| A. Wade Pursell |
A. Wade Pursell is currently the Director at Junior Achievement. He is also the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at SM Energy Co. and Helix Robotics Solutions, Inc. Mr. Pursell previously worked as the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. and as a Manager at Arthur Andersen LLP. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Central Arkansas in 1987. |
| Richard Jenkins |
Richard Jenkins is currently working as the Vice President-Operations at SM Energy Co. Prior to this, he completed his undergraduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University. |
| Herbert S. Vogel |
Herbert S. Vogel is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at SM Energy Co. He is also a Director at Texas Oil & Gas Association. Previously, he worked as a Reservoir Engineer at Arco Alaska, Inc. and as the President at BP Energy Co. He holds a graduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin and an undergraduate degree from The University of Colorado. |
| Dean Lutey |
Dean Lutey is currently the Chief Information Officer & Vice President at SM Energy Co. He previously worked as the Director-Technical Information Systems at ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp. from 2006 to 2007 and as the Manager-Information Technology Service Delivery at Chesapeake Energy Corp. from 2007 to 2008. Mr. Lutey completed his undergraduate degree at Excelsior College (New York). |
| Patrick Allen Lytle |
Patrick Allen Lytle is currently working as the Chief Accounting Officer, Controller & VP at SM Energy Co. He started this position in 2021. Prior to his current role, Mr. Lytle has a graduate degree from The University of Colorado and an undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas. |
| Julio Manuel Quintana |
Julio Manuel Quintana is currently serving as the Chairman at SM Energy Co. since 2023. He is also an Independent Director at Newmont Corp. since 2015, an Independent Director at California Resources Corp. since 2020, and a Director at Pipeline Pressure Isolation Group LLC since 2016. Previously, Mr. Quintana held the position of Chairman at Basic Energy Services, Inc. from 2019 to 2021. He was also a Director at Tesco Corp. from 2014 to 2015, Vice President-Exploitation at Schlumberger Technology Corp. from 1999 to 2004, and Deepwater Manager at Unocal Corp. from 1980 to 1999. Additionally, he served as Vice President-Exploitation at SLB NV in 2004. Mr. Quintana completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California. |
| Ramiro G. Peru |
usiness Experience
•Spent nearly 28 years at Phelps Dodge Corporation, a North America mining company, where he held various finance and accounting positions of increasing responsibility, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2004 - 2007) and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (1999 - 2004)
Key Attributes, Experience and Skills
•Senior Executive Leadership Experience, Enterprise Risk Management and Hedging Experience, and Finance, Capital Management and Accounting Expertise acquired while serving in senior leadership positions with responsibility for the oversight of all financial operations including during his almost decade as CFO at Phelps Dodge and his public company audit committee experience
•Corporate Governance Experience obtained through his board service with Elevance Health and UNS Energy Corporation
•Cybersecurity, Data Analytics and Technology
Education
•BS, University of Arizona
Other Public Company Boards
•Elevance Health Inc., fka Anthem, Inc. (NYSE: ELV) (2004 – present), a provider of health plans and other healthcare related solutions |
| William D. Sullivan |
William D. Sullivan's current job is as an Independent Director at SM Energy Co. Former jobs include being the President & Chief Executive Officer at Leor Energy LP in 2005, Chairman at TETRA Technologies, Inc. from 2015 to 2022, Independent Non-Executive Director at Legacy Reserves LP from 2006 to 2018, Independent Director at Targa Resources Partners LP from 2007 to 2015, Independent Director at Targa Resources GP LLC from 2011 to 2015, Independent Director at CSI Compressco LP from 2011 to 2021, Director at TRI Resources, Inc., Director at Gryphon Exploration Co. from 2004 to 2005, Independent Director at Legacy Reserves GP LLC from 2006 to 2018, Independent Director at CSI Compressco GP LLC from 2011 to 2021, and Vice President-Operations at Anadarko Petroleum Corp. from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Sullivan's education includes an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University. |
| Carla J. Bailo |
