is also a director of Boston Private Financial Holdings, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Boston University School of Public Health, Acting Chairman of the United States Naval Institute, and Co-Chairman of the Harvard College Fund.  He has served as a director of Valero since 2008.
Randall J. Weisenburger
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Omnicom Group, Inc.

Randall J. Weisenburger is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Omnicom Group, Inc.  Before joining Omnicom, Mr. Weisenburger was a founding member of Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc. and a former member of the First Boston Corporation. Mr. Weisenburger other corporate board service includes the Carnival Corporation and Carnival PLC as well as The Health Hospital Corporation. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers for the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Board of Trustees for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Foundation.
Rayford Wilkins Jr.
CEO-Diversified Business of AT&T
 
Rayford Wilkins Jr., is CEO-Diversified Business of AT&T, responsible for international investments, AT&T Interactive, AT&T Advertising Solutions, Sterling Commerce, Customer Information Services and the consumer wireless initiative in India.  Mr. Wilkins has held several other leadership positions at AT&T and its predecessor companies.  He also serves on the boards of Teléfonos de México and América Móvil, The Tiger Woods Foundation, the National Urban League and the Advisory Council of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.