A. Lance Langford has served as a member of our Board since March 2023 and currently serves on our Compensation Committee and as chair of our Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Langford served on the board of managers of Atlas Sand Company, LLC, the pre-IPO predecessor of the Company ( Atlas LLC ), since 2018, and previously served as a director of Brigham Minerals from August 2020 until its merger with Sitio Royalties in December 2022. Mr. Langford has over 30 years of oil and gas industry experience. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Langford Energy Partners I, LLC since 2020. He is also a co-founder and has served as a member of the general partner of Brigham Royalties Fund I, LP since 2023. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, and director of Luxe Energy LLC and Luxe Minerals LLC from 2015 to 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Langford served as Senior Vice President for Equinor ASA (formerly named Statoil ASA) from 2011 to 2015. From 1995 to 2011, Mr. Langford built and led Brigham Exploration s engineering, operations, marketing and midstream departments, ultimately serving as Executive Vice President Operations at the time the company was purchased by Statoil. He started his engineering career with Burlington Resources Inc. from 1987 to 1995. Mr. Langford earned a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University. Mr. Langford was appointed to our Board in March 2023 in connection with our IPO in light of his knowledge of the energy industry and familiarity and experience with Atlas LLC.