HARRY J. PETERS, age 62, Bowling Green, Kentucky, was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) in May 2003. In September 2005 Mr. Peters resigned as COO and in October 2005 resigned as Sr. VP. Mr. Peters was Senior Vice President-Acquisitions from August 2000 to April 2003. Mr. Peters served the Company as Senior Vice President-Sales and Marketing from April 2000 to July 2000 and has served as a Director since April 2000. A native of New York, he has over 30 years of experience in sales and marketing, both domestic and international. Over the years, he has developed close working relationships with investment bankers, institutional investors and securities dealers while directing market financing of reserve purchases, and raising drilling risk capital and venture capital for wells in Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, West Virginia and Utah. Mr. Peters has been a director and Senior Vice President-Sales and Marketing of Blue Ridge Group, Inc. since April of 1999 |