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Approaching 20 years as a Cooperative, and 100 years as a leading independent American petroleum brand.
Newly elected officers to carry on the tradition of PURE leadership for 2009
Growth and expansion outside of the Southeast tops the many objectives for the Co-op this year
Tim Allen of Allen Oil Company in Sylacauga, Alabama, is President of the PURE Oil Jobbers Cooperative for 2009.
Leading a Co-op of more than 300 petroleum marketers through a time of transition and opportunity is no easy task, but four officers have accepted the challenge and have hit the ground running with a full agenda of objectives and ideas for 2009.
The new 2009 slate of officers for the PURE Oil Jobbers Cooperative is in place, with growth and expansion in mind for the organization this year. With the support of their fellow jobbers elected to the 15-member board of directors, the PURE Co-op is branching out of the Southeast region to build PURE brand awareness and increase membership in 13 new states. In addition, the board is involved in maintaining oversight of supply arrangements to assure members continue to benefit from competitive pricing on all petroleum products.
Tim Allen, Vice President of Allen Oil Company in Sylacauga, Alabama, has taken the reigns as President of the PURE Co-op this year, and in doing so, he chairs the Executive Committee as well. He follows Frank McNeill of McNeill Oil Company in Aberdeen, North Carolina as President.
Tim has been with the PURE Co-op since its founding more than 15 years ago, having served on two separate occasions as a member of the board of directors, including last year as the organization’s Vice President. His Allen Oil Company is a fully integrated petroleum marketer involved in the industrial, commercial, automotive, agricultural, utility, mining, manufacturing, food processing, and racing sectors.
Davis Cosey (right photo, second from left), who served last year as Co-op Secretary, has taken on the role of Vice President for 2009. Davis is CEO of Davis Oil Company in Perry, Georgia, which supplies quality fuels and lubricants to customers in Middle Georgia. Davis Oil Company is a third generation family business, founded in 1946.
Davis has been a member of the PURE Co-op Board of Directors for six years, and currently chairs the Supply Committee in addition to serving on the Executive Committee as Vice President.
Larry Jones (left photo, second from right), a Past President of the PURE Co-op when it was the Southeastern Oil Jobbers Cooperative, is serving another year as an officer on the board in the capacity of Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Committee. Larry is President of Cougar Oil, Inc. in Selma, Alabama, and he and his company have been involved in the PURE Co-op since it was established in 1993. Cougar Oil, which was founded in 1971, is a wholesaler of petroleum products with operations throughout Alabama and in the Florida panhandle.
Finally, the newest officer on the PURE Co-op Board of Directors is another member who has served in various leadership roles for the organization in the past. Dennis Combs (below photo, on the right with PURE Co-op Past President Frank McNeill, Jr.) was selected to serve as Secretary of the Co-op this year, bringing with him 15 years of experience with the organization. Dennis is President of Combs Oil Company in Naples, Florida, which has been a PURE Co-op member since May of 1994. Combs Oil only markets the PURE brand, through sales in marine fueling, lubricants, and to retail sites in that area.
Having worked as a commercial agent, where a large oil company told him what he had to do, he has thrived as an independent petroleum marketer of the PURE brand.
“That’s what I love about PURE,” says Combs. “We serve independent marketers who want to make their own decisions. Our Co-op does things that are right for us (the members), rather than things that are best for them (a major oil company).”
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