David L. Whikehart

Biography

David L. Whikehart Vice President, Environment, Safety and Corporate Affairs Marathon Petroleum Corporation Mr. Whikehart is vice president Environment, Safety and Corporate Affairs of Marathon Petroleum Corporation. He serves on the Owens Community College foundation board and the board of directors of the National Association of Manufacturers. Mr. Whikehart began his career with Marathon in 1981, as a project/process engineer at the Robinson refinery. He transferred to the corporate refining organization in 1987, as a refining staff engineer. Mr. Whikehart served as an operations supervisor at the Detroit refinery from 1990 to 1992, and product control manager for the Robinson refinery from 1992 to 1995. He was named staff operations manager, Refining in 1995, light products optimization manager in 2000, and director, Business Development in 2008. Mr. Whikehart was named director, climate change and carbon management in 2010, and director, product supply and optimization in 2011. He was named vice president, Corporate Planning, Government and Public Affairs in 2016, and assumed his current position, also in 2016. Mr. Whikehart graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1981. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from Bowling Green State University in 2006. He attended the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and is a graduate of the Wharton School Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Research Interest

 Bioprocessing & Biotechniques, Chemical Engineering & Process Technology