R. Hewitt Pate — Vice President and General Counsel at Chevron Corporation

Mr. R. Hewitt Pate, also known as Hew, has been Vice President and General Counsel of Chevron Corporation since August 3, 2009. Mr. Pate was a Partner of Hunton & Williams LLP. in Washington, D.C., has headed the its Global Competition practice since 2005. Prior to rejoining Hunton & Williams in 2005, he served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division, responsible for energy, transportation and other regulatory matters from 2001 to 2003. In 1999, he served as Ewald Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. In his career, he served as a Law Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, for former Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III. He is a Member of the D.C. and Virginia bars. Mr. Pate earned his bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina and his law degree from the University of Virginia.