Valero Energy Corporation announced that Marie A. Ffolkes has been elected as an independent director to Valero's board of directors (the “Board”) and has joined the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective immediately. Ms. Ffolkes is currently the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Axxelist LLC. She recently served as Chief Executive Officer of TriMark USA, LLC.

Ms. Ffolkes has extensive experience in operations, international markets and multiple sectors, including industrial gas production and the automotive business. She previously served as President, Industrial Gases, Americas of Air Products & Chemicals Inc., and in various executive and senior management roles at Tenneco Inc. and Johnson Controls International plc. Ms. Ffolkes currently serves on the board of directors of Masco Corporation.

She also serves on the Global Advisory Board of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business at Columbia Business School.