Mr. Kendall, 59, has served as a member of California Resources Corporation s Board of Directors since May 2024. Mr. Kendall was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Denbury Inc., and a member of Denbury's Board of Directors, from July 2017, through its 2020 bankruptcy and emergence therefrom, until November 2023, when it was acquired by ExxonMobil Corporation. Mr. Kendall joined Denbury as Chief Operating Officer in September 2015 and was named President in October 2016. Prior to joining Denbury, Mr. Kendall was with Noble Energy, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Global Operations Services. Over the course of his 14-year tenure at Noble Energy, he held a wide range of international and domestic leadership positions, primarily in the Eastern Mediterranean, Latin America and the Gulf of Mexico regions. Mr. Kendall began his career at Mobil Oil Corporation in 1989. Mr. Kendall has served on the board of directors of NOV Inc., a provider of oilfield equipment, technologies and expertise, since December 2024. In addition, he began serving on the board of Range Resources Corporation, a natural gas exploration and production company, in February 2025. Mr. Kendall earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Civil Specialty, from the Colorado School of Mines and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. Mr. Kendall also serves on the advisory board of Southern Methodist University s Maguire Energy Institute.