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ABOUT GASCO ENERGY | Directors
Gasco Energy is committed to providing expertise to enhance the reputation and governance of the company through its Board of Directors.
| Charles B. Crowell |
| Director and Chief Executive Officer |
| Prior to his appointment as the Company's CEO in January 2010, Mr. Crowell (age 67) served as a member of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board and a member of the Audit, Compensation and Executive Committees of the Board since July 2002 and a member of the Nominating Committee of the Board since April 2006. As of the Effective Date of his appointment as CEO, Mr. Crowell began serving as acting CEO of the Company, the Vice Chairman of the Board, a member of the Board and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board. Mr. Crowell has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Derek Oil & Gas Corporation since March 2007. Mr. Crowell served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of PetroHunter Energy Corporation through May 2009. Since 1993, Mr. Crowell has been a practicing attorney and a consultant to oil and gas companies, and was a senior member of Crowell & Bishop, PLLC, Attorneys, from November 1995 through June 1998. From September 1996 until June 2000, Mr. Crowell held the position of Manager at Enigma Engineering Company, LLC. Mr. Crowell also worked at Triton Energy Corporation where he held the positions of Executive Vice President, Administration from November 1991 to May 1993, Senior Vice President and General Counsel from August 1989 to October 1991 and Vice President and General Counsel from November 1981 to July 1989. From June 1999 to February 2001, Mr. Crowell served as a member of the Board of Directors of Comanche Energy, Inc. He has also held public directorships at Arakis Energy Corporation from June 1997 to October 1998, at Aero Services International, Inc. from December 1989 to May 1993 (where he was Chairman of the Board from August 1990 to December 1992) and at Triton Europe, plc. from October 1989 to May 1993. Mr. Crowell holds a BA degree from John Hopkins University and a JD from the University of Arkansas. He was admitted to the practice of law in Texas in 1974. |
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| Marc A. Bruner |
| Chairman, Member of the Executive Committee |
| Mr. Bruner has served as the Chairman of the Board of Gasco and as a member of Gasco’s executive committee since February 2001. From November 2004 until April 1, 2005, Mr. Bruner served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Mako Energy Corporation (“Mako”). Mako merged with Falcon Oil and Gas Ltd. (“Falcon”) on April 1, 2005 at which time Mr. Bruner became the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Falcon. Falcon is listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange. From January 1996 to January 1999, Mr. Bruner was founding Chairman of the Board of Ultra Petroleum (“Ultra”), an American Stock Exchange listed natural gas company. Ultra’s business is focused on tight sand development in the Green River Basin of Wyoming. In late 1997, Mr. Bruner co-founded Pennaco Energy, Inc., a coal bed methane company. In 1996, Mr. Bruner co-founded RIS Resources International, a natural gas company, and served as a Director until late 1997. |
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| Steven D. (Dean) Furbush |
| Director |
Mr. Furbush has served as a director since June 2010. He is currently the President of College Summit, a position he has held since July 2007 after spending six months working with the organization to redesign key business systems. Previously, Mr. Furbush served as Chief Executive Officer of FreshDirect from 2003 to 2006, after he was initially hired as Chief Operating Officer in 2003. He served in the positions of Chief Economist and then Executive Vice President of NASDAQ Transaction Services at the NASDAQ Stock Market from 1995 to 2003. Prior to joining the NASDAQ, Mr. Furbush was Senior Economist at Economists Incorporated, from October 1990 to June 1995. He served as Economic Advisor to the Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, from October 1989 to August 1990, and Financial Economist at the SEC, Office of Economic Analysis, from June 1987 to October 1989. Mr. Furbush has also held teaching positions at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia State University and at the University of Maryland. From June 1985 to September 1986, and again in January 1987, he was a consultant and junior staff economist in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Council of Economic Advisers. Mr. Furbush was a research associate at the Center for Naval Analyses, Marine Corps Operations & Analysis Group, from October 1982 to June 1985. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Washington, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland. |
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| Richard J. Burgess |
| Director and Member of Audit, Nominating and Compensation Committees |
| Mr. Burgess has served as a Director and a member of the compensation committee of Gasco since May 2003. Mr. Burgess served as President and Chief Executive Officer of NOMECO before retiring in 1994. NOMECO later became CMS Oil and Gas Company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange listed company. Mr. Burgess received a B.S. degree (honors) in Geology from the University of Manitoba and has held various positions in the oil and gas industry since 1954. Mr. Burgess currently serves on the Board of Michigan Oil and Gas Association and is a former director of ROC Oil Company, Miller Exploration, Seagull Energy, Command Petroleum and Sydney Oil Company. Mr. Burgess has been involved, in various capacities, with the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Ontario Petroleum Institute and Potential Gas Committee. |
