Bryan H. Lawrence, age 82, has served as a member of our Board of Directors since December 2016. Mr. Lawrence is a founder and senior manager of Yorktown Partners LLC ( Yorktown Partners ), which manages the Yorktown group private equity partnerships with approximately $5.0 billion of capital under management that invest in the energy industry. The Yorktown partnerships were formerly affiliated with the investment firm of Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. where Mr. Lawrence had been employed since 1966, serving as a Managing Director until the merger of Dillon Read with SBC Warburg in September 1997. Mr. Lawrence also serves as a director of publicly traded Hallador Energy Company, Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. and Star Group, L.P. and certain nonpublic companies in the energy industry in which Yorktown partnerships hold equity interests. Mr. Lawrence is a graduate of Hamilton College and also has an M.B.A. from Columbia University. We believe that Mr. Lawrence s wealth of industry-specific transactional skills and experience qualify him to serve on our Board of Directors.