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Jim Kleckner was named Executive Vice President, International and Deepwater Operations in May 2013. Prior to that time, he served as Vice President, Operations for the Rockies region beginning in May 2007, overseeing the company’s operations and development activities in the Rocky Mountain region. Mr. Kleckner has more than 30 years of global technical and leadership experience. He began his career in the oil and natural gas industry with Sun Oil Company and has held positions of increasing responsibility throughout the world including management roles in the North Sea, South America, China, the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. onshore. Mr. Kleckner holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Petroleum Institute. He has served on the Industry and Advisory Board of the School of Energy Research at the University of Wyoming, the Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board at Colorado School of Mines, the Executive Board for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and the Executive Board for the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States.

Daniel E. Brown serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member. Mr. Brown has 23 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry having spent his career with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, or one of its predecessors, until Anadarko was acquired by Occidental Petroleum in August 2019. From October 2017 to August 2019, Mr. Brown served as Anadarko’s Executive Vice President, U.S. Onshore Operations. Prior to that position, he served as Executive Vice President, International and Deepwater Operations beginning in May 2017; Senior Vice President, International and Deepwater Operations beginning in August 2016; Vice President, Operations (Southern and Appalachia) beginning in August 2013; and Vice President, Corporate Planning beginning in May 2013. Mr. Brown joined Anadarko in August 2006 upon the acquisition of Kerr-McGee Corporation, where he began his career. In addition to those positions mentioned above, Mr. Brown held positions of increasing responsibility with Anadarko and Kerr-McGee throughout his career in U.S. onshore and Gulf of Mexico segments, as well as internationally. Mr. Brown was also a director of Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (NYSE: WGP) and Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE: WES) from November 2017 to February 2019. After the February 2019 simplification of those two MLPs, he served on the board of Western Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: WES) until August 2019, when the Anadarko-Occidental transaction was completed. Since January 2020, Mr. Brown has served on the board of the Blackstone-backed private exploration and production company, Beacon Offshore Energy LLC, which is focused on the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Brown is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas and serves on the board of Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas. Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Rice University, where he was a Jones Scholar Award recipient.

Bill Kent is a CEO & COO at Resolute Energy Corporation and is based in Denver, Colorado. He has worked as Production Engineer at ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP; Drilling, Completions, and Reservoir Engineer at Forest Oil Corp.; and Sr. Drilling Engineer at ANTERO RESOURCES CORP. Bill attended Montana Tech between 1999 and 2003.

Richard 'Rick' Betz is a VP:Business Development at RNRC, VP:Business Development at Resolute Holdings LLC, and Chief Executive Officer at LEGACY RESERVES LP. He has worked as VP:Business Development at Hicks Acquisition Co II Inc, Exec VP/COO at Resolute Energy Corporation, and Senior VP:Strategy & Planning at Hicks Acquisition Co II Inc. Richard works or has worked at Chase Securities and works or has worked as Managing Director at HS Resources Inc. He studied at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Villanova University between 1980 and 1984, and The Wharton School between 1989 and 1991.

Steve Herod is a Board Member at GLENCORE COAL INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, President at HALRES LLC, and Chief Executive Officer at VANGUARD NATURAL RESOURCES. He has experience at PHAWK LLC and CONQUEST EXPLORATION CO and has worked as President at Shore Oil Co, Exec VP:Corp Dvpt/Asst Secy at 3TEC Energy Corp, and President at BATTALION OIL CORP. Steve studied at Oklahoma State University.