Halbert S. Washburn is Director and Chief Executive Officer at BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. He was appointed a Member of the board of directors of BreitBurn Energy Partners in December 2011. He has been the CEO of the general partner since April 2010, previously served as Co-CEO and a Director of the general partner from March 2006 to April 2010, and was the Chairman of the board from July 2008 to April 2010. Mr. Washburn is also the Co-Founder and has been the Co-CEO of BreitBurn Energy and its predecessors since 1988. Since December 2005, Mr. Washburn has served as a Member of the board of directors and the audit and compensation committees of Rentech, Inc., a publicly traded alternative fuels company. He has been a Member of the California Independent Petroleum Association since 1995, and served as the Chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Washburn obtained a B.S. in petroleum engineering from Stanford University.
