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J.C. Butler, Jr.
Vice President – Corporate Development and Treasurer

Mr. Butler is responsible for financial strategies, acquisition and divestiture activities and treasury activities for NACCO and its subsidiary companies. In addition, Mr. Butler is also Senior Vice President-Project Development and Administration of The North American Coal Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of NACCO. Mr. Butler has held his current NACCO position, reporting directly to the CEO, since January 1997 and his North American Coal position since January 2010. Previously, Mr. Butler was Manager of Corporate Development and Treasurer of NACCO from May 1996 to January 1997 and Senior Vice President - Project Development of North American Coal from May 2008 to December 2009. Mr. Butler joined NACCO as Manager of Corporate Development in May 1995. Prior to joining NACCO, Mr. Butler was an investment banker with McFarland Dewey & Co., a boutique investment banking firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions from 1990 to 1995. From 1988 to 1990, he was an Associate in Mergers & Acquisitions at Drexel Burnham Lambert in New York City. Prior to his career in investment banking, Mr. Butler was an investment analyst in the Prudential Agricultural Realty Group, with shared responsibility for oversight of Prudential Insurance Company's $3 billion investment in U.S. agricultural properties.

Mr. Butler received both a Bachelor of Science degree, with highest distinction, and a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, and earned an MBA (Master's of Business Administration) degree from Harvard Business School. Mr. Butler is Treasurer and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Botanical Garden.