Pilot Flying J CEO and leadership

Shameek Konar serves as Pilot Company’s chief executive officer. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Pilot Company is the 10th largest privately held company in the United States and employs 28,000 team members.

Founded in 1958, Pilot Company has grown to become one of the leading suppliers of fuel and is the largest operator of travel centers in North America. The company supplies more than 11 billion gallons of fuel per year and has an industry-leading network of more than 1,000 fueling locations. With the third largest tanker fleet in North America, Pilot Company also provides end-to-end logistics solutions, clean and crude hauling, and water disposal in the nation’s busiest basins.

Shameek previously served as Pilot Company’s chief strategy officer, leading the company’s energy division, including business and asset development, supply, distribution and sales. His leadership was instrumental in growing Pilot Company’s energy business, innovating the platform and executing several acquisitions since his tenure at Pilot Company began in 2017.

Prior to joining Pilot Company, Shameek served as chief investment officer and executive committee member at Castleton Commodities International and Mercuria Energy Trading in Houston. He oversaw mergers, acquisitions and operations of physical assets across the firm’s commodities merchant platform spanning Asia, the Americas, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He also was managing director and global co-head of commodities principal investments at Goldman Sachs, where he focused on growing the company’s physical natural gas and crude oil businesses. Shameek served in several senior roles at Constellation Energy, including senior vice president of corporate strategy and development.

Shameek earned a Ph.D. in economics and finance from Vanderbilt University in Nashville and a Bachelor of Arts in economics and mathematics from St. Stephen’s College in India.

Whitney Johnson serves as Chief Experience Officer (CXO) for Pilot Flying J. She joined the company’s board of directors in 2015. Johnson currently oversees all marketing, branding, public relations, corporate communications, digital and loyalty strategy. She has been instrumental in making Pilot Flying J one of the most dynamic and recognizable brands across North America.

Johnson is responsible for the entire guest experience with a focus on loyalty and satisfaction. Through customer research, she helps the company better understand the needs of customers. Johnson previously served as category manager and creative services manager for Pilot Travel Centers LLC.

Prior to joining Pilot Flying J, Johnson served as assistant controller at Marriott International Hotels.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, in 2001.

Johnson led the Southeast fundraising efforts for the 2004 Bush- Cheney reelection campaign. She has served on the board of directors for the Knoxville Museum of Art and Second Harvest Food Bank

of East Tennessee, as well as on committees for the United Way of Greater Knoxville.

Kristin Seabrook is a Chief Legal Counsel at Pilot Flying J.

Mike Rodgers is a Chief Strategy & Information Officer at Pilot Flying J.

Brian Ferguson is a Chief Merchant at Pilot Flying J.

Jason Nordin is a Chief Operator at Pilot Flying J.

Whitney Johnson serves as Chief Experience Officer (CXO) for Pilot Flying J. She joined the company’s board of directors in 2015. Johnson currently oversees all marketing, branding, public relations, corporate communications, digital and loyalty strategy. She has been instrumental in making Pilot Flying J one of the most dynamic and recognizable brands across North America.

Johnson is responsible for the entire guest experience with a focus on loyalty and satisfaction. Through customer research, she helps the company better understand the needs of customers. Johnson previously served as category manager and creative services manager for Pilot Travel Centers LLC.

Prior to joining Pilot Flying J, Johnson served as assistant controller at Marriott International Hotels.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, in 2001.

Johnson led the Southeast fundraising efforts for the 2004 Bush- Cheney reelection campaign. She has served on the board of directors for the Knoxville Museum of Art and Second Harvest Food Bank

of East Tennessee, as well as on committees for the United Way of Greater Knoxville.