CVR Partners LP, Sugar Land, Texas, announced on June 23 that Matt Green has been named vice president of marketing for the partnership’s general partner, CVR GP LLC, effective immediately. Based in Kansas City, Kan., Green will lead national marketing efforts for the company’s fertilizer products.
Green will report to Bill White, who was named executive vice president of marketing and operations for CVR GP, effective immediately. White will also be based in Kansas City, Kan., and will lead the partnership’s national marketing, operations, and transportation strategies. White will report to Mark Pytosh, president and CEO of CVR GP.
Green has 30 years of experience in the agribusiness industry, most recently serving as director of anhydrous ammonia at CF Industries Inc., Deerfield, Ill., where he was responsible for CF’s domestic and international marketing strategy, contract development, and product distribution for anhydrous ammonia. Prior to CF, Green was vice president and senior director of marketing development for Terra Environmental Technologies Inc. He also held several management positions for Terra Industries Inc., and various sales management positions at Agricultural Minerals Corporation LLC, and Agrico Chemical Company. Green holds a BS in agriculture from the University of Missouri.
White has more than 37 years of experience in the chemical industry. He spent the majority of his career serving in various management positions related to predecessor companies of CVR Partners, such as manager of Farmland’s product distribution system and plant manager at Farmland’s Pollock, La., and Enid, Okla., fertilizer plants. He also served as the general manager for EPCO Carbon Dioxide Products Inc.
White first joined Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CVR Partners, in 2005 as the director of business development and logistics. He later served as CVR Partners’ vice president of marketing. In 2012, White was promoted to his most recent position of vice president of marketing, development, and logistics. He holds a BA in business from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and currently serves on the board of directors for The Fertilizer Institute.