Oil and gas
10 Valero Energy executives
These ten current and former Valero Energy executives have held chief information officer, chief human resources officer, deputy general counsel and senior vice president roles at Valero. A reader can learn how these leaders build and run their teams in oil and gas companies.
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01—10Ashley Smith
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Corporate Development · Valero
Senior Vice President - Corporate Development at Valero, a role listed from May 2015 with no end date, though the profile headline describes Smith as retired from it. At Valero Smith was also Senior Vice President - Investor Relations, Market Analysis, Strategic Planning (2014–2015) and Vice President - Investor Relations (2009–2014).
Carlos Garcia
LinkedInExperience: SVP LatAm Commercial Ops & Director General Mexico · Valero Energy
SVP LatAm Commercial Ops & Director General Mexico at Valero Energy since January 2024, an executive-level role; the profile headline reads SVP US Wholesale & International Commercial Operations Valero Energy. Garcia is also listed as Director General Mexico - VP LatAm Commercial Operations at Valero from 2019, and was President of the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico (2024–2026).
Cheryl Thomas
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Valero
Chief Information Officer at Valero since November 2011, providing leadership and strategic and operational direction to the Information Services Department and managing corporate I/S functions, per the profile. At Valero Thomas was also Senior Vice President, Information Services (2010–2011) and Vice President, Retail Information Systems (2004–2010).
Daniel Collier
LinkedInExperience: SVP Planning & Economics · Valero
SVP Planning & Economics at Valero since June 2023, a Finance & Accounting department role in San Antonio. At Valero Collier was also SVP Product Supply & Specialty Products (2022–2023), Senior Vice President Product Supply & Trading (2019–2022) and Vice President Product Supply & Trading (2017–2019).
Greg Bram
LinkedInExperience: SVP - Supply Chain Optimization · Valero
SVP - Supply Chain Optimization at Valero, a senior Operations department role listed from December 2013 with no end date. The profile also lists VP - Optimization Planning & Economics at Valero without a start date, and Refinery Manager at Premcor Refining Group (1999–2005).
Greg Gentry
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice-President Refining Operations · Valero
Senior Vice-President Refining Operations at Valero since July 2023, a role the profile places in the Operations department at the President/Vice President level, based in San Antonio. The profile also lists VP and General Manager at Valero from July 2023 with no end date, so both roles are shown as current.
Julia Rendon Reinhart
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer · Valero
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at Valero since May 2020, an executive-level role. At Valero Reinhart was also Senior VP Human Resources & Administration (2019–2020), VP Human Resources & Administration (2018), VP Human Resources (2015–2018) and VP Human Resources Administration & Refinery Operations (2014–2015).
Kirstin I. Silberschlag
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel · Valero
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at Valero since June 2020. At Valero Silberschlag was also Vice President - Commercial and Latin American Customs & Trade Legal Services (2019–2020), Senior Managing Counsel - Commercial, Customs & Compliance (2015) and Managing Counsel - Customs & Compliance (2011–2015).
Mark Schmeltekopf
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Accounting · Valero
Former Senior Vice President - Accounting at Valero (2003–2012), a role the profile links to corporate accounting and external reporting, and former Corporate Vice President & Controller at Valero (2013–2023). Schmeltekopf was a Partner at Arthur Andersen (2000–2002) and is listed as retired from Valero since November 2023.
Stephanie Hall
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel · Valero
Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at Valero since February 2021. At Valero Hall was also Vice President - Litigation (2019–2021), Senior Managing Counsel - Litigation & Environmental (2016–2019), Managing Counsel - Environmental Litigation (2011–2016) and Senior Counsel - Environmental Litigation (2007–2011).
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Match the executive's function to your question, since a refining or supply leader, a legal officer and a corporate development or HR leader see different parts of Valero's decisions. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Valero experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Valero decide which refinery and supply chain improvements to fund?
- 02What does a technology or service vendor need to show to win support from Valero's leadership?
- 03How do Valero's legal and corporate development teams evaluate acquisitions and major contracts?
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