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| Richard S. Langdon |
| Director and Chairman of Audit and Nominating Committees and Member of the Compensation Committee |
| Mr. Langdon became a Director of Gasco and a member of the audit committee in March 2003 and of the nominating committee since April 2006. Mr. Langdon is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Matris Exploration Company, LP, a privately held exploration and production limited partnership active in California, and Sigma Energy Ventures, LLC, a privately held exploration and production limited liability company active in Texas. Mr. Langdon became the President and Chief Executive Officer of Matris in the beginning of 2003 and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma in December of 2007. From 1997 until December 2002, Mr. Langdon served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EEX Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange listed exploration and production company that was acquired by Newfield Exploration in late 2002. Before joining EEX Corporation, Mr. Langdon was an oil and gas consultant from August 1996 to March 1997. Prior to that, he held various positions with the Pennzoil Companies since 1991, including Executive Vice President—International Marketing—Pennzoil Products Company, from June 1996 to August 1996; Senior Vice President—Business Development & Shared Services—Pennzoil Company from January 1996 to June 1996; and Senior Vice President—Commercial & Control—Pennzoil Exploration & Production Company from December 1991 to December 1995. Mr. Langdon is currently a member of the Board of Constellation Energy Partners LLC, a public limited liability company focused on the acquisition, development and exploitation of oil and natural gas properties and related midstream assets. Mr. Langdon holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration, both from the University of Texas at Austin. |
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| Carmen J. (Tony) Lotito |
| Director and Member of Audit, Nominating and Compensation Committees |
| Mr. Lotito has served as a Director of Gasco, as the Chairman of Gasco’s audit and compensation committees since April 2001 and as the Chairman of Gasco’s nominating committee since April 2006. Mr. Lotito currently serves as the Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of PetroHunter Energy Corporation (of which Mr. Bruner is a controlling shareholder) since May 2006. Until October 2007, Mr. Lotito also served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of PetroHunter Energy Corporation. Mr. Lotito served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary — Treasurer and a director of GSL Energy Corporation from August 2005 through October 2007. He served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and as a director, until July 2005, of Galaxy Energy Corporation, a publicly traded natural gas and coalbed methane exploration and development company upon its acquisition of Dolphin Energy Corporation in November 2002. Mr. Lotito served as the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and a Director of Dolphin Energy Corporation from September 2002 through November 2002. Mr. Lotito served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Coriko Corporation, a private business development company from November 2000 to August 2002. Mr. Lotito has been a member of Equistar Capital LLC, an investment-banking firm since December 1999. From March 2000 to September 2001, Mr. Lotito served as a Director of marketing for Impact Web Development. Prior to joining Coriko from Utah Clay Technology, Inc., Mr. Lotito was self-employed as a financial consultant. Mr. Lotito holds a BS degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California. |
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| John A. Schmit |
| Director and Member of the Executive, Audit and Nominating Committees and Chairman of the Compensation Committee |
| Mr. Schmit became a Director of Gasco in October 2003, a member of the compensation committee in December 2004 and a member of the executive committee in January 2005. Mr. Schmit is currently the principal of SSD Capital, a private investment firm. From February 2005 until September 2007, Mr. Schmit was a Manager of Crestview Capital Partners, LLC, a hedge fund manager specializing in private placements for small public companies. Prior to joining Crestview, Mr. Schmit served as Vice President of Investments for RENN Capital Group, Inc., a registered investment advisor based in Dallas, Texas, where he was a portfolio manager of closed-end funds from May 1997 through December 2004. From September 1992 to September 1994, he practiced law with the law firm of Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins, in Amarillo, Texas. He holds a BBA in Finance from Texas Christian University, a JD from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and an LLM in International and Comparative Law from The Georgetown University Law Center. |
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