Travis D. Stice. Mr. Stice has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director
of our general partner since February 2014. He has served as Chief Executive Officer
of Diamondback since January 2012 and as a director since November 2012. Prior
to his current position with Diamondback, Mr. Stice served as its President and
Chief Operating Officer from April 2011 to January 2012. From November 2010 to
April 2011, Mr. Stice served as a Production Manager of Apache Corporation, an
oil and gas exploration company. Mr. Stice served as a Vice President of Laredo
Petroleum Holdings, Inc., an oil and gas exploration company, from September 2008
to September 2010 and as a Development Manager of ConocoPhillips/Burlington Resources
Mid-Continent Business Unit, an oil and gas exploration company, from April 2006
until August 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Stice held a series of positions at Burlington
Resources, an oil and gas exploration company, most recently as a General Manager,
Engineering, Operations and Business Reporting of its Mid Continent Division from
January 2001 until Burlington Resources’ acquisition by ConocoPhillips in
March 2006. Mr. Stice has over 26 years of experience in production operations,
reservoir engineering, production engineering and unconventional oil and gas exploration
and over 18 years of management experience. Mr. Stice graduated from Texas A&M
University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. He is a
registered engineer in the State of Texas, and is a 25-year member of the Society
of Petroleum Engineers.
We believe Mr. Stice’s expertise and extensive industry and executive
management experience, including at Diamondback, make him a valuable asset to
the board of directors of our general partner.
Teresa L. Dick. Ms. Dick has served as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice
President and Assistant Secretary of our general partner since February 2014.
She has also served as Diamondback’s Chief Financial Officer and Senior
Vice President since November 2009 and as its Corporate Controller from November
2007 until November 2009. From June 2006 to November 2007, Ms. Dick held a key
management position as the Controller/Tax Director at Hiland Partners, a publicly
traded midstream energy master limited partnership. Ms. Dick has over 19 years
of accounting experience, including over eight years of public company experience
in both audit and tax areas. Ms. Dick received her Bachelor of Business Administration
degree in Accounting from the University of Northern Colorado. She is a certified
public accountant and a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Council
of Petroleum Accountants Societies.
Russell Pantermuehl. Mr. Pantermuehl has served as Vice President-Reservoir
Engineering of our general partner since February 2014. He has also served as
Diamondback’s Vice President-Reservoir Engineering since August 2011,
and, prior to his current position at Diamondback, Mr. Pantermuehl served as
a reservoir engineering supervisor for Concho Resources Inc., an oil and gas
exploration company, from March 2010 to August 2011. Mr. Pantermuehl worked
for ConocoPhillips Company as a reservoir engineering advisor from January 2005
to March 2010. Mr. Pantermuehl also worked as an independent consultant in the
oil and gas industry from March 2000 to December 2004. He received a Bachelor
of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Randall J. Holder. Mr. Holder has served as Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary of our general partner since February 2014. Mr. Holder joined
Diamondback in November 2011 as General Counsel and Vice President and also
serves as Secretary. Prior to joining Diamondback, Mr. Holder served as General
Counsel and Vice President for Great White Energy Services LLC, an oilfield
services company, from November 2008 to November 2011. He served as Executive
Vice President and General Counsel for R.L. Hudson and Company, a supplier of
molded rubber and plastic components, from February 2007 to October 2008. He
was in private practice of law and a member of Holder Betz LLC from February
2005 to February 2007. Mr. Holder served as Vice President and Assistant General
Counsel for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, a vehicle rental company, from
January 2003 to February 2005 and as Vice President and General Counsel for
Thrifty Rent-A-Car System, Inc., a vehicle rental company, from September 1996
to December 2002. He also served as Vice President and General Counsel for Pentastar
Transportation Group, Inc. from November 1992 to September 1996, which was wholly-owned
by Chrysler Corporation. Mr. Holder started his legal career with Tenneco Oil
Company where he served as a Division Attorney providing legal services to the
company’s mid-continent division for ten years. He received a Juris Doctorate
degree from Oklahoma City University.
