The board of directors of Holly Logistic Services LLC (HLS) appointed Mark A. Plake as its president, effective Feb. 15, when Mike Jennings resigns as president, Holly Energy Partners LP said Feb. 4.

Jennings will continue as CEO and a director of HLS and executive chairman of HollyFrontier Corp. (HFC).

Plake joined HFC in 1999, serving as vice president of Holly Asphalt, vice president of special projects and vice president of human resources and government affairs.

Effective Feb. 15, Plake will resign from his most recent position as vice president of HFC’s marketing, which he took on in April 2011.

Holly Energy Partners LP is based in Dallas.