People: Comstock Resources, Inc. (CRK)

David W. Sledge has served as a Director of Comstock Resources, Inc. since May 1996. Mr. Sledge is currently a Vice President of Basic Energy Services, Inc. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sledge Drilling Company until it was acquired by Basic Energy Services in April 2007. He served as an area operations manager for Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. from May 2004 until January 2006. From October 1996 until May 2004, Mr. Sledge managed his personal investments in oil and gas exploration activities. Mr. Sledge is a past director of the International Association of Drilling Contractors and is a past chairman of the Permian Basin chapter of this association. Mr. Sledge also serves as a director of Bois d’Arc Energy, Inc. He received a B.B.A. degree from Baylor University in 1979.