Steven E. West. Mr. West has served as a director and Executive Chairman of
our general partner since February 2014. Mr. West has also served as a director
of Diamondback since December 2011 and as its Chairman of the Board since October
2012. He served as Diamondback’s Chief Executive Officer from January
1, 2009 to December 31, 2011. From January 2011 until December 31, 2016, Mr.
West was a partner at Wexford Capital LP, focusing on Wexford’s private
equity energy investments. From August 2006 until December 2010, Mr. West served
as senior portfolio advisor at Wexford. From August 2003 until August 2006,
he was the chief financial officer of Sunterra Corporation, a former Wexford
portfolio company. From December 1993 until July 2003, Mr. West held senior
financial positions at Coast Asset Management and IndyMac Bank. Prior to that,
he worked at First Nationwide Bank, Lehman Brothers and Peat Marwick Mitchell
& Co., the predecessor of KPMG LLP. Mr. West holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Accounting from California State University, Chico.
We believe that Mr. West’s background in finance, accounting and private
equity energy investments, as well as his executive management skills developed
as part of his career with Wexford, its portfolio companies and other financial
institutions qualify him to serve on the board of directors of our general partner.
W. Wesley Perry. Mr. Perry has been a member of the board of directors of our
general partner since June 2014. Mr. Perry has served as a director of Genie
Energy Ltd. since October 2011 and as the chairman of the board of directors
of Genie Energy International Corporation since September 2009. Mr. Perry also
serves as a manager of PBEX, LLC, a position he has held since July 2012. Mr.
Perry currently serves on the board of directors of First Southern National
Bank. Mr. Perry served as a director of IDT Corporation from September 2010
to October 2011. Mr. Perry has owned and operated S.E.S. Investments, Ltd.,
an oil and gas investment company, since 1993. He has served as Chief Executive
Officer of E.G.L. Resources, Inc. since July 2008 and served as its President
from 2003 to July 2008. Mr. Perry has been a director of UTG, Inc. from June
2001 to December 2014 and served on its Audit Committee. He served as a director
of Western National Bank from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Perry served on the Midland
City Council from 2002 to 2008 and as Mayor of Midland from 2008 through 2014.
He is the President of the Milagros Foundation and a board member of the Abel-Hangar
Foundation. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University
of Oklahoma.
We believe that Mr. Perry’s extensive experience in the oil and gas industry
and his strong financial background qualify him to serve on the board of directors
of our general partner.
Michael L. Hollis. Mr. Hollis has been a member of the board of directors
of our general partner since June 2014. He has served as Chief Operating Officer
of Diamondback since July 2015 and before that served as Vice President-Drilling
of Diamondback since September 2011. Prior to his positions with Diamondback,
Mr. Hollis served in various roles, most recently as drilling manager at Chesapeake
Energy Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company, from June 2006 to September
2011. He worked for ConocoPhillips Company as a senior drilling engineer from
January 2002 to June 2006 and as a process engineer from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Hollis
also worked as a production engineer for Burlington Resources from 1998 to 2001
as well as from June 2003 to January 2004. Mr. Hollis received his Bachelor
of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University.
We believe that Mr. Hollis’ extensive experience in the oil and gas industry,
including at Diamondback, qualifies him to serve on the board of directors of
our general partner.
James L. Rubin. Mr. Rubin has been a member of the board of directors of our
general partner since June 2014. He has served as a partner at Wexford since
2012 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Equities and as
a member of Wexford’s hedge fund investment committee. From 2006 to 2012,
he served as an analyst and later as Vice President, focusing on Wexford’s
public and private energy investments. Mr. Rubin graduated cum laude from Yale
University with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in political science and
economics.
We believe that Mr. Rubin’s strong financial background qualifies him
to serve on the board of directors of our general partner.
Rosalind Redfern Grover. Ms. Grover has been a member of the board of directors
of our general partner since December 2014. Ms. Grover served as Chairman of
the Board of Flag-Redfern Oil Company until the company was sold to Kerr-McGee
Corporation in 1988. She has served as the President of Redfern Enterprises,
Inc., an independent oil and gas producer, since 1989 and as the Chief Executive
Officer of Redfern & Grover Resources, LLC, an independent oil and gas producer,
since 2014. Ms. Grover holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University
of Arizona.
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