Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC

John E. Lowe is assistant to ConocoPhillips’ chief executive officer. In this role, Lowe represents the company in many of its external relationships and provides assistance on special assignments. Lowe served as executive vice president of Exploration & Production in 2007, and executive vice president of Commercial in 2006. Prior to that, he was executive vice president, Planning, Strategy and Corporate Affairs since 2002, and senior vice president, Corporate Strategy and Development since 2001. He was named senior vice president of Planning and Strategic Transactions in 2000, after serving as vice president of Planning and Strategic Transactions since 1999. Lowe joined the company in 1981. Lowe currently serves on the board of directors for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. He is a former board member of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, DCP Midstream, DCP Partners, the 66 Federal Credit Union, and OK Mozart. Lowe was born in 1959 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He received a bachelor of science degree in finance and accounting from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1981.

Patricia E. Yarrington is vice president and chief financial officer of Chevron Corporation, a position she assumed in January 2009. A native of Orange, N.J., Yarrington earned a bachelor's degree in political science in 1977 from Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., and a master's degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, in Evanston, Ill. Yarrington joined Chevron in 1980 and held various financial and analytical positions in the corporation and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. In 1986, she was named manager of investor relations for the corporation. She went on to hold supervisory positions of increasing responsibility in Chevron Products Co., Chevron U.S.A. Production Co., and Chevron Research and Technology Co. In 1995, she was named manager of credit card enterprises for marketing department of Chevron Products Co. In June 1997, she was named comptroller for Chevron Products Co. In March 1998, she was appointed president of Chevron Canada Ltd., a petroleum products refining and marketing company, headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. In August 2000, Yarrington was named vice president of strategic planning for Chevron, responsible for advising senior corporate executives in setting strategic direction, allocating capital, determining operating unit performance measures and targets, and significant mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. In November 2002, she was named vice president of policy, government and public affairs for Chevron. In this capacity, she oversaw U.S. and international government relations, all aspects of corporate communications, and the company's worldwide efforts in community outreach. In April 2007, she was named corporate vice president and treasurer of Chevron Corporation. In this capacity, she oversaw the company's financing strategies and cash management activities. Yarrington is on the board of directors of Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., a 50-50 joint venture with ConocoPhillips Petroleum, one of the world's top commodity chemicals producers. Yarrington currently serves on the San Francisco Federal Reserve's Board of Directors.