Michael R. Starzer, President & CEO
Mr. Starzer is a member of our board of directors and is our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Starzer was a co-founder, a member of the board of managers and President and Chief Executive Officer of our predecessor Bonanza Creek Energy Company. Mr. Starzer has over 28 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Starzer has served in numerous positions in the oil and gas industry evaluating and developing oil, gas, electricity and geothermal resources. From 1983 to 1991, Mr. Starzer was employed by Unocal in various engineering and supervisory positions. From 1991 until 1993, Mr. Starzer served with the California State Lands Commission as Statewide Petroleum Reservoir Engineer and worked as a private consultant to the energy industry supervising operations and appraisals of oil, gas and geothermal resources on properties throughout the United States. In 1993, Mr. Starzer returned to Unocal as an Asset Manager assisting them with the sale and management of certain assets. Starting in 1995, Mr. Starzer served as an Officer, Manager and Vice President of Berry Petroleum until beginning his tenure with one of our predecessors in 1999. Mr. Starzer holds a degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from the University of Alaska and is a registered professional engineer in petroleum engineering.

Gary A. Grove, Executive Vice President, Engineering and Planning & Interim Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Grove is a member of our board of directors and is our Executive Vice President—Engineering and Planning and Interim Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Grove was a co-founder, a member of the board of managers and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Bonanza Creek Energy Company. Mr. Grove has over 29 years of experience in the oil and gas industry serving in reservoir engineering and management positions with UNOCAL and Nuevo Energy prior to joining us. Mr. Grove graduated from Marietta College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. Mr. Grove is an active member with the Society of Petroleum Engineers and has served in various capacities for student and local chapters since 1979.

James R. Casperson, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Casperson was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in November 2011. He previously served on our board of directors beginning in March 2011. Mr. Casperson has over 42 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and finance and accounting in the public and private sectors. Among his many endeavors, from 2000 until 2005 he was the Chief Financial Officer of Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: WLL). Before Whiting, Mr. Casperson spent 15 years as President of Casperson Incorporated, a private consulting firm specializing in the energy industry. Mr. Casperson holds a BBA in accounting from Texas Tech University.

Patrick A. Graham, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
Mr. Graham is our Executive Vice President – Corporate Development. Mr. Graham was a co-founder and a Senior Vice President of Bonanza Creek Energy Company. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Graham was employed by Berry Petroleum Company where he evaluated acquisition opportunities in California, the Rocky Mountain region and Canada. Mr. Graham gained experience working with major and independent oil companies while employed with Dowell Schlumberger from 1986 to 1995. Mr. Graham received his Bachelors of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and has held various technical positions in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, California and Alaska.

Chris Humber, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Mr. Humber is our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Humber joined Bonanza Creek in January 2012. Prior to joining Bonanza Creek, Mr. Humber was a partner with Kendall, Koenig and Oelsner PC and served as our outside counsel since May 2006. While in private practice, Chris represented public and private companies and investors in a broad range of corporate and securities matters including mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs, tender offers and equity and debt financings. In addition to advising both public and private companies on general corporate matters, Chris has extensive experience counseling public companies with respect to their reporting obligations under the federal securities laws and stock exchange rules.

Mr. Humber’s previous experience includes corporate and securities law at Arnold & Porter and Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells). Mr. Humber graduated with high honors from Emory University School of Law. Chris also holds a B.A. degree in Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Richard J. Carty, Director
Mr. Carty was elected to our board of directors in December 2010 and is President of West Face Capital (USA) Corp, an affiliate of West Face Capital, a Toronto-based investment management firm, and has served on the board of directors of portfolio companies on behalf of West Face Capital. Prior to that time, Mr. Carty was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Principal Strategies in New York where he led the Special Situations, Strategic Investments, and Global Quantitative Equity investment teams. Mr. Carty was at Morgan Stanley & Co for 14 years in New York, and prior to that time was a partner at Gordon Capital Corp, a private Toronto-based investment bank for five years.

Todd Overbergen, Director
Mr. Overbergen served on the board of directors of our predecessor, Bonanza Creek Energy Company, since 2008. Mr. Overbergen is a founding partner and Head of Energy for Stellus Capital Management.  Prior to the founding of Stellus Mr. Overbergen oversaw investments in energy companies for the Direct Capital Unit of the D. E. Shaw Group, where he was a Director from February of 2004 through the spin out of the Direct Capital Unit into Stellus in January of 2012. From December 2000 to April 2003, Mr. Overbergen was a principal at Duke Capital Partners LLC, a merchant banking subsidiary of Duke Energy Corporation that provided mezzanine, equity, and senior debt capital to the energy industry. From 1998 to December 2000, Mr. Overbergen was a director in Arthur Andersen LLP’s Global Corporate Finance group, where he co-led the national business services practice and provided investment banking services on mergers, acquisitions, and private market capital raising of debt and equity. Mr. Overbergen serves on the board of directors of numerous existing D. E. Shaw Group portfolio companies and has served on the board of directors of several previous portfolio companies of the D. E. Shaw Group and Duke Capital Partners LLC. Mr. Overbergen is a member of the Houston Producers Forum and Independent Petroleum Association of America. Mr. Overbergen holds two Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in finance and accounting from Texas A&M University.

Gregory P. Raih, Director
Mr. Raih was elected to our board of directors in November 2011. Mr. Raih has nearly 40 years of experience in finance and accounting in the public and private sectors and extensive experience with the oil and gas industry. Mr. Raih currently serves on the board of directors of General Moly, Inc. (AMEX: GMO), a U.S.-based mineral company engaged in the exploration, development and mining of molybdenum. Mr. Raih served as partner at KPMG LLP from 2002 to 2008 and held a variety of roles as partner at Arthur Andersen LLP from 1981 to 2002. He served in the energy practice of both firms as the engagement partner on a number of clients in the oil and gas industry, including Cordillera Energy, Delta Petroleum and Red Willow Production. Mr. Raih is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Marvin Chronister, Director
Mr. Chronister was elected to our board of directors in March 2011. Mr. Chronister has over 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Chronister is currently an independent investor, energy finance and operations consultant for Enfield Companies and serves on the board of directors of Sonde Resources Corp. From 2004 until 2006, Mr. Chronister was the Financial Operations Practice Director of Jefferson Wells International, Inc. He served as Managing Director of Corporate Finance for Deloitte & Touche from 1990 to 2003 with previous positions in industry and investment banking. Mr. Chronister holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Stephen F. Austin State University.

Kevin Neveu, Director
Mr. Neveu was elected to our board of directors in March 2011. Mr. Neveu has over 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Currently, Mr. Neveu serves as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Precision Drilling Corporation. Mr. Neveu was previously President of the Rig Solutions Group of National Oilwell Varco, where he was responsible for the company’s drilling equipment business. Beginning in 1982, Mr. Neveu held senior management positions with National Oilwell Varco and its predecessor companies in London, Moscow, Houston, Edmonton and Calgary. Mr. Neveu holds a Bachelor of Science degree and is a graduate of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta. Mr. Neveu is a Professional Engineer, as designated by the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta and has attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. Mr. Neveu serves on the boards of RigNet Inc., the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, and the International Association of Drilling Contractors.

Michael R. Starzer, Director
Mr. Starzer is a member of our board of directors and is our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Starzer was a founder and co-manager of Bonanza Creek Oil Company, LLC, and served as a member of the board of managers and President and Chief Executive Officer of our predecessor BCEC since BCEC’s formation in 2006. Mr. Starzer has over 28 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Starzer has served in numerous positions in the oil and gas industry evaluating and developing oil, gas, electricity and geothermal resources. From 1983 to 1991, Mr. Starzer was employed by Unocal in various engineering and supervisory positions. From 1991 until 1993, Mr. Starzer served with the California State Lands Commission as Statewide Petroleum Reservoir Engineer and worked as a private consultant to the energy industry supervising operations and appraisals of oil, gas and geothermal resources on properties throughout the United States. In 1993, Mr. Starzer returned to Unocal as an Asset Manager assisting them with the sale and management of certain assets. Starting in 1995, Mr. Starzer served as an Officer, Manager and Vice President of Berry Petroleum until beginning his tenure with one of our predecessors in 1999. Mr. Starzer holds a degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from the University of Alaska and is a registered professional engineer in petroleum engineering.

Gary A. Grove, Director
Mr. Grove is a member of our board of directors and is our Executive Vice President—Engineering and Planning and Interim Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Grove joined Bonanza Creek Oil Company in March 2003 and served as a member of the board of managers and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of BCEC. Mr. Grove has over 29 years of experience in the oil and gas industry serving in reservoir engineering and management positions with UNOCAL and Nuevo Energy prior to joining us. Mr. Grove graduated from Marietta College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. Mr. Grove is an active member with the Society of Petroleum Engineers and has served in various capacities for student and local chapters since 1979.