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Joe is a veteran energy executive with over 40 years of oil and gas experience and over 20 years of experience in senior finance positions for several publicly traded corporations. Joe joined our board in July 2011 as an independent director; he also serves as chair of the Audit Committee.

He began his career at ARCO, a subsidiary of British Petroleum, in 1974 and served in various positions of increasing responsibility in multiple finance departments ending his ARCO career in 2001 as Vice President, Controller, and Principal Accounting Officer of Vastar Resources, Inc.

Joe joined Burlington Resources, Inc. in 2001 as Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer retiring in 2006 as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Since 2006, other than his service on our board and the other boards identified below, Joe has been retired.

He formerly served as a director at Linn Co, LLC, Global Geophysical Services, LLC, BPI Energy Holdings, Inc., and Rancher Energy Corp. Joe also has non-profit experience having served on the boards of the Anchorage Boys & Girls Club, Providence Hospital in Anchorage, and American Petroleum Institute Accounting Committee.

Joe is registered as a Certified Public Accountant in New York and holds a Bachelor’s in Economics from College of the Holy Cross (1973), as well as a Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Accounting from Northeastern University.