Mr. Nichols is vice president of Human Resources and Administrative Services for Marathon Petroleum Company LLC.
Mr. Nichols holds a master's degree in labor and industrial relations and a bachelor's degree in advertising from Michigan State University. He was selected to attend Marathon Advanced Management Program in 1984 and the Advanced Human Resource Executive Program at the University of Michigan Business School in 2002.
Mr. Nichols began his employment with Marathon Oil Company in 1977 as an employee relations representative in the Corporate Industrial Relations Organization. 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 was promoted in 1986 to manager of Human Resources, Refining, Marketing and Transportation. With the formation of Marathon Ashland Petroleum Company LLC* in January 1998, Mr. Nichols was promoted to vice president, Human Resources. He was named to his current position in June 2003.
Mr. Nichols serves on the Board of Managers for Pilot Travel Centers LLC. He also serves on the Blanchard Valley Health Association Board of Trustees and the United Way of Hancock County Board of Trustees and Executive Committee in Findlay, Ohio. |