Joseph Pettus
Senior Vice President, Fuel & Energy, Safeway Inc.
Joseph Pettus is Senior Vice President for Fuel and Energy for Safeway Inc., where he is responsible for the management of all energy (electricity and natural gas) operations. Safeway is one of the top 10 corporate purchasers of renewable green energy in the nation, according to the U.S. EPA Green Energy Partnership. Pettus is also responsible for the operation of more than 400 Safeway fueling stations located throughout the United States and Canada. He has been actively involved with refinery operations, the NYMEX Futures market, international liquid petroleum gas shipping, and petroleum products storage terminal operations. In 1989 he formed his own corporation, Sun Valley Energy Inc., specializing in the distribution and wholesale marketing of petroleum products in the Western United States. Pettus graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with degrees in civil engineering and business administration.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.