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Fred Palmer is Senior Vice President of Government Relations. He joined Peabody in February 2001 and is responsible for advancing state and federal policies related to the production and use of coal. Prior to joining Peabody Energy, he served for 15 years as chief executive officer of Western Fuels Association, Inc. He most recently served as counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Shook Hardy & Bacon, a Kansas City-based law firm.
Fred is a 2004 recipient of the Erskine Ramsay Medal Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, is a member of the National Coal Council's (NCC) Executive Committee and is Chairman of NCC's Coal Policy Committee. Fred is also Peabody's representative on the Board of Directors of the FutureGen Alliance. | 