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J. MICHAEL WILDER

Mr. Wilder is associate general counsel of Marathon Oil Company. Prior to his current position, he served as general counsel and secretary for Marathon Petroleum Company LLC.

Mr. Wilder received a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky in 1975 and Juris Doctorate from University of Kentucky College of Law in 1978. He joined Ashland Petroleum Company division of Ashland Inc. as a staff attorney in Russell, Kentucky, in August 1978. In 1984 he was promoted to senior attorney.

In 1986 he transferred to Ashland’s Valvoline Oil Company subsidiary in Lexington, Kentucky, where he served as senior attorney. In 1988 he was named vice president and general counsel for Ashland’s SuperAmerica convenience store group Lexington. In addition to law, his responsibilities with SuperAmerica at various times included real estate; design and construction; environmental, health and safety; and marketing. In 1995 he served as regional vice president for SuperAmerica's Northwest Region based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1996 he was appointed to lead a reengineering effort for SuperAmerica's store operations. In connection with the Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC joint venture he participated in the retail transition team until his appointment as general counsel and secretary for Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC in November 1997. In September 2009 he assumed his current position as associate general counsel.

Mr. Wilder attended the Ashland Oil, Inc. Executive Development Program at Indiana University in 1990 and the Program for Management Development at Harvard University in 1995. He participated in Leadership Kentucky in 1997. Mr. Wilder has served as secretary-treasurer and president of The Findlay/Hancock County Bar Association, and as chairman of the Owens Community College Foundation Board of Directors and Kentucky Council on Child Abuse Board of Directors.