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Gasco
Energy is committed to providing expertise to enhance
the reputation and governance of the company through
its Board of Directors.
Marc
A. Bruner
Chairman and Strategic Consultant for Gasco Energy,
Member of the Executive Committee
Mr. Bruner has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors 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 November 2002 until present Mr. Bruner has been the largest shareholder of Galaxy Energy Corporation, a publicly traded natural gas and coalbed methane exploration and development company. From January 1996 to January 1999, Mr. Bruner was founding Chairman of the Board of Ultra Petroleum, 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.
Mark
A. Erickson
Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
Mr. Erickson has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Gasco and as a Director and a member of the executive committee, since February 2001. Mr. Erickson served as President of Pannonian Energy Inc. from mid-1999 until our merger with Pannonian Energy in February 2001. In late 1997, Mr. Erickson co-founded Pennaco Energy, Inc., an AMEX listed oil and gas company with properties in the Powder River basin of Wyoming. He served as an officer and director of Pennaco from its inception until mid-1999. Mr. Erickson served as President of RIS Resources (USA), a natural gas company from late 1997 to the end of 1998. Mr. Erickson is a Registered Petroleum Engineer with twenty years of experience in business development, finance, strategic planning, marketing, project management and petroleum engineering. He holds a MS in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines.
Charles B. Crowell
Director, Vice Chairman and Member of Audit and
Compensation Committee
Mr. Crowell has served as Vice Chairman of the Board, a director and a member of the audit, compensation and executive committees of Gasco since July 2002. Mr. Crowell has served as a member of the nominating committee of Gasco since April 2006. Mr. Crowell has served as a director of Derek Oil & Gas Corporation since March 2007. 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. Mr. Crowell currently serves as a director of PetroHunter Corporation since January 2007. From June 1999 to February 2001, Mr. Crowell served as a director 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 and a JD from University of Arkansas. He was admitted to the practice of law in Texas in 1974.
Richard
J. Burgess
Director and Member of Compensation Committee
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 CEO of NOMECO before retiring in 1994. NOMECO later became CMS Oil and Gas Company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE). 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 Directors of Michigan Oil and Gas Association and ROC Oil Company and is a former director of 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.
Richard S. Langdon
Director and Member of Audit 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 company active in California. Mr. Langdon became the President and Chief Executive Officer of Matris in the beginning of 2003. From 1997 until December 2002, Mr. Langdon served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EEX Corporation, a NYSE-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 Directors 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.
Carmen J. (Tony) Lotito
Director and Chairman of Audit and Compensation Committee
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, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of PetroHunter Corporation since May 2006. Mr. Lotito has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary - Treasurer and a director of GSL Energy Corporation since August 2005. 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.
John
A. Schmit
Director
Mr. Schmit became a Director of Gasco in October 2003 and a member of the compensation committee in December 2004. Mr. Schmit is a Manager of Crestview Capital Partners, LLC, a private investment firm specializing in private placements for small public companies. Prior to joining Crestview in February 2005, Mr. Schmit served as Vice President of Investments for RENN Capital Group, Inc., a registered investment advisor, 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.
Carl Stadelhofer
Director and Member of Audit Committee Mr. Stadelhofer has served as a Director since February 2001, as a member of the audit committee and the compensation committee of Gasco since April 2001 and as a member of the nominating committee of Gasco since April 2006. Mr. Stadelhofer has also served as a director for Falcon since June 2006. Mr. Stadelhofer is a partner with the law firm of Rinderknecht Klein & Stadelhofer in Zurich, Switzerland, where he has practiced law for over twenty years. He was admitted to the practice of law in Switzerland in 1982. He completed his law degree in 1979 in Switzerland and studied law in the United States at Harvard Law School and at Georgetown University Law School. His practice specializes in banking and financing, mergers and acquisitions, investment funds and international securities transactions.
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