Michel E. (Mike) Dabbar, Director, is a retired Vice President, Worldwide Trading and Supply, of Phillips 66 Company, a Division of Phillips Petroleum Company. His experience in the crude oil marketing, supply and transportation business extends for over 30 years.
In 1966, following the nationalization of his family-owned marine transportation and insurance business, Dabbar immigrated to the United States from Alexandria, Egypt. He joined the International Department of Phillips Petroleum Company in New York. In 1969, he was assigned to the Phillips Tokyo Office and in 1973 was promoted to Phillips' Head Office in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He retired in 1998 at which time he became a permanent resident of Coronado, California, having been a part-time resident for about 10 years.
In addition to other international responsibilities for Phillips, Dabbar personally negotiated large petroleum supply contracts with the national oil companies of major OPEC members in the Middle East and the Western Hemisphere. He also initiated negotiations that resulted in refining and crude oil upgrading joint ventures with Petroleos de Venezuela, the Venezuelan National Oil Company.
Both Dabbar's wife and mother died from cancer and he has a strong personal interest in helping cure and prevent cancer. He brings to the Board of Directors both extensive management experience and international knowledge.
Frances M. Sagrans, Corporate Secretary, is currently a business consultant. She owned and operated a small office complex in Jupiter, Florida. Her civic interests have included the Palm Beach County Library System where she served on the Advisory Board. She was a charter member and vice-president of the Jupiter-Tequesta Women in Community Service (WICS), a business womens organization devoted to mainstreaming mentally challenged adults, and also served as president and chairman of the board of the Jupiter Preparatory School, a pre-school for underprivileged children. She is a past president of the Jupiter-Tequesta-Juno Beach Chamber of Commerce and has chaired the Long Range Planning, National Certification/Accreditation, and By-Laws Review/Revisions Committees.