Carol A. Christobek, Rudolph J. McCue, and Pamela R. Yost have been named process development managers for Ashland Inc., Covington, Ky.
Christobek joined Ashland in 1998 as director of quality in the Ashland Chemical group in Dublin, Ohio. In late 1999, she was appointed to project manager for SAP implementation within Ashland Distribution Co.
McCue has worked for Ashland for 28 years, serving in positions related to accounting, financial control, and computer applied systems. During 1989-98, he served as controller for Ashland's SuperAmerica division. Since 1998, he has served as a project leader in the company's finance and information services group.
Yost joined Ashland's Valvoline unit in early 1997 as a specialist in training and organizational development. She was promoted to the leadership training unit of Valvoline in 1998 and to project manager of organizational and individual development in October 1999.
Other moves
Dudley C. Reynolds has been named president of Alabama Gas Corp. Reynolds had been serving as general counsel and secretary of Birmingham, Ala.-based Energen Corp., Alagasco's parent firm. He succeeds Gary C. Youngblood, who has retired.
Reynolds started his career with Alagasco in 1980 as a staff attorney. Since 1985, he has served as an officer of the company, holding positions that include vice-president and secretary, legal; senior attorney and assistant secretary; and senior attorney.
John H. Karnes has been named senior vice-president and chief financial officer of Houston Exploration Co., Houston.
Most recently, Karnes worked for Fort Worth-based Encore Acquisition Co. Prior to that, he held various senior executive financial and legal positions at several public companies, including Snyder Oil Corp. of Fort Worth and Apache Corp. of Houston.
Karnes also practiced law with the national firm of Kirkland & Ellis, where he provided corporate, securities, and mergers and acquisition guidance to various public clients in the energy and chemicals industries.
Elizabeth Wilkinson has joined Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, as vice-president and treasurer.
Most recently, Wilkinson served as assistant treasurer for Houston-based GlobalSantaFe Corp. where she worked for 17 years. Wilkinson has nearly 19 years of finance experience.
Lee O'Shields has been elected vice-president and chief information officer of Atofina Petrochemicals Inc., Houston. O'Shields began his career with Atofina in 1984 as a programmer analyst with American Petro- Fina's exploration and production division.
In 1989, he relocated to Dallas, at that time the company's headquarters, where he held various information and technology positions. O'Shields then moved to Houston in 2000 when Atofina's headquarters were relocated.