Board of Directors
Presiding Director
In accordance with the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, NRP has designated the Chairman of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance (“CNG”) Committee to preside at regularly scheduled meetings of the non-management directors.
Communications with the Non-Management Directors
We have established procedures for contacting the non-management members of the NRP Board of Directors. To report any complaints about NRP accounting, auditing matters or other concerns to the non-management directors, you may do so by calling the confidential toll-free NRP Hotline at 1-888-252-2396 or write to the Board listed below:
Chairman of the CNG Committee
NRP Board of Directors
1201 Louisiana St.
Suite 3400
Houston, TX 77002
Corbin J. Robertson, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC since 2002. Mr. Robertson has vast business experience having founded and served as a director and as an officer of multiple companies, both private and public, and has served on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the general partners of Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership since 1986, Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership since 1992, Quintana Minerals Corporation since 1978, and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of New Gauley Coal Corporation since 1986. He also serves as a Principal with Quintana Capital Group, Chairman of the Board of the Cullen Trust for Higher Education and on the boards of the American Petroleum Institute, the National Petroleum Council, the Baylor College of Medicine and the Spirit Golf Association. In 2006, Mr. Robertson was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame. Mr. Robertson is the father of Corbin J. Robertson, III.
Galdino J. Claro
Director
Galdino J. Claro joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in March 2018. Mr. Claro has 30 years of worldwide executive leadership experience in the primary and secondary metals industries. From October 2013 to August 2017, Mr. Claro served as the Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Sims Metal Management where he was also a member of the Safety, Health, Environment and Sustainability Committee, the Nomination Governance Committee and the Finance Investment Committee. Before joining Sims Metal Management, Mr. Claro served for four years as the Chief Executive Officer of Harsco Metals and Minerals. He joined Harsco from Aleris, where he served as CEO of Aleris Americas. Before that, he was the CEO of the Metals Processing Group of Heico Companies LLC. During his career with Alcoa Inc., Mr. Claro served for five years as the President of Alcoa China and for six years in Europe as the Vice President of Soft Alloys Extrusions and the President of Alcoa Europe Extrusions. While in South America, Mr. Claro worked for several different divisions of Alcoa Alumni SA as plant manager, technology manager, new products development director and Managing Director of Alcoa Cargo-Van. Before joining Alcoa in 1985, Mr. Galdino Claro started his career at Honda – Motogear as a Quality Control Manager where he worked for three years in both Brazil and Japan.
Alexander D. Greene
Director
Alexander D. Greene joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in March 2019. Mr. Greene brings extensive corporate finance and private equity experience to his role on the Board, with more than 35 years investing in businesses where operational improvement and strategic guidance were primary drivers of value creation and as a financial advisor to large and mid-cap companies, boards of directors and other constituencies in complex leveraged finance, merger and acquisition and recapitalization transactions. Mr. Greene is a director of Element Fleet Management Corp. and is Chairman of the Board of USA Truck, Inc. In addition, Mr. Greene recently served as Chairman of the Board of Modular Space Corporation prior to its sale to Williams Scotsman in 2018. From 2005 to 2014 he was a Managing Partner and head of U.S. Private Equity at Brookfield Asset Management, a global asset management company. Prior to Brookfield, Mr. Greene was a Managing Director and co-head of Carlyle Strategic Partners, a private equity fund, and a Managing Director and investment banker at Wasserstein Perella & Co. and Whitman Heffernan Rhein & Co. Mr. Greene is a volunteer firefighter and president of the Armonk Independent Fire Company and serves on the Budget and Finance Advisory Committee for the Town of North Castle, New York. Mr. Greene has been designated to serve as a director of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, pursuant to its right to designate a director to the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC.
S. Reed Morian
Director
S. Reed Morian joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in 2002. Mr. Morian has vast executive business experience having served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of several companies since the early 1980s and serving on the board of other companies. Mr. Morian has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the general partner of Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership since 1986, New Gauley Coal Corporation since 1992 and the general partner of Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership since 1992. Mr. Morian also serves on the Board of Managers of Premium Resources, LLC and Pocahontas Royalties, LLC. Mr. Morian worked for Dixie Chemical Company from 1971 to 2006 and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1981 to 2006. He has also served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of DX Holding Company since 1989. He formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas-Houston Branch from April 2003 until December 2008 and as a Director of Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. from March 2005 until April 2009. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Gulf Capital Bank in Houston.
Paul B. Murphy
Director
Paul B. Murphy, Jr. joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in March 2018. Mr. Murphy is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Cadence Bancorporation and Chairman of Cadence Bank, N.A. He has served at Cadence and its predecessors since December 2009. Cadence is a $17 billion bank holding company headquartered in Houston and it is traded on the NYSE (CADE). Previously, Mr. Murphy spent 20 years at Amegy Bank of Texas, helping to steer that institution from $75 million in assets and a single location to assets of $11 billion and 85 banking centers at the time of his departure as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director in 2009. Mr. Murphy is an advocate of the community and is a board member of Oceaneering International, Inc., Hope and Healing Center and Institute, Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Houston Complete Advisory Board.
Richard A. Navarre
Conflicts Committee Chairman
Richard A. Navarre joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in October 2013. Mr. Navarre brings extensive financial, strategic planning, public company and coal industry experience to the Board of Directors. Mr. Navarre is the former CEO and President of Covia Holdings, a leading provider of high quality minerals and material solutions for the industrial and energy markets, a position held from 2019 to 2021. He also served as the Chairman of the board of Covia from 2018 to 2021. From 1993 until 2012, Mr. Navarre held several executive positions with Peabody Energy Corporation, including President-Americas, President and Chief Commercial Officer, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Navarre serves on the Board of Directors of Civeo Corporation, where he serves as Chairman, and Arch Resources, where he serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Nominating and Governance Committee. He is a member of the Hall of Fame of the College of Business and a member of the Board of Advisors of the College of Business and Analytics of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is the former Chairman of the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association. Mr. Navarre is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Navarre also has been involved in numerous civic and charitable organizations throughout his career.
Corbin J. Robertson III
Director
Corbin J. Robertson, III joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in May 2013. Mr. Robertson has experience with investments in a variety of energy businesses, having served both in management of private equity firms and having served on several boards of directors. Mr. Robertson has served as a Co-Managing Partner of LKCM Headwater Investments GP, LLC and LKCM Headwater Investments I and II, L.P.s, a private equity firm, since June 2011. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership, a land company with vast coal reserves, since May 2008, and has served on the Board of Directors of Western Pocahontas since October 2012. Mr. Robertson also co-founded Quintana Energy Partners, an energy-focused private equity firm in 2006, and served as a Managing Director thereof from 2006 until December 2010. Mr. Robertson is an owner of and has served on the Board of Directors for Quintana Minerals Corporation since October 2007. Quintana Minerals and its affiliates control a broad investment portfolio in the energy business that includes oil and gas operations, oil and gas service companies, coal fee mineral ownership and coal mining businesses, and coal service companies, among many others. Mr. Robertson previously served as Vice President-Acquisitions for GP Natural Resource Partners LLC from 2003 until 2005. Mr. Robertson also serves or has served on the Board of Directors of the general partner of Genesis Energy L.P., a publicly traded master limited partnership, as well as Quintana Maritime, a dry bulk shipping company, Corsa Coal Corp, a met coal producer, Buckhorn Energy Services, an energy waste service company, and LL&B Minerals, each of which is focused on the energy business. Mr. Robertson holds a BBA and BA from The University of Texas at Austin and a MBA from Harvard Business School.
Stephen P. Smith
Audit Committee Chairman
Stephen P. Smith joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in 2004. Mr. Smith brings extensive public company financial experience in the power and energy industries to the Board of Directors. Mr. Smith formerly served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of the general partner of Columbia Pipeline Partners L.P. from December 2014 and as a Director from September 2014 until June 2016. Mr. Smith also formerly served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Columbia Pipeline Group. Mr. Smith served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for NiSource, Inc. from June 2008 to June 2015. Prior to joining NiSource, he held several positions with American Electric Power Company, Inc, including Senior Vice President – Shared Services from January 2008 to June 2008, Senior Vice President and Treasurer from January 2004 to December 2007, and Senior Vice President – Finance from April 2003 to December 2003. From November 2000 to January 2003, Mr. Smith served as President and Chief Operating Officer – Corporate Services for NiSource Inc. Prior to joining NiSource, Mr. Smith served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Columbia Energy Group from November 1999 to November 2000 and Chief Financial Officer for Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation and Columbia Gulf Transmission Company from 1996 to 1999.
Leo A. Vecellio, Jr.
Compensation, Nominating and Governance (CNG) Committee Chairman
Leo A. Vecellio, Jr. joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in May 2007. Mr. Vecellio brings extensive experience in the aggregates and coal mine development industry to the Board of Directors. Mr. Vecellio and his family have been in the aggregates materials and construction business since the late 1930s. Since November 2002, Mr. Vecellio has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vecellio Group, Inc, a major aggregates producer, contractor and oil terminal developer/operator in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states. For nearly 30 years prior to that time Mr. Vecellio served in various capacities with Vecellio & Grogan, Inc., having most recently served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from April 1996 to November 2002. Mr. Vecellio is the former Chairman of the American Road and Transportation Builders and is a longtime member of the Florida Council of 100, as well as many other civic and charitable organizations.