Jerry E. Thompson

President and Chief Executive Officer

Jerry E. Thompson is president and chief executive officer of the general partner of TEPPCO Partners, L.P., one of the largest publicly traded pipeline limited partnerships. Thompson also serves on the board of Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC.

Thompson joined TEPPCO in April 2006 after a distinguished 35 year career with CITGO Petroleum Corporation. At the time of his retirement from CITGO in March 2006, Thompson had served as chief operating officer of CITGO since 2003. During his career, Thompson advanced from a process engineer to positions of increasing responsibility in the operations, supply and logistics, business development, planning and financial aspects of CITGO, including his election as Vice President of Refining in 1987 and as senior vice president in 1998.

A native of Denver, Colorado, Thompson earned a bachelor of science degree in Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and has attended executive and leadership development courses at Cornell University, Harvard Business School and Wharton.