Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> April 2, 2012
Curtis V. Anastasio is President and Chief Executive Officer of NuStar Energy L.P., a publicly traded master limited partnership based in San Antonio, Texas. He is also President and CEO of NuStar GP Holdings, LLC, which owns general partner and limited partner interests and the incentive distribution rights in NuStar Energy and manages its business affairs. Since joining the company in 1988, Mr. Anastasio has held various positions in supply, trading, transportation, marketing, development and legal. He has been President of NuStar Energy L.P. and its predecessors since December 1999, and he assumed the position of CEO of NuStar GP Holdings, LLC, in 2006. Mr. Anastasio serves as a Member of the board of directors and executive committee of the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships, and he previously served as the organization's Chairman. He also serves as a Director of the San Antonio Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He is a former Vice Chairman of the board of directors of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, and is a Member of the 30th class of the chamber's Leadership San Antonio. Mr. Anastasio is a Member of the board of trustees of the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, and was the Chairman of the record 2011 community-wide United Way Campaign that raised more than $48 million. He also serves as Trustee Emeritus of the McNay Art Museum, and as a board Member of the San Antonio Medical Foundation, Southwest Research Institute, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Alamo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Economic Development Foundation - all in San Antonio. Additionally, Mr. Anastasio belongs to various professional organizations and has lectured and written on legal and business topics. He received a law degree from Harvard Law School and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Cornell University. After graduation, he practiced law in New York City. Profile
TWST: Please start with a brief company history of NuStar Energy and an overview of its business operations today.
Mr. Anastasio: If we look briefly at our history, we went public in April of 2001 as
