People: EXCO Resources Inc (XCO)

Mr. Earl E. Ellis is Independent Director of EXCO Resources Inc since October 2005. He was previously one of the directors from March 1998 through July 2003. Mr. Ellis has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Whole Harvest Foods, formerly Carolina Soy Products, an edible oil product manufacturing company since September 2003. Mr. Ellis has also been a private investor since 2001. He served as a director of Coda from 1992 until 1996. Mr. Ellis served as a managing partner of Benjamin Jacobson & Sons, LLC, specialists on the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE. He was associated with Benjamin Jacobson & Sons, LLC from 1977 to 2001 and was a member of the NYSE for over thirty years. Mr. Ellis’s background and experience provide him with investment, capital markets and executive leadership experience, familiarity with industry and important insights into corporate governance, financial reporting and oversight, executive compensation and board functions. In addition, Mr. Ellis is a graduate of Baylor University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business.