William E. Dozier, age 73, has served as a director for Evolution since 2005. He is the Chair of both the Compensation and Reserves Committees and a member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Dozier has over 48 years of oil and gas industry experience. He has been President of Extex Consulting, Inc., an independent oil and gas consulting firm, since 2005. Prior to that, he held various senior roles at Vintage Petroleum and Santa Fe Minerals, and he began his career with Amoco Production Company in 1975. Mr. Dozier has previously served on several private and charitable boards, as well as the External Advisory Committee for The University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering. Mr. Dozier is a Registered Petroleum Engineer in the State of Texas with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He is also a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. Dozier s qualifications include his extensive background in engineering, operations management, energy sector development, and mergers and acquisitions experience within the energy industry. Further, his expertise in executive leadership, financial decision-making, cybersecurity knowledge, and outside board service is highly valuable to the Board.