People: SandRidge Energy Inc (SD)

SD on New York Consolidated

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Tom Ward

52 2011 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

James Bennett

43 2013 President, Chief Financial Officer

David Lawler

45 2013 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

Philip Warman

41 2010 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Mary Whitson

51 2011 Senior Vice President - Corporate & Human Resources

Kevin White

54 2012 Senior Vice President - Business Development

Wayne Chang

50 2009 Senior Vice President - Midstream

Randall Cooley

58 2008 Senior Vice President - Accounting

Lance Galvin

2013 Senior Vice President - Corporate Reservoir

Stephen Beasley

2013 Director

Edward Moneypenny

2013 Director

Alan Weber

2013 Director

Dan Westbrook

2013 Director

Jim Brewer

53 2011 Independent Director

Everett Dobson

52 2009 Independent Director

William Gilliland

74 2006 Independent Director

Daniel Jordan

55 2006 Independent Director

Roy Oliver

59 2006 Independent Director

Jeffrey Serota

46 2007 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Tom Ward

Mr. Tom L. Ward is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of SandRidge Energy Inc. Mr. Ward has served as the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since June 2006 and as the company's President from December 2006 until January 2011. Prior to joining SandRidge, he served as director, President and Chief Operating Officer of Chesapeake Energy Corporation from the time he co-founded the company in 1989 until February 2006. From February 2006 until June 2006, Mr. Ward managed his private investments. Mr. Ward graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Petroleum Land Management. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana.

James Bennett

Mr. James Donald Bennett is the President, Chief Financial Officer of SandRidge Energy, Inc., effective as of March 15, 2013. He has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2011. From 2010 until he joined the Company, he was Managing Director for White Deer Energy, a private equity fund focused on the exploration and production, oilfield service and equipment, and midstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. From 2006 to December 2009, he was a Managing Director at GSO Capital Partners L.P. Mr. Bennett graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major in Finance from Texas Tech University in 1993. Mr. Bennett has served on the board of directors of the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. and PostRock Energy Corporation.

David Lawler

Mr. David C. Lawler has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of SandRidge Energy Inc., effective April 6, 2013. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lawler served as Chief Executive Officer and President of PostRock Energy Corporation and its predecessor entities since August 2008 after having served as Chief Operating Officer of PostRock Energy Corporation’s predecessor entities from May 2007 through August 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Lawler was employed by Shell Exploration & Production Company from May 1997 to May 2007 in roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Engineering and Operations Manager for multiple assets along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Mr. Lawler graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering and earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Tulane University in 2003.

Philip Warman

Mr. Philip T. Warman is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of SandRidge Energy Inc. Mr. Warman joined the company as Senior Vice President and General Counsel in August 2010. He also serves as the company's Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining SandRidge, Mr. Warman was the Associate General Counsel for SEC and finance matters for Spectra Energy Corporation from January 2007 through July 2010. From 1998 through 2006 he practiced law as a corporate finance attorney with Vinson & Elkins, LLP in Houston, Texas. Mr. Warman earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1993 and graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1998.

Mary Whitson

Ms. Mary L. Whitson is Senior Vice President - Corporate & Human Resources of SandRidge Energy Inc. She has served as the company's Senior Vice President – Corporate and Human Resources since June 2011 and had previously served as the company's Senior Vice President – Human Resources since September 2006. Ms. Whitson was the Vice President – Human Resources for Chesapeake Energy Corporation through August 2006, where she held human resources management positions of increasing responsibility for more than eight years. She attended Oklahoma State University and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1996.

Kevin White

Mr. Kevin R. White is Senior Vice President - Business Development of SandRidge Energy Inc. Prior to joining SandRidge, he worked for six years as a consultant in the oil and gas industry. Mr. White served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategic Planning for Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp. from 1993 until the company was sold in 2001. He attended Oklahoma State University, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in 1979 and a Master of Science degree in Accounting and his Certified Public Accountant qualification in 1980.

Wayne Chang

Mr. Wayne C. Chang is Senior Vice President - Midstream of SandRidge Energy Inc. Mr. Chang joined the company as Vice President – Midstream in February 2007 and was promoted to Senior Vice President – Midstream in January 2009. Mr. Chang most recently served as the Director of Producer Services for Enogex, Inc., a company involved in gas gatherer and intrastate transporter of gas in the State of Oklahoma. Prior to this, he worked for diversified oil and gas companies such as Conoco Inc., Phillips Petroleum Company and Chesapeake Energy Corporation focusing on the midstream sector. Mr. Chang graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1984.

Randall Cooley

Mr. Randall D. Cooley is Senior Vice President — Accounting of SandRidge Energy Inc. since November 2006. He joined the company as Vice President – Accounting in November 2006, upon the company's acquisition of NEG Oil & Gas LLC and was promoted to Senior Vice President – Accounting in January 2008. Prior to joining SandRidge, Mr. Cooley served as the senior financial officer with National Energy Group, Inc., having held the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from March 2003 to November 2006. Mr. Cooley earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a major in Accounting, from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1978 and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Lance Galvin

Stephen Beasley

Edward Moneypenny

Alan Weber

Dan Westbrook

Jim Brewer

Mr. Jim J. Brewer is Independent Director of SandRidge Energy Inc. He was appointed as a director of SandRidge Energy, Inc. in 2011. Mr. Brewer, a geologist, has almost 30 years of experience in the oil and gas business. In 1987, Mr. Brewer co-founded J-Brex Company, a private oil and gas and real estate company, of which he is the President. He co-founded Energynet.com, an oil and gas property auction service in 1999, and currently serves on its board of directors. Mr. Brewer has degrees in geology and mathematics from West Texas State University.

Everett Dobson

Mr. Everett R. Dobson is Independent Director of SandRidge Energy, Inc. He was appointed as a director of SandRidge Energy, Inc. in 2009. He has served as Chairman for Dobson Technologies, a private landline, fiber optic and data storage business since November 2003. The founder of Dobson Communications Corporation, a telecommunications company listed on NASDAQ until its 2007 sale, Mr. Dobson served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1996 until 2005 and as its Executive Chairman from 2005 until 2007, when the company was sold. Mr. Dobson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and has served on its Foundation Board of Directors since 1991.

William Gilliland

Mr. William A. Gilliland is Independent Director of SandRidge Energy Inc since January 7, 2006. Mr. Gilliland has served as managing partner of several personal and family investment partnerships, including Gillco Energy, L.P. and Gillco Investments, L.P., since April 1999. Prior to this, Mr. Gilliland was the founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President and of Cross-Continent Auto Retailers, Inc. Mr. Gilliland holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from North Texas State University.

Daniel Jordan

Mr. Daniel W. Jordan is no longer Independent Director of SandRidge Energy Inc., effective on June 30, 2013. He was appointed as a director of SandRidge Energy, Inc. in 2006. Mr. Jordan served as a director and Vice President of Lariat Compression Company from August 2003 to September 2005. From October 2005 through August 2006, Mr. Jordan served as Vice President, Business of Riata Energy, Inc., the company's predecessor. Since September 2006, Mr. Jordan has been involved in private investments. Prior to joining SandRidge, Mr. Jordan founded Jordan Drilling Fluids, Inc. and served as its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer from March 1984 to July 2005. Mr. Jordan sold Jordan Drilling Fluids, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Anchor Drilling Fluids USA Inc., in July 2005. At that time, Anchor Drilling Fluids USA Inc. was the privately held domestic drilling fluids firm.

Roy Oliver

Mr. Roy T. Oliver, Jr., is Independent Director of SandRidge Energy Inc since July 13, 2006. Mr. Oliver was appointed as a director of SandRidge Energy, Inc. in 2006. Mr. Oliver has served as President of R.T. Oliver Investments, Inc., a diversified investment company with interests in energy, energy services, media and real estate, since August 2001. The company presently owns the portfolio of class A office properties in Oklahoma. He has served as Chairman and President of Valliance Bank, N.A. since August 2004. He founded U.S. Rig and Equipment, Inc. in 1980 and served as its President until its assets were sold in August 2003. Mr. Oliver is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

Jeffrey Serota

Mr. Jeffrey S. Serota is Independent Director of SandRidge Energy, Inc since March 20, 2007. He has served as a Senior Partner in the Private Equity Group of Ares Management LLC, an alternative asset investment firm, since September 1997. Prior to joining Ares, Mr. Serota worked at Bear Stearns from March 1996 to September 1997, where he specialized in providing investment banking services to financial sponsor clients of the firm. He currently serves on the board of directors of EXCO Resources, Inc. and WCA Waste Corporation and previously served on the boards of directors of Douglas Dynamics, Inc. and Lyondell Bassell, N.V. Mr. Serota received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and received a Master of Business Administration degree from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
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