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108
Communication with the Board of Directors
In order that interested parties may be able to make their concerns known to the independent directors, our unitholders
and other interested parties may communicate directly with the Board, with the independent directors as a group, or with any
director or committee chairperson by writing to such parties in care of Kathleen Shea-Ballay, Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary, Sunoco Partners LLC, 3807 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073. Communications may be
submitted confidentially and anonymously. Under certain circumstances, the general partner or we may be required by law to
disclose the information or identity of the person submitting the communication.
Communications addressed to the Board generally will be forwarded either to the appropriate committee chairperson or to
all directors. Certain concerns communicated to the Board also may be referred to the general partner's internal auditor or its
General Counsel, in accordance with the general partner's regular procedures for addressing such concerns. The chairman of the
general partner's Audit Committee, or the chairman of the Board, may direct that certain concerns be presented to the Audit
Committee, or to the full Board, or that such concerns otherwise receive special treatment, including retention of external
counsel or other advisors. No material actions were taken by the Board because of communications from unitholders or others
received during 2015.
Directors and Executive Officers of Sunoco Partners LLC (our General Partner)
Our directors are elected by ETP and ETE Holdings. Our executive officers are appointed by the Board.
The following table shows information for the current directors and executive officers of Sunoco Partners LLC, our
general partner, as of the date of this filing. Executive officers and directors are each elected for one-year terms or until their
successors are elected and qualified.
Name Age Position with the General Partner
Marshall S. ("Mackie") McCrea, III 56 Chairman of the Board
Michael J. Hennigan 56 Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Steven R. Anderson 66 Director
Scott A. Angelle 54 Director
Basil Leon Bray 71 Director
James R. ("Rick") Perry 65 Director
Thomas P. Mason 59 Director
Kurt A. Lauterbach 60 Senior Vice President, Lease Acquisitions
David R. Chalson 64 Senior Vice President, Operations
Michael W. Slough 59 Senior Vice President, Engineering, Construction & Procurement
Kathleen Shea-Ballay 50 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Peter J. Gvazdauskas 37 Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Michael D. Galtman 41 Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Set forth below is biographical information regarding the foregoing officers and directors of our general partner:
Mr. McCrea was elected as Chairman of the Board in October 2012. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Board, he
serves as a director of ETE’s general partner and as a director of Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C. (hereinafter referred to as
"ETP's general partner"), the general partner of ETP's general partner, both since 2009. He is the Group Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Commercial Officer of ETE's general partner, and has served in those capacities since November 2015. Prior
to that, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of ETP's general partner from June 2008 to November 2015 and as
President - Midstream of ETP's general partner from March 2007 to June 2008. Previously he served as the Senior Vice
President - Commercial Development since the combination of the operations of La Grange Acquisition, L.P., which does
business under the name of Energy Transfer Company ("ETC OLP"), and Heritage Operating, L.P. ("HOLP") in January 2004.
In March 2005, Mr. McCrea was named president of ETC OLP. Prior to the combination of the operations of ETC OLP and
HOLP, Mr. McCrea served as Senior Vice President - Business Development and Producer Services of the general partner of
ETC OLP and ET Company I, Ltd., having served in that capacity since 1997. Mr. McCrea has extensive project development
and operational experience, and is able to assist the Board in creating and executing the Partnership's strategic plan.