Jeff A. Stevens

Jeff A. Stevens (born in 1963) is a American businessman in the oil industry.^[1]

Current executive roles

Stevens is the Director, President, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Western Refining, Inc. He has held these positions since 2005, 2009 and 2010 respectively. He also holds these key roles at: Giant Four Corners, Inc., Giant Stop-N-Go Of New Mexico, Inc., Western Refining Yorktown Holding Company, Western Refining GP, LLC, and San Juan Refining Company, Vomaris Innovations, Inc.^[2]

For the 2013 fiscal year, Stevens’ total compensation was $3,648,467.^[3]

Employment history

Stevens has more than two-and-a-half decades of experience in the oil-based industry. Before taking on his current roles at Western Refining, he held other key roles including: Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. Before his work at Western Refining, Stevens held the roles of: Senior Vice President of Supply and Marketing (Giant Industries, Inc.), VP of Supply and Marketing (Phoenix Fuel) Director (Northern Tier Energy GP LLC), General Partner (Northern Tier Energy LP).^[4]

Philanthropy

Together with his wife Sharon, Stevens engages in a substantial amount of philanthropy, especially via the University of Arizona.^[5] For example, in 2009 the couple donated $10 million to University of Arizona Athletics. The Lowell-Stevens Football Facility on the UA campus is partially named after the Stevens family.^[6] And, at Gonzaga University there is the Stevens Center – a 72,000 square foot state-of-the-art indoor tennis and golf facility, the funding of which was mainly down to Jeff and Sharon Stevens and Jim and Gwen Powers. Jeff and Sharon Stevens have a connection to Gonzaga through their son Colin who graduated there in 2013 and managed the mens basketball team for three seasons. As Jim explained about the couple’s contribution: “We both love this school and love these students. That is what we are here for, the students. Gonzaga is full of great students and student-athletes because of the incredible faculty, staff and administration. We want to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for allowing us to be a part of this great institution.”^[7] The couple also gave a donation to the Salpointe School because of the role the school had in her personal growth. The donation of $1 million was earmarked for Salpointe’s Building Leaders and Legacy capital campaign. As Sharon explained: “It is pretty amazing to be able to go back and pinpoint so many people that made a lasting difference in my life. Salpointe remains with you for a lifetime. This is an investment well worth making. Salpointe is the only school of its kind in Tucson, and we want to ensure that many others have this once in a lifetime opportunity.”

Personal information

Born in Phoenix, Jeff is married to Sharon and the couple has two children: a son Colin (who studied at Gonzaga University) and a daughter Alexandra (who graduated from Regis University),^[8] who is currently a Product Manager at Vomaris Innovations Inc.^[9] The couple met while studying at the University of Arizona in the early 1980s.^[10] Today they live in El Paso, Texas.

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