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Management Team
Irl F. Engelhardt
Irl Engelhardt serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Patriot Coal Corporation. Prior to the spin-off of Patriot from Peabody Energy, Mr. Engelhardt served as Chairman and a director of Peabody. Previously, he held various officer level positions with Peabody and its predecessor companies, including sales, business development and administrative areas.
Irl has previously served as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Chairman of the National Mining Association, the Coal Industry Advisory Board of the International Energy Agency, the Center for Energy and Economic Development and the Coal Utilization Research Council, as well as Co-Chairman of the Coal Based Generation Stakeholders Group. He has also served as a director of The Williams Companies, Inc. and Valero Energy Corporation.
Bennett K. Hatfield
Ben Hatfield is Patriot Coal's President & Chief Operating Officer.
Previously, Ben was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of International Coal Group, prior to the June 2011 sale of that company. He has held a number of other key executive operating and commercial positions during his 30-plus years in the coal industry, including President, Eastern Operations of Arch Coal, Inc., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Massey Energy Company, and Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer of Coastal Coal Company.
Ben is a board member of the West Virginia Coal Association and a past board member of the NMA.
Ben is a Licensed Professional Engineer with a Bachelor of Science degree in mining engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Mark N. Schroeder
Mark Schroeder is Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for Patriot Coal.
Previously, Mark held several key management positions with Peabody Energy, most recently serving as President of Peabody China from 2005 to 2007. He also served as Vice President of Materials Management, Vice President of Business Development and as Controller.
Mark has more than 30 years of business experience, including as Chief Financial Officer of Behlmann Automotive Group, Chief Financial Officer of Franklin Equity Leasing Company and financial management positions with McDonnell Douglas Corporation and Ernst & Young, LLP.
Mark is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville.
Joseph W. Bean
Joe Bean is Patriot Coal's Senior Vice President - Law & Administration, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary. Joe has responsibility for all human resources, legal and corporate secretary functions for Patriot.
Previously, Joe served as Vice President & Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary for Peabody Energy. During his tenure at Peabody, Joe directed the company's legal and compliance activities related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate finance and securities matters.
Joe has 23 years of corporate law experience, including 19 years as in-house legal counsel. Joe was counsel and assistant corporate secretary for The Quaker Oats Company prior to its acquisition by PepsiCo in 2001 and assistant general counsel for Pet Incorporated prior to its 1995 acquisition by Pillsbury. He also served as a corporate law associate with the law firms of Mayer, Brown & Platt in Chicago and Thompson & Mitchell in St. Louis.
Joe holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois and a Juris Doctorate from Northwestern University School of Law.
Robert W. Bennett
Bob Bennett is Patriot Coal's Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer.
Previously, Bob served as Patriot's Senior Vice President of Sales and Trading and was responsible for Patriot's thermal coal sales and its brokerage function. Bob has over 22 years of experience in the coal sales, marketing and trading arena, including senior-level positions at Patriot Coal, Magnum Coal, Peabody Energy, and AGIP Coal.
Bob holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Marshall University.
Charles A. Ebetino, Jr.
Chuck Ebetino is Senior Vice President - Global Strategy & Corporate Development.
Most recently, Chuck was Patriot's Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Chuck served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Patriot Coal and as Senior Vice President of Business and Resource Development for Peabody Energy. He also served as Senior Vice President of Market Development for Peabody's sales and marketing subsidiary.
Chuck joined Peabody in 2003 after more than 25 years with American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP) where he served in a number of management roles in the fuel procurement and supply group, including Senior Vice President of fuel supply and President & Chief Operating Officer of AEP's coal mining and coal-related subsidiaries from 1993 until 2002.
Chuck is a past board member of the National Mining Association (NMA), former Chairman of the NMA Environmental Committee, a former Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute's Power Generation Subject Area Committee, a former Chairman of the Inland Waterway Users Board, and a past board member and president of the Western Coal Transportation Association.
Chuck has a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also attended the New York University School of Business for graduate study in finance.
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