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Rodney P. Nichols

Mr. Nichols is vice president of Human Resources and Administrative Services for Marathon Petroleum Company LLC. He joined Marathon in 1977 and was named to his current position in June 2003.

Mr. Nichols' present job responsibilities include directing the Downstream human resources activities including compensation, benefits, payroll, human resources information services, organizational development, diversity, EEO and recruiting and placement. He is also responsible for the development, coordination and consistent application and administration of Downstream and SSA human resources policies, programs, plans and procedures including performance management and labor relations. In addition, he oversees the administrative services for the Findlay Office Complex, which includes facilities management, graphic and video services, telecommunications and records management. Findlay's aviation department, including pilots and maintenance staff and the overall operations of the facility, also report to Mr. Nichols.

With the formation of Marathon Ashland Petroleum Company LLC,* in January 1998, Mr. Nichols was promoted to vice president, Human Resources. Mr. Nichols was appointed manager of Human Resources, Refining, Marketing and Transportation in 1986. After an assignment in the Company's Northeastern production district, he served in a number of employee relations management positions in the Anchorage, Alaska, and Casper, Wyoming, production divisions and in the Louisiana and Texas refining divisions. Mr. Nichols joined Marathon as an employee relations representative in the Corporate Industrial Relations organization.

Mr. Nichols holds a bachelor's degree in advertising and a master's degree in labor and industrial relations from Michigan State University, Michigan. He was selected to attend Marathon's advanced management program in 1984 and the advanced human resource executive program at the University of Michigan, Michigan, Business School in 2002.

Mr. Nichols serves on the Blanchard Valley Health Association board of trustees, is the chairman of the board of trustees for the Blanchard Valley Medical Practice LLC, and the United Way of Hancock County board of trustees and executive committee in Findlay, Ohio.

*Name changed to Marathon Petroleum Company LLC, Sept. 1, 2005