Carla J. Bailo is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer at Ecos Consulting LLC, an Independent Director at SM Energy Co., Advance Auto Parts, Inc., and Vesuvius Plc. She previously served as the President & Chief Executive Officer at the Center for Automotive Research, Inc., Director & Vice President-Automotive at SAE International, Independent Director at EVe Mobility Acquisition Corp., Senior Vice President-Research & Development at Nissan North America, Inc., and Assistant Vice President-Mobility Research at The Ohio State University. Bailo received her undergraduate degree from Kettering University and her graduate degree from the University of Michigan. |
| Barton R. Brookman |
Barton R. Brookman currently works at Colorado Oil & Gas Association, as Vice Chairman, SM Energy Co., as Independent Director from 2024, PDC 2003-C LP, as Senior Vice President-Exploration & Production from 2008, PDC 2005-A LP, as Senior Vice President-Exploration & Production, and PDC 2005-B LP, as Senior Vice President-Exploration & Production from 2005. Mr. Brookman also formerly worked at PDC Energy, Inc., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2015 to 2023, Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development, as Chairman, Snyder Oil Corp., as Vice President-Operations, Patina Oil & Gas Corp., as Vice President-Operations from 2001 to 2005, PDC 1996-D LP, as Vice President-Exploration & Production, PDC 2004-A LP, as President in 2010, PDC 2004-B LP, as President, Senior VP-Exploration & Production in 2010, PDC 2004-C LP, as President in 2010, and PDC 2004-D LP, as President in 2010. Mr. Brookman received his undergraduate degree from Colorado School of Mines and graduate degree from The University of Colorado. |
| Anita M. Powers |
Anita M. Powers currently works at EQT Corp., as Independent Director from 2018 and SM Energy Co., as Independent Director from 2021. Ms. Powers also formerly worked at California Resources Corp., as Independent Director from 2017 to 2020, Worldwide Geosciences, Inc., as Director, Chief Geologist & VP-Exploration, Occidental Petroleum Corp., as Vice President-Worldwide Exploration from 2007 to 2017, and Occidental Oil & Gas Corp., as Executive Vice President-Worldwide Exploration from 2009 to 2016. Ms. Powers received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University. |
| Rose M. Robeson |
Rose M. Robeson is currently the Chairman at Newpark Resources, Inc. since 2023. She is also an Independent Director at The Williams Cos., Inc. since 2020 and an Independent Director at SM Energy Co. since 2014. Additionally, she holds positions as a Director at Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Rocky Mountain), a Member at The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Member at The Financial Executives Institute, and a Member at Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants, Inc. In her former roles, Ms. Robeson served as a Director at Tesco Corp. from 2015 to 2017, an Independent Director at Third Coast Midstream Holdings LLC from 2014 to 2016, an Independent Director at Third Coast Midstream LLC from 2014 to 2016, an Independent Director at Antero Midstream Corp. from 2017 to 2022, a Director at AMGP GP LLC from 2017 to 2019, a Principal at Ernst & Young LLP, the Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Duke Energy Field Services LLC, the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at DCP Midstream LP from 2012 to 2014, the Assistant Treasurer at Total Petroleum North America Ltd. from 1987 to 1996, the Treasurer & Vice President at Kinder Morgan, Inc. from 1996 to 2000, the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at DCP Midstream GP LLC from 2012 to 2014, and the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at DCP Midstream Partners LP from 2012 to 2014. She also held the position of Chief Financial Officer & Group Vice President at DCP Midstream LLC (Old) from 2002 to 2012. Ms. Robeson obtained her undergraduate degree from Northwest Missouri State University. |
| Stephen R. Brand |
Stephen R. Brand is an Independent Director at SM Energy Co. since 2011 and a Director at Accenture Global Energy since 2007. He previously worked as a Director at BPZ Resources, Inc., Phillips Petroleum Co., Australian American Chamber of Commerce of Houston, and GeoScale, Inc. From 2005 to 2010, he served as the Senior Vice President-Technology at ConocoPhillips. He was also a Senior Executive Advisor at Welltec A. In 1992 to 1995, he was the President of ConocoPhillips Western Canada Partnership. Dr. Brand holds graduate and doctorate degrees from Purdue University, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota. |
