Tracy W. Krohn has served as Chief Executive Officer since he founded the Company in 1983 and as Chairman of the Board since 2004. He has also served in various other roles during his time with the Company, including as Treasurer from 1997 until 2006, and as President from its founding until September 2008 and again from March 2017 to present day. During 1996 to 1997, Mr. Krohn was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aviara Energy Corporation. Mr. Krohn has been actively involved in the oil and gas business since graduating with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1978. He began his career as a petroleum engineer and offshore drilling supervisor with Mobil Oil Corporation. Prior to founding the Company, from 1981 to 1983, Mr. Krohn was Senior Engineer with Taylor Energy Company. In 2013, Mr. Krohn was appointed to serve on the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute.

William J. Williford joined the Company in 2006 and was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in March 2022. Since joining the Company in 2006, he has served as Reservoir Engineer, Exploration Project Manager, General Manager Deepwater of Gulf of Mexico, Vice President and General Manager of Gulf of Mexico Shelf and Deepwater, and most recently, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Williford has over 25 years of oil and gas technical experience with large independents in the Gulf of Mexico and Domestic Onshore. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Williford held positions in reservoir, production, operations and strategic planning at Kerr-McGee and Oryx Energy. Mr. Williford earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Mississippi State University.

Jonathan C. Curth joined the Company in June 2022 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and manages legal and other various business functions. Mr. Curth has served in numerous commercial and legal positions at other energy companies, including most recently serving as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary for Vine Energy, Inc. (now a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corp.) from November 2020 to December 2021. His prior experience also includes Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of Vanguard Natural Resources, Inc. (now Grizzly Energy, LLC) from December 2017 to December 2019, where he was responsible for multiple commercial functions and all legal matters, and Assistant General Counsel at Newfield Exploration Company (now Ovintiv Inc.) from August 2013 to December 2017. He also previously worked at Willkie Farr and Gallagher LLP and at Baker and McKenzie LLP. Mr. Curth is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has over 15 years of commercial and legal experience in the energy industry. Mr. Curth received a B.A. degree from Baylor University and a J.D. degree from The University of Texas School of Law at Austin.