John A. Crum

John A. Crum, 69, is managing partner of JAC Energy Partners, LLC, formed to provide advice to companies and individual investors in oil and gas exploration and production. He has been involved with worldwide oil and gas development for more than 40 years. Mr. Crum currently serves as a director for: CHC Helicopters, a global supplier of rotorcraft services; Crestone Peak Resources, an unconventional resource developer concentrating on the DJ Basin; Forty Acres Energy, LLC, an oil company developing Permian basin waterflood assets; and the American Heart Association, Houston Division. He served as chief executive officer and director of Midstates Petroleum Company Inc. (NYSE:MPO), from 2011 to 2014. Mr. Crum led the public offering completed in April 2012 and the subsequent expansion of the company with acquisitions totaling $1.3 billion. He directed a very active development program, increasing production to over 33,000 boepd in eighteen months.

From 1995 to 2011, Mr. Crum served in a variety of executive roles for Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA), including co-chief operating officer and president, North America, president Apache Canada Ltd., managing director Apache North Sea (UK), managing Director Apache Energy Ltd. (Australia), and executive vice president for Eurasia and worldwide new ventures. Earlier in his career, Mr. Crum held positions of responsibility for several independent exploration and production companies including vice president of engineering and operations of Aquila Energy Corporation, district and regional manager for Pacific Enterprises Oil Company, and district engineer roles for Southland Royalty Company. He began his career with Conoco in 1975. He has previously served as a director of the holding company for the listed (NYSE:MEP) midstream MLP, Midcoast Energy Partners, LP and for Coskata Inc., a private biofuel technology company. Mr. Crum has been active with industry groups serving on the boards of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA), UK Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA), and Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) during assignments in those countries. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Effective October 29, 2020, Mr. Crum was appointed to the Board to fill a vacancy created from the resignation of a prior director. Mr. Crum was elected to the Board by the stockholders at the 2020 annual stockholders' meeting.

The particular experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led the Board to conclude that Mr. Crum should serve as a director include his significant worldwide oil and gas experience; and his prior executive and Board experience.