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Zachary G. Urban

Class II Director at Earthstone Energy

Mr. Urban has served as a director since December 2014. Since August, 2019, Mr. Urban has served as Principal at RHV Capital, an investment company that invests in privately held operating businesses.

From January 2014 to July 2019, Mr. Urban served as CEO at the Vlasic Group, which is a private investment company with holdings in a wide variety of asset classes. Prior to being named CEO, Mr. Urban held the position of Managing Director of Investments at Vlasic Group from 2011 through 2013. At Vlasic Group, Mr. Urban has responsibility for a full spectrum of investment disciplines, including asset allocation, investment strategy, direct investments, manager selection, due diligence, and performance measurement.

From 2001 to 2011, Mr. Urban worked at Donnelly Penman & Partners (“DP&P”), a regional investment bank. At DP&P, Mr. Urban specialized in merger and acquisition transactions, business valuations, financial advisory, due diligence services, and capital raising for middle market public and private clients. Prior to his time at DP&P, Mr. Urban also worked in the Corporate Value Consulting practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he focused on business valuation services, strategic consulting, and corporate finance consulting for public and private companies, including multinational and Fortune 500 clients.

Mr. Urban holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and graduated from the Honors College of Michigan State University with a B.A. degree in Finance with High Honor.