HP Viewpoint: Advice for the downstream: Keep the faith

is a distinguished senior fellow of the Institue for Energy Research and the former president of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers. He was president of the trade association, formerly known as the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, from 2007 until this May. He joined the association in 2002 as executive vice president and director of policy and planning. At AFPM, Mr. Drevna led a staff that advocates for petroleum refiners and petrochemical manufacturers before Congress and the Executive Branch on a broad range of public policy issues. AFPM emphasizes the importance of petroleum refiners and petrochemical manufacturers to America’s economic growth and national security. Mr. Drevna has extensive experience in legislative, regulatory, public policy and marketplace issues involving energy and the environment. His previous positions include director of state and federal government relations for Tosco, Inc.; director of government and regulatory affairs for the Oxygenated Fuels Association; vice president at the Washington, DC consulting firm of Jefferson Waterman International; several positions at Sunoco, including vice president for public affairs for Sun Coal Co.; director of environmental affairs for the National Coal Association; and supervisor of environmental quality control for the Consolidation Coal Co. Mr. Drevna received his BA degree in chemistry from Washington and Jefferson College and performed graduate work at Carnegie-Mellon University. He grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and worked as a laborer in a steel mill there during summers while attending college.