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Harold D. Carter a director of Abraxas since October 2003 has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and has been an independent consultant since 1990. Prior to consulting Mr. Carter served as Executive Vice President of Pacific Enterprises Oil Company (USA). Before that Mr. Carter was associated for 20 years with Sabine Corporation ultimately serving as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1986 to 1989. Mr. Carter consults for Associated Energy Managers Inc. with respect to its Energy Income Fund L.P. an investment fund and is a director of Brigham Exploration Company and Energy Partners Ltd. both publicly traded oil and gas companies and Longview Production Company a private company. Mr. Carter was a director of Abraxas from 1996 to 1999 and served as an advisory director from 1999 to October 2003.
Ralph F. Cox a director of Abraxas since December 1999 has over 45 years of oil and gas industry experience over 30 of which was with Arco. Mr. Cox retired from Arco in 1985 after serving as Vice Chairman. Mr. Cox then joined what was known as Union Pacific Resources prior to its acquisition by Anadarko Petroleum in July 2000 retiring in 1989 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Cox then joined Greenhill Petroleum Corporation as President until leaving in 1994 to pursue a consulting business. Mr. Cox has in the past and continues to serve on many boards including CH2M Hill Companies an engineering and construction firm and is a trustee for the Fidelity group of funds. Mr. Cox earned Petroleum and Mechanical Engineering degrees from Texas A&M University with advanced studies at Emory University.
Barry J. Galt a director of Abraxas since October 2003 has served as a director of Ocean Energy Inc. an oil and gas company since his retirement in 1999 until the acquisition of Ocean by Devon Energy Corporation in April 2003. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Seagull Energy Corporation an oil and gas company the predecessor to Ocean from 1983 through 1998 and as Vice Chairman of Seagull from January 1999 until May 1999. Prior to his employment by Seagull Mr. Galt acted as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Williams Companies an oil and gas company. Mr. Galt has also served as a director of Trinity Industries Inc. a manufacturing company since 1989 a director of Dynegy Inc. an oil and gas company since September 2002 and a director of Endeavor International Corporation an oil and gas company since 2004.Dennis E. Logue a director of Abraxas since April 2003 has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ledyard National Bank since August 2005. He served as Dean and Fred E. Brown Chair at the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma from 2001 through September 2005. Prior to joining Price College he was the Steven Roth Professor at the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College where he had been since 1974. He is currently a director of Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. a national financial services organization and Duckwall-ALCO Stores Inc. a general merchandise retailer serving smaller hometown communities. He is also on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals including the Journal of Banking and Finance the Journal of Portfolio Management and the Journal of Management Strategy Education. Mr. Logue holds degrees from Fordham College Rutgers and Cornell University.
Paul A. Powell Jr. a director of Abraxas since August 2005 has served as Vice President and Director of Mechanical Development Co. Inc. a tool and die production machine company since 1984. He also serves as trustee of 17 investment trusts including the Paul A. Powell Trust. Mr. Powell is a managing partner of Claytor Equity Partners Cortland Partners JWM Partners Emory Partners Burnett Partners and President of Somerset Investments Ltd. Mr. Powell is also manager of Westpoint (2002) LLC and WMP Properties LLC and co-manager of Wessex LLC. He attended Emory and Henry College and graduated from National Business College with a degree in Accounting. Mr. Powell previously served as director of Abraxas from 1987 to 1999 and as an advisory director from 1999 to August 2005. | 