Suburban Propane Partners, a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil, and related products and services, and a marketer of natural gas and electricity, has promoted Michael Kuglin to vice president and chief accounting officer.

Kuglin has served as controller since October 2007 and additionally assume the chief accounting officer role in November 2009. Prior to joining Suburban Propane Partners, he held several financial and managerial positions with Alcatel-Lucent, a global communications solution provider, for eight years. Prior to Alcatel-Lucent, Kuglin held several positions with the international accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, most recently manager in the assurance practice.