Peter T. Gelfman Joins Northern Tier Energy LLC as Vice President & General Counsel
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Tier Energy LLC announced today that Peter T. Gelfman has joined the company as its Vice President & General Counsel, effective immediately.
"Peter is a great addition to the Northern Tier Energy senior management team," said Mario E. Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer of Northern Tier Energy. "As a highly experienced General Counsel, he is well qualified to lead and develop our corporate law department based on his background as a General Counsel in other manufacturing companies as well as his experience as a federal prosecutor and an attorney in private practice."
Most recently, Mr. Gelfman, 47, was the General Counsel and Secretary of Handy & Harman Ltd since April 2008. Handy & Harman Ltd is a diversified global industrial company.
Prior to joining Handy & Harman Ltd, Mr. Gelfman served as the Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel for Rheem Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of water heaters and HVAC equipment, from June 2006 to April 2008 and as Rheem's Deputy General Counsel from July 2005 to June 2006. Mr. Gelfman was a Senior Associate General Counsel for Sequa Corporation, a diversified industrial company, from June 1999 through June 2005 and was a Senior Attorney for Westvaco Corporation, now Mead Westvaco, from June 1996 through June 1999. Additionally, Mr. Gelfman served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Criminal Division, from February 1992 through May 1996. Mr. Gelfman began his legal career as a litigation associate with the New York City law firm, Cravath, Swaine & Moore from September 1989 through December 1991.
Mr. Gelfman received an AB degree in Government, magna cum laude, from Harvard College in 1986 and a JD Degree from the Yale Law School in 1989.
About Northern Tier Energy
Northern Tier Energy LLC is an independent downstream energy company headquartered in Ridgefield, CT with refining, retail, and pipeline operations serving the PADD II region of the United States. The company was established to own and operate the St. Paul Park Refinery as well as a retail network of SuperAmerica brand convenience stores and a 17% equity interest in the Minnesota Pipeline.
SOURCE Northern Tier Energy LLC
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