Bennett K Hatfield

Former President and CEO, Patriot Coal

Hatfield, resigned in 2015 as president and CEO of Patriot Coal, a month before the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time. He was International Coal Group’s CEO when a 2006 explosion at the Sago Mine in northern West Virginia killed 12 miners. Hatfield was named in June 2015 to the board of coal producer Foresight Energy, based in St. Louis. A man from Ohio who fatally shot a former coal company executive at a cemetery where the businessman’s wife is buried has been arrested on a first-degree murder warrant. Most recently, Hatfield served as President and Chief Operating Officer for Patriot Coal. Previously, Ben was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of International Coal Group, prior to the June 2011 sale of that company. He has held a number of other key executive operating and commercial positions during his 30-plus years in the coal industry, including President, Eastern Operations of Arch Coal, Inc., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Massey Energy Company, and Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer of Coastal Coal Company. Ben is a Licensed Professional Engineer with a Bachelor of Science degree in mining engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Ben was preceded in death by his wife, Debbie Starr Hatfield, and his father, the Rev. Sonny A. Hatfield. Survivors include his mother, Nola Phillips Hatfield of Inez, Ky.; daughters: Ashley Kay (Watson) Stelly of Richmond, Va., and Lauren Nicole Hatfield of Arlington, Va.; and son, Michael Shawn Lee of Louisville, Ky

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Dan Meyer	Shelley Moore Capito, Dean Heller, John McCain, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Anne Meagher Northup, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Robert Hurt, Ken Buck, Andy Barr
John Penson	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, John Scott Keadle, Richard E Mourdock, Rick Berg, Rand Paul, Josh Mandel
Carl H Lindner III	Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Republican Party of Cuyahoga County Federal Campaign Committee, Rick Berg, Rand Paul, Josh Mandel, Ken Buck
George A Spix	John McCain, Denny Rehberg, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Richard E Mourdock, Morgan Griffith, David McKinley, Rand Paul, Josh Mandel, Ken Buck, Andy Barr
Allen Simon	Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, John Scott Keadle, Richard E Mourdock, Rand Paul, Josh Mandel, Ken Buck
Doyce Boesch	John Barrasso, Shelley Moore Capito, Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Anne Meagher Northup, Richard William Pombo, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mitt Romney, Rick Berg, Rand Paul, Ken Buck
Susan Hirschmann	Shelley Moore Capito, Dean Heller, George Allen, Anne Meagher Northup, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Richard E Mourdock, Morgan Griffith, Robert Hurt, Josh Mandel, Ken Buck, Andy Barr
Sam Geduldig	John Barrasso, Shelley Moore Capito, Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Rick Berg, Robert Hurt, Rand Paul, Andy Barr
Richard W Weekley	Shelley Moore Capito, Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Joe Manchin, Sharron E Angle, Rand Paul, Josh Mandel, Ken Buck
Don Blankenship	Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Wendell Hampton Ford, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, A.T. Massey Coal Company Inc. PAC, James J MacCallum, John Scott Keadle, Richard Snuffer, West Virginia Republican Party, Inc., Robert Hurt, David McKinley, Andy Barr, Elliott Maynard
Kenneth E Taylor	John Barrasso, Dean Heller, John McCain, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Richard E Mourdock, Republican Party of Cuyahoga County Federal Campaign Committee, David McKinley, Rand Paul, Josh Mandel, Ken Buck, Andy Barr
Kurt C Wheeler	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Richard E Mourdock, Rick Berg, Rand Paul, Josh Mandel, Ken Buck
Andrew F Barth	John Barrasso, Shelley Moore Capito, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Rick Berg, Ken Buck
James A Patterson	John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Anne Meagher Northup, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Oliver North, John Scott Keadle, Richard E Mourdock, Rand Paul, Andy Barr
Roy Pfautch	John Barrasso, Shelley Moore Capito, Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Kentucky, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Republican Party of Cuyahoga County Federal Campaign Committee, Josh Mandel, Andy Barr
Harvey M Meyerhoff	John Barrasso, Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Richard E Mourdock, Rick Berg, Josh Mandel, Ken Buck
Robert J Dotchin	Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Richard William Pombo, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Joe Manchin, Richard E Mourdock, Rick Berg, David McKinley, Rand Paul
Mark Valente III	John Barrasso, Shelley Moore Capito, Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Richard E Mourdock, Rick Berg, David McKinley
J Steven Hart	John Barrasso, Shelley Moore Capito, Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Every Republican is Crucial PAC, Richard E Mourdock, David McKinley, Rand Paul
Richard R Rogers	John Barrasso, Dean Heller, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Denny Rehberg, George Allen, Rob Portman, Pat Toomey, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Rick Berg, Morgan Griffith, Rand Paul, Josh Mandel

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Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	1957
Date of death	May 23 '16
Aliases	Ben Hatfield

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Bennett K Hatfield

Former President and CEO, Patriot Coal

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