Board of Visitors

John M. Arnold
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Petroleum Products Corp.

John Arnold, ’87, is the chairman, CEO, and owner of Petroleum Products Corporation, which operates petroleum pipeline terminals across Pennsylvania.

John earned his undergraduate degree from Grove City College in 1985 and an MBA in finance from Penn State in 1987. He has maintained his ties with Penn State by serving on Penn State Harrisburg’s Grand Destiny Campaign, the Penn State MBA Alumni Advisory Board at University Park, and the Advisory Board for the Farrell Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Mr. Arnold is the chairman, CEO, and owner of Petroleum Products Corp., which operates petroleum pipeline terminals across Pennsylvania. Petroleum Products Corp. buys gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, and kerosene from refiners and ships it on pipelines to their large petroleum aboveground tank facilities where it is then resold to gasoline stations, convenience stores, truck stops, and home heating oil companies. Petroleum Products Corp. also handles the petroleum storage and distribution on a fee for service basis for many of Pennsylvania’s major oil companies and large regional convenience store chains. These companies then transport the gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene, by truck from Petroleum Products Corp.’s pipeline terminals to their convenience stores.