Stanley C. Suboleski, PhD

Overview

On May 13, 2008, the Board of Massey Energy Company duly appointed Stanley C. Suboleski as a Class I director to serve until the Annual Meeting of the Registrant"s stockholders in 2009. He has been named to the Finance Committee and the Safety, Environmental and Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Suboleski served as a Commissioner of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission from June 2003 until his term expired in August 2006. Since that time he has provided mining engineering consulting services, including certain consulting services to the Registrant. From December 2001 through May 2003, Mr. Suboleski came out of retirement to serve as Executive Vice President and Interim Chief Operating Officer of the Registrant. Following his retirement in December 1997 as Vice President, Operations " Strategy for A.T. Massey Coal Company, Inc. and President of United Coal Company, both subsidiaries of the Registrant, Mr. Suboleski served as a Professor and as the Department Head of Mining and Minerals Engineering at Virginia Tech from August 2000 to August 2001. From 1993 though 1997 and from 1981 through 1988, Mr. Suboleski held several positions with subsidiaries of the Registrant. He received his B.S. and PhD degrees in Mining Engineering from Penn State and his M.S. degree in Mining Engineering from Virginia Tech.