James Matthew Vaughn resigned as Executive Vice President, Retail of Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (the Company" or Par Pacific") effective August 12, 2022. Effective August 15, 2022, Jim Yates was appointed Executive Vice President, Retail of the Company. Mr. Yates, age 62, previously served as the Company's Senior Vice President since 2015.

From September 2007 until May 2015, Mr. Yates served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC, which was acquired by the Company in 2015. Mr. Yates holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma in business administration and a law degree from the University of Houston Law Center.