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M. Jay Allison has been a director since 1987, and our Chief Executive Officer since 1988. Mr. Allison was elected Chairman of the board of directors in 1997. From 1988 to 2013, Mr. Allison served as our President and before that he served as our Vice President and Secretary. From 1981 to 1987, he was a practicing oil and gas attorney with the firm of Lynch, Chappell & Alsup in Midland, Texas. Mr. Allison was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bois d’Arc Energy, Inc. from the time of its formation in 2004 until its merger with Stone Energy Corporation in 2008. He received B.B.A., M.S. and J.D. degrees from Baylor University in 1978, 1980 and 1981, respectively. Mr. Allison also serves on the Board of Regents for Baylor University.

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.

Wesley Mendonca Batista is a Chief Executive Officer at SILVERBOW RESOURCES, INC.. He has worked as Board Member at Jbs Usa Holdings, Inc.; Chairman at Excelsior Alimentos; and Board Member at VIGOR ALIMENTOS SA.

Tracy W. Krohn (born August 26, 1954, in Houston, Texas) is an entrepreneur and auto racing enthusiast who was a new addition to the 2006 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, at #320.

Johnny Jordan is a President at MATRIX OIL MANAGEMENT CORP and Board Member at MATRIX OIL MANAGEMENT CORP and is based in Sanata, Santa Barbara, California. He has worked as Board Member at ROYALE ENERGY, INC. and President/COO at ROYALE ENERGY, INC.. Johnny works or has worked as MEMBER at Society of Petroleum Engineers and MEMBER at API - American Petroleum Institute. He studied at Pryor High School and University of Oklahoma.

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.