• MASSEY ENERGY CORP Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 2.52 M
    Mr. Blankenship has been our Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President since November 30, 2000, and has been Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of A.T. Massey Coal Company, Inc., our wholly owned and sole, direct operating subsidiary, since 1992. Mr. Blankenship also serves as a director of the Center for Energy and Economic Development, the National Mining Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
    Total Compensation: $ 1.27 M
    Mr. Adkins has been Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since July 2003. Mr. Adkins joined the Company's subsidiary, Rawl Sales & Processing Co., in 1985 to work in underground mining. Since that time, he has served as section foreman, plant supervisor, President and Vice President of several subsidiaries, President of the Company's Eagle Energy subsidiary, Director of Production of Massey Coal Services, Inc. and Vice President of Underground Production.
    Total Compensation: $ 382,717.00
    Mr. Tolbert has been Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November 2004. Mr. Tolbert served as Corporate Controller from 1999 to 2004. He joined the Company in 1992 as a financial analyst and subsequently served as Director of Financial Reporting. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Tolbert worked for the public accounting firm Arthur Andersen from 1990 to 1992.
    Baxter F. Phillips, Jr. - Chief Administrative Officer
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Phillips has been a director since May 22, 2007. He is a member of the Finance and Safety, Environmental and Public Policy Committees. Mr. Phillips has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer since November 2004. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from September 2003 to November 2004, and as Vice President and Treasurer from October 2000 to August 2003. Mr. Phillips joined us in 1981 and has also served in the roles of Corporate Treasurer, Manager of Export Sales and Corporate Human Resources Manager, among others. Prior to joining us, he held various investment and banking positions, including management of fixed income for the Virginia Retirement System, Group Head in the corporate banking division of the former American Security Bank in Washington, D.C. and Cash Management Officer at the former United Virginia Bankshares, Inc. in Richmond, Virginia. He holds a bachelors of science in business management and a masters degree in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.
    David W. Owings - Chief Accounting Officer
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Owings has been Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer since November 2004. Mr. Owings previously served as Manager of Financial Reporting since joining the Company in 2001. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Owings worked at Ernst & Young LLP, the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, serving as a manager from January 2001 through September 2001 and as a senior auditor from October 1998 through January 2001 in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services group.
    M. Shane Harvey - General Counsel
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Harvey has been Vice President and General Counsel since January 2008. He served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel from November 2006 until January 2008 and as Corporate Counsel and Senior Corporate Counsel from April 2000 until November 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Harvey was an attorney at the law firm of Jackson Kelly PLLC in Charleston, West Virginia from May 1994 until April 2000.
    Thomas J. Dostart - General Counsel
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Dostart has been Vice President, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary since May 2003. He served from 1997 to April 2003 as General Counsel & Assistant Secretary for Alliance Coal, LLC. Mr. Dostart previously served as Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary for National Auto Credit, Inc., and as a corporate and securities attorney with oil and gas companies Amoco Corporation and Diamond Shamrock, Inc., and the law firms of Jones Day and Arter & Hadden.
    Richard R. Grinnan - Vice President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Grinnan has been Vice President and Corporate Secretary since May 2006. He served as Senior Corporate Counsel from July 2004 until May 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Grinnan was a corporate and securities attorney at the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP in Richmond, Virginia from August 2000 until July 2004.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    On May 13, 2008, the Board of Massey Energy Company duly appointed Stanley C. Suboleski as a Class I director to serve until the Annual Meeting of the Registrant"s stockholders in 2009. He has been named to the Finance Committee and the Safety, Environmental and Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Suboleski served as a Commissioner of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission from June 2003 until his term expired in August 2006. Since that time he has provided mining engineering consulting services, including certain consulting services to the Registrant. From December 2001 through May 2003, Mr. Suboleski came out of retirement to serve as Executive Vice President and Interim Chief Operating Officer of the Registrant. Following his retirement in December 1997 as Vice President, Operations " Strategy for A.T. Massey Coal Company, Inc. and President of United Coal Company, both subsidiaries of the Registrant, Mr. Suboleski served as a Professor and as the Department Head of Mining and Minerals Engineering at Virginia Tech from August 2000 to August 2001. From 1993 though 1997 and from 1981 through 1988, Mr. Suboleski held several positions with subsidiaries of the Registrant. He received his B.S. and PhD degrees in Mining Engineering from Penn State and his M.S. degree in Mining Engineering from Virginia Tech.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Lady Judge has been a director since February 19, 2008. She is a member of the Finance, Governance and Nominating, and Safety, Environmental, and Public Policy Committees. Lady Judge was appointed to the Board of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in September 2002 and became its chair in May 2004. A United States trained lawyer, Lady Judge has had a career in international banking and financial regulation during which she held several positions that included Director at News International Ltd, Board Director at Samuel Montagu & Co. and a Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Lady Judge currently serves on the Board of the following publicly traded companies: Bakaert nv, an advanced metal transformation and advanced materials and coatings company, Friends Provident plc, a financial services group, Hardy Underwriting Group, an insurer/reinsurer operating within Lloyd's of London, Magna International Inc., a leading global supplier of technology advanced automotive components, Nationwide Accident Repair Services plc, an automotive crash repair and accident administration services company, Planet Payment, Inc., a multi-currency payment processor, Portmeiron Group plc, a marketing and manufacturing company for homeware items, Private Equity Investor plc, an investment company, Quintain Estates and Development plc, a property and development company, and Robert Walters plc, a professional recruitment consultant company. Lady Judge is also Chairman of the Governing Body of the School of Oriental & African Studies, a Public Member of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants, and a Member of the Trilateral Commission.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Gabrys has been a director since May 22, 2007. He is Chairman of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Executive, Governance and Nominating, and Safety, Environmental, and Public Policy Committees. Mr. Gabrys retired as Vice Chairman of Deloitte & Touche LLP in May 2004. Mr. Gabrys served for 42 years with Deloitte & Touche in public accounting serving a variety of publicly held companies, with a focus on automotive manufacturing companies, energy companies, financial services institutions and health care entities. He completed his stint as Interim Dean of the School of Business Administration of Wayne State University in August 2007. Mr. Gabrys serves as a director of the following publicly traded companies: CMS Energy Company, an integrated energy company, La-Z-Boy Incorporated, a residential furniture producer, and TriMas Corporation, a manufacturer of high-quality trailer products, recreational accessories, packaging systems, energy products and industrial specialty products. Mr. Gabrys previously served as a director of Dana Corporation, a supplier of drivetrain, chassis, structural and engine technologies, until January 2008. On March 3, 2006, Dana Corporation and its U.S. domestic subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Gabrys also serves on the boards of the following tax-exempt entities: The Detroit Institute of Arts, the Karmanos Cancer Institute, Alliance for Safer Streets in Detroit (Crime Stoppers), Detroit Regional Chamber, Ave Maria College and Ave Maria University.
    Mark A. Clemens, CPA - Senior VP, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Clemens has been Senior Vice President, Group Operations since July 2007. From January 2003 to July 2007, Mr. Clemens was President of Massey Coal Services, Inc. Mr. Clemens was formerly President of Independence Coal Company, Inc., one of he Company's operating subsidiaries, from 2000 through December 2002 and Corporate Controller from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Clemens has held a number of other accounting positions and has been with the Company since 1989. Mr. Clemens received a B.B.A in Accounting from Marshall University in 1989 and is a Certified Public Accountant.
    Michael K. Snelling - Vice President, Subsidiary
    Total Compensation: $ 908,490.00
    Mr. Snelling has been Vice President, Surface Operations of the Company's subsidiary, Massey Coal Services, Inc. since June 2005. Mr. Snelling was formerly Director of Surface Mining of Massey Coal Services, Inc. from July 2003 until May 2005. Mr. Snelling joined the Company in 2000 and has served in a variety of capacities, including President of the Company's subsidiary, Nicholas Energy Co. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Snelling held various positions in the coal industry including engineer, production supervisor, plant supervisor, general foreman, manager of contract mining, superintendent, mine manager and vice president of operations.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Crawford has been a director since February 7, 2005. He is Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee and is a member of the Audit, Compensation, Executive, and Safety, Environmental and Public Policy Committees. Mr. Crawford has been a consultant for Evan Energy Investments, LC, a Richmond, Virginia based company with coal interests in China and Venezuela, since February 2004. Since December 2005, he has served as Chairman of InterAmerican Coal Holding S.A., an Evan Energy investment, which produces coal in Venezuela and purchases coal for resale in Columbia. Mr. Crawford previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of James River Coal Company from its founding in 1988 until March 2003. In late 2002 in the midst of the weakest coal market in more than thirty years, Mr. Crawford recommended to the company's creditors and long-term customers a plan for financial restructuring of James River Coal Company. The creditors chose not to accept the plan and Mr. Crawford voluntarily resigned on March 17, 2003. On March 25, 2003, James River Coal Company and its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Mr. Crawford was retired from March 2003 until becoming a consultant to Evan Energy Investments L.C. in February 2004. He also is Chair Emeritus and a member of the Board of Trustees of Colby College and currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Richmond Foundation.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    General Foglesong, U.S. Air Force (retired), has been a director since February 21, 2006. General Foglesong has been President of Mississippi State University since April 16, 2006. In March 2008, he announced his departure effective no later than June 30, 2008. He also has been President and Executive Director of the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, a Charleston, West Virginia based non-profit organization focused on identifying and supporting the next generation of leaders in Appalachia, since February 1, 2006. After reaching the rank of four star general, he retired from the U.S. Air Force on February 1, 2006, following 33 years of U.S. military service in over 130 countries. He is a director of Michael Baker Corporation, an engineering and energy management firm, and a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Council on Foreign Relations. General Foglesong is also a member of the 4H National Advisory Board. General Foglesong also was appointed by the President of the United States to Co-Chair the U.S. Russia Joint Commission on POWs/MIAs.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Gee has been a director since November 30, 2000. He is Chairman of the Safety, Environmental and Public Policy Committee and is a member of the Audit, Executive, and Governance and Nominating Committees. Mr. Gee returned to The Ohio State University as its President in 2007, a position he held from 1990 to 1998. He most recently has served as the Chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 2000 to 2007 and previously served as President of Brown University from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Gee also serves as a director of the following publicly traded companies: Gaylord Entertainment Company, a specialty lodging and entertainment company; Hasbro, Inc., a children and family leisure time entertainment company; and Limited Brands, Inc., a specialty retailer. He previously served on numerous other publicly traded and private company boards.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Admiral Inman, U.S. Navy (retired), has been a director since 1985. He is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Executive and Governance and Nominating Committees. He serves as the Lead Independent Director. Admiral Inman has been a tenured professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin since August 2001, holding the Lyndon Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy. He served as Interim Dean from January 2005 until December 2005, and adjunct professor at the University of Texas from 1987 until August 2004. Admiral Inman previously served as Director of the National Security Agency and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a managing director of Gefinor Ventures, Inc., an early stage venture capital firm, and has over 20 years experience in venture capital investments. Admiral Inman previously served on numerous NYSE publicly traded company and other boards.
    Dan R. Moore - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Moore has been a director since January 22, 2002. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation, Executive, Finance, Governance and Nominating, and Safety, Environmental and Public Policy Committees. Mr. Moore has been the Chairman of Moore Group, Inc., which owns multiple automobile dealerships in West Virginia and Kentucky, since 1999. He previously served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the former Matewan BancShares, a multi-bank holding company, from 1981 to 1999, which he joined as a loan officer in 1963. Mr. Moore also serves as a director of the West Virginia University Foundation, and previously served on other boards and foundations.
    Total Compensation: $ —
    John M. Poma - Divisional Vice President
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Poma has been Vice President, Human Resources since April 2003. Mr. Poma served as Corporate Counsel from 1996 until 2000 and as Senior Corporate Counsel from 2000 through March 2003. Prior to joining the Company in 1996, Mr. Poma was an employment attorney with the law firms of Midkiff & Hiner in Richmond, Virginia and Jenkins, Fenstermaker, Krieger, Kayes & Farrell in Huntington, West Virginia.
    Michael D. Bauersachs - Vice President, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Bauersachs has been Vice President, Planning since May 2005. Mr. Bauersachs joined the Company in 1998, and served as Director of Acquisitions from 1998 until 2005. Prior to joining Massey, Mr. Bauersachs held various positions with Zeigler Coal Holding Company and Arch Mineral Corporation.
    Roger T. Williams - Vice President, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Williams has been Vice President, Sales since November 2006. Mr. Williams previously served as Assistant to the Office of the Chairman since July 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Williams worked for Deutsche Bank Group as an investment banker in the energy sector from July 2002 to March 2005, after attending Columbia Business School from January 2001 to June 2002.
    Total Compensation: $ 261,053.00
    Jeffrey M. Jarosinski - Divisional Vice President/Other Executive Officer
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Jarosinski has been Vice President, Finance since 1998 and Chief Compliance Officer since December 2002. From 1998 through December 2002, Mr. Jarosinski was Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jarosinski was formerly Vice President, Taxation from 1997 to 1998 and Assistant Vice President, Taxation from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Jarosinski joined the Company in 1988.