Kai-Li Kirschner is stepping into the product distribution manager role following Sandy Jackson’s retirement. Kirschner will now oversee the day-to-day operations of all dispatch regions to ensure products are delivered efficiently and customer service standards are met. Kirschner has been with the company for over eight years and has worked in the Dispatch Department for…
Rick Winger’s propane career, which has spanned 44 years, is coming to an end. Winger is retiring on December 29. He has worked for MFA Oil for 21 years and has spent the length of his professional career servicing customers in the Willow Springs, Mo., and Mountain View, Mo., area. Throughout his four decades of…
When Sandy Jackson retires on Dec. 29, she will have completed a historic MFA Oil career. No other female employee in the company’s history has worked as long as Jackson’s 46 years of continuous, dedicated service. Jackson’s career at MFA Oil began in 1977 when the company hired her straight out of high school to…
It was Friday the 13th when Chris Threlkeld heard that her employer was being acquired by MFA Oil Company in 1998. Despite learning she would be switching companies on a day that many associate with fear and unluckiness, Threlkeld’s change of employers proved serendipitous. More than 25 years later, she is retiring from the cooperative…
Ivah Purl, a fixture of the company’s operations in the Eldon, Mo., area, is retiring on Dec. 15. Purl has held a few roles with the company, including driver and plant manager, but for the bulk of his career, he has been a service technician. Tom Procter, BPLP western region vice president, was one of…
On Dec. 11, Charlie Alexander, vice president of Big O Tires operations, announced the promotion of Derek Albertson and Jesse Burg to the newly created position of regional operations manager. Stores within the Big O Tires division are grouped by territory, and those territories will now fall within a north and south region. In their…
On Dec. 11, Cassie Kimbell took on the new role of credit manager. She now oversees the company’s team of credit analysts. Kimbell has been with the company for nearly seven years and has held various credit analyst positions, including her most recent position of credit analyst III. Before joining MFA Oil, she worked at…
MFA Oil employees raised nearly $62,000 for charity while engaging in 2023 Week of Giving festivities from October 30 to Nov. 2. A company donation of $16,000 boosted the total to almost $78,000 that will be distributed to the Central Missouri Foster Care and Adoption Association, Central Missouri Stop Human Trafficking Coalition, Second Chance Animal Rescue,…
Two employees from the company’s bulk fuel and propane division are transitioning to sales. Jody Ipock and Philip Ogden are the co-op’s latest additions to its roster of business development representatives. They both report to Kyle Carroll, senior business development manager. Ipock, who will cover the Southeast sales territory, has been with MFA Oil for…
Cinda Lavery is retiring from Break Time on December 1 after serving as the Tipton store manager for the past 37 years. Lavery joined the Break Time team when her store was acquired by MFA Petroleum Company on July 31, 1986. She has managed the same convenience store (which was also a Colonial and Crown…
Congratulations to the following employees who were celebrated in 2023 for their years of service to the company. 35 Years Joe Case, Dir, BPLP OperationsNickie Turpin, Break Time Store Manager – Brookfield 30 Years Dan Boles, WH Driver – Mt. Vernon Distribution CenterStephen Ellis, Sr BPLP Maintenance Technician – Safety & MaintenanceCathy Geotz, Sr Area Manager, Break…
In 1988, a gallon of gas cost 90 cents and you could buy a dozen eggs for 65 cents. That year, Michael Jackson launched his first solo concert tour, the Doppler radar was invented, and moviegoers enjoyed classic films such as Rain Man, Coming to America and Die Hard at theaters. That same year, a…