Lon C. Kile

Mr. Kile has been active in the energy industry for over thirty years. He retired as the Chief Financial Officer of Energy Transfer Company (now Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.) in 2004. Prior to Energy Transfer, he served as Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of Prize Energy Corp. from 1999-2002. Before Prize, Mr. Kile was an Executive Vice President with Pioneer Natural Resources Company. During his 14 year history with Pioneer and its predecessor, Parker and Parsley Petroleum Company, he served in numerous financial and operating positions. Prior to 1985, he worked at Arthur Young & Co. (now Ernst & Young LLP).

Mr. Kile earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University.