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Terrence Pegula, is the founder of East Resources, Inc. and has held the position of President, CEO, and sole shareholder since the company's inception in 1983. He holds a B.S. in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and has over 35 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry. Prior to founding East, he gained experience employed by Getty Oil Co. and Felmont Oil Corp. in Victoria, Houston and Midland, Texas as a drilling, production and reservoir engineer. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, he returned to the northeast and founded East Resources, Inc., building it into one of the largest independent oil and natural gas companies in the Appalachian Basin.

William A. Fustos, was named Chief Operating Officer in 2002 from his previous position as Vice-President of Operations. A native of Pittsburgh, Fustos has a B.S. in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. With over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry with Texaco, Delta Drilling, Kerr McGee and Shawmut, he oversees the day-to-day operations of the company. His responsibilities include all drilling, completion, production, marketing, and financial aspects of the company.

Robert H. Long, has served as Vice-President for East since its inception in 1983. Long, a graduate of The State University of New York in 1973 with a degree in Civil Engineering and Surveying, oversees the land and leasing department. He is also responsible for all well site location and construction, pipeline construction and well permitting. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, he has vast knowledge of this area, and has gained the respect and trust of many landowners regionally.

Daryl A. Sobol joined East in 2000. As the corporate controller, he is responsible for various functions of accounting, tax, budget, credit, insurance, treasury and debt management. He is responsible for the tax reporting of East Resources and its numerous affiliates. He prepares quarterly financial reports and supervises the annual audited financial statements. Daryl counsels on the tax strategies of corporate acquisitions and divestitures and brings to East more than 15 years of accounting, financial and legal experience, having earned his accounting and law degrees from Duquense University.

John P. Sieminski joined East in 2008 as General Counsel after spending over 17 years in private law practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His duties include reviewing and counseling management on all legal matters involving the company. He received a B.A. in psychology from Pennsylvania State University and is a juris doctor from Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Jared Hall joined East in 2004 and was promoted to Operations Manger in June of 2006. His duties include managing the drilling, and completion and production of all East's operations in New York and Pennsylvania. Hall graduated with a Petroleum Engineering degree from Marietta College in 2000. His past experience includes serving as a drilling and production engineer with Marathon Oil Co. in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountain Region and the Gulf of Mexico. He returned to Pennsylvania to raise his family and travels extensively throughout the region, overseeing the production of 2,000 wells in two states as well as a drilling program that drills 200-300 wells per year.

Paul J. Dudenas grew up in