𝓦𝓸𝓻𝓴 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓰𝓸𝓸𝓭. 𝓒𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓪𝓷 𝓮𝓷𝓿𝓲𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓼𝓽. 𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓴 𝓭𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓼. 𝓐𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮 𝓮𝔁𝓬𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮. Phillips 66 Wood River Refinery

This week, CEO had the unique opportunity to peek behind the curtain of the Phillips 66 Wood River refinery!

Ryan Frank (Tanks Project Manager & Mechanical Engineer) joined class as a guest speaker to explain the business, science, career opportunities and community outreach initiatives of P66.

Following his visit, we joined the Riverbend CEO Program for a joint tour of the refinery and had the opportunity to hear from plant manager Heath Wanamaker. This discussion sparked many great questions surrounding leadership, managerial skills, career paths within the refinery business, and more!

Heath encouraged our students to ask themselves… “𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾? 𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓻?” Once you understand your own goals, then you can better understand how your goals and aspirations align with an organization.

Ryan led us on a fascinating bus tour of a portion of the 2,700 acre refinery, making a pit stop at the training facility! Wow!

Each year, the Wood River Refinery opens its doors to our CEO programs. They volunteer their resources, time and energy to our students. Our students always walk away with a wealth of knowledge and new understanding that sticks with them long after the visit. CEO would like to extend a huge thank you to Ryan, Heath and the entire Phillips 66 team for welcoming us this week and for their commitment to their community!

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