David B. Kilpatrick is currently a director of the Company and Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Kilpatrick has over 30 years of executive management and operating experience in the oil and gas industry. Since 1998 he has been the President of Kilpatrick Energy Group a consulting firm to oil and gas companies. Mr. Kilpatrick serves as a director on the boards of publicly traded PYR Energy Corporation and privately held Ensyn Petroleum International Ltd. From 1996 to 1998 Mr. Kilpatrick was the President and Chief Operating Officer for Monterey Resources Inc. an independent oil and gas company in California. From 1982 to 1996 he held various managerial positions at Santa Fe Energy Resources an oil and gas production company. Mr. Kilpatrick is currently serving as a director of the California Independent Petroleum Association and the Independent Oil Producers Agency. |