Stephen K. Gardner

Stephen K. Gardner is our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. He has over 16 years experience in financial and transactional management in the oil and gas industry. From September 2002 to May 2004, he was Chief Financial Officer of Dunhill Resources, Inc., a private-held oil and natural gas production company, which hired him to address its over-levered financial condition. Prior to September 2002, Mr. Gardner served as president of a private construction firm and as Chief Financial Officer of Mesa, Inc., the predecessor to Pioneer Natural Resources. He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Southwestern University in 1982 and an M.A. in Economics from Columbia University in 1985.