Mauro C. Romita
President, Chief Operating Officer

Mauro C. Romita joined the company in 1968. Mr. Romita received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961 from Iona College. He received his Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 1965. He is responsible for all domestic and international areas of the company and its subsidiaries, including supply and marketing, sales, terminals, trucking and service operations and administration. Under Mr. Romita's leadership, the company significantly increased its sales and modernized its operational facilities to meet the demanding needs of an expanding business. Castle purchased three deep water terminals within a ten year period and has become the largest independently owned retail distributor of fuel oil and related services in the New York metropolitan area.

In addition to his duties at Castle, Mr. Romita is Chairman of the Board of Governors of Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the InnerCity Scholarship Fund of the Archdiocese of New York and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Boys Towns of Italy, Inc. and a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Joseph's Seminary.

Mr. Romita is the recipient of many honors and awards from community and social organizations throughout New York City and Westchester including  the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and the Cardinal's Award of the Westchester Division of the Cardinal's Committee of the Laity. He is also a recipient of The Bronx Means Business award from SOBRO (South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation). He is a member of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta, American Association, U.S.A. and recently knighted by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to the Order of St. Gregory the Great.

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