In mid-March, two employees in the company’s Northwest District were promoted to plant manager. Kolton Jones is the new plant manager for Sheridan and Lenox and Brian Watkins is the new manager for Maryville and Mound City. Jones has worked for MFA Oil for about seven years as a driver and management trainee. Watkins has been…
Longtime plant manager Dale Parman will retire at the end of March. He has managed the company’s Sheridan location since 1989. Parman says his career with the cooperative has been ever-changing. “I started as the refined fuel manager and was given the propane plant two years later,” Parman says. After a buyout, we added Lenox,…
Congratulations to the following employees who received service awards in February 2024: 5 Years 10 Years 20 Years
Curtis Harrell is the new plant manager for Murfreesboro, Tenn. Harrell brings nearly 40 years of experience in the propane industry to his new role. He reports to Chris Tynes, Ohio Valley District Manager. For ten years, he worked with his father as a partner at Harrell Propane, Inc. Since 1995, when the Harrells sold…
Dalton Dillon has been promoted and is the new plant manager of California and Eldon. Dillon joined the company as a 10-wheeler refined fuel driver in October 2019. He now reports to Jenny Daggett, Central District Manager. “Dalton has built a great relationship with our members and customers in this area during his time with…
Tracy Huff is the new plant manager for the company’s Indiana locations in Sulphur and Nabb. Huff joined MFA Oil in 2011 and has worked as both a driver and service technician. He now reports to Chris Tynes, Ohio Valley District Manager. “I met Tracy when I was working as an operations manager and training…
Congratulations to the following employees on their recent promotions from September 1 through January 31: Big O Tires Derek Albertson, regional operations manager, South RegionShane Albright, territory manager, Central MissouriKyle Atteberry, support managerMel Atteberry, sr. territory manager, West-CentralSean Bankovich, sales advisor, SedaliaBrooke Bennett, assistant store manager, Jefferson City (Missouri Blvd.)Brandon Billington, assistant store manager, Jefferson…
For the past 27 years, Gary Sommer has served MFA Oil customers in the Wright City area. He hauled refined fuels for most of his career, but he took pride in being an “all-around guy” who could do whatever was needed for his plant. Northeast District Manager Barry Oden says Sommer’s versatility will make him…
Congratulations to the following employees who received service awards in January 2024: 5 Years 10 Years
MFA Oil will now celebrate service award milestones monthly rather than annually to provide more timely recognition to employees. Beginning in February, all employees with service milestones shall receive their awards and will be recognized internally and externally in the month following their service anniversary. Congratulations to the following employees who received their awards from…
Roger Hudson has been promoted to Break Time senior food service and dispensed beverage manager. Hudson, who was most recently a Break Time senior area supervisor, has been with the company since Nov. 2021. In his new role, Hudson manages Break Time’s food and poured beverage offerings, the Any Time Eats commissary program, and oversees…
Four Big O Tires employees are stepping into new management roles. Shane Albright is the new central Missouri territory manager. He has been with the company for eight years and has held various positions, including tire technician, service advisor, service coordinator, assistant manager, store manager, and most recently, senior store manager for Osage Beach and the…