Corporate Officers

Gary C. Evans presently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (NYSE Amex “MHR”), a Houston based oil and gas exploration and production company; he has held that position since May 2009. Mr. Evans previously founded and served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Magnum Hunter Resources Inc. (MHRI), a NYSE listed company, for twenty years before selling MHRI to Cimarex Energy for approximately $2.2 billion in June 2005. In 2005, Mr. Evans formed Wind Hunter Energy, LLC, a renewable energy company which was subsequently acquired in December 2006 by GreenHunter Energy, Inc.; a (NYSE Amex “GRH”) listed renewable energy company focusing on biodiesel, wind and biomass power. Mr. Evans has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GreenHunter Energy, Inc. since December 2006. Mr. Evans serves as an Individual Trustee of TEL Offshore Trust, a NASDAQ listed oil and gas trust, and is the Lead Director of Novavax Inc., a NASDAQ listed clinical-stage vaccine biotechnology company. Mr. Evans was recognized by Ernst and Young as the Southwest Area 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year for the Energy Sector and was subsequently inducted into the World Hall of Fame for Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs.  Mr. Evans also serves on the Board of the Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University.

Ron Ormand serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ormand served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Tremisis Energy Acquisition Corporation II from November 2007 to March 2009. Mr. Ormand has over twenty-five years of investment and commercial banking experience in the energy industry. From April 2005 to October 2007, he served as a Managing Director with West LB, a German-based international bank with over $300 billion in assets, where he covered the energy industry and served as Head of the Oil and Gas Investment Banking Group for the Americas. Mr. Ormand received a B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles and attended Cambridge University in Cambridge, England where he studied Economics.

Jim Denny serves as Executive Vice President of Operations. Mr. Denny brings more than 35 years of industry related experience to the company. Prior to joining Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation, Mr. Denny served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Energy Management Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harken Energy Corporation. He is a registered Professional Engineer (Louisiana) and is a Certified Earth Scientist. He is also a member of various industry associations, including the American Petroleum Institute, National Society of Professional Engineers, Society of Petroleum Engineers, and the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers. He is a graduate of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette with a B. S. in Petroleum Engineering.

H.C. “Kip” Ferguson, III serves as Executive Vice President of Exploration. Mr. Ferguson was formerly the President of Sharon Resources, Inc. Mr. Ferguson brings more that 20 years of exploration and development experience in several major U. S. basins to Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation. Mr. Ferguson is a third generation geologist with a degree in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin.

M. Bradley Davis serves as Senior Vice President of Capital Markets. Mr. Davis has 28 years of experience and direct involvement in all facets of the energy industry, including nine years as a Wall Street Senior Equity Research Analyst specializing in the small-to-mid capitalization independent exploration and production sector. He served from September 2002 until June 2005 as Senior Vice President of Capital Markets and Corporate Development and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc. Mr. Davis received a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Business Administration and Political Science from Baylor University.

David S. Krueger serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Krueger served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc. from January 1997 to June 2005. From June 2005 to May 2006, Mr. Krueger was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. in Dallas, Texas. Also, Mr. Krueger has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GreenHunter Energy Inc. since May 2006. Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc., Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. and GreenHunter Energy Inc. are not parents, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Company. Mr. Krueger, a certified public accountant, graduated from the University of Arkansas with a B.S. degree in Business Administration and earned his M.B.A. from the University of Tulsa.

Don Kirkendall serves as Senior Vice President of Administration and Product Marketing. Mr. Kirkendall brings more than 25 years of diversified energy experience to Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation. His background includes interstate pipeline business along with natural gas marketing and exploration experience. He co-founded and managed a successful natural gas marketing company along with an associated exploration company that specialized in drilling Texas Gulf Coast and South Texas oil and gas prospects. Mr. Kirkendall received his BBA from Southwest Texas State University.

Brian Burgher serves as Vice President of Land. Mr. Burgher brings more than 25 years of continuous experience in land related areas to Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation. Mr. Burgher is a fourth generation oil and gas landman. In addition to being an independent producer, Mr. Burgher has worked as field landman, field land broker, in-house landman, and land manager. Mr. Burgher attended both Baylor University and the University of Houston.

David Lipp serves as Vice President of Business Development and Legal. He has been with Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation for two years, working in the finance, treasury, accounting and legal departments. Mr. Lipp received a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a Masters degree in Accounting from Tulane University. He also received his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas.

Victor Ponce de León serves as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer.  Mr. Ponce de León has 15 years of experience in the energy sector.  As an investment banker with Morgan Keegan and WestLB AG, he worked on over 20 transactions, including structured and corporate financing, mergers & acquisitions and fairness opinions.   As an equity research analyst, Mr. Ponce de León covered the exploration and production sector for CIBC World Markets, Credit Lyonnais and Jefferies & Co.  Mr. Ponce de León received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of St. Thomas and a Certificate in Accounting from the University of Houston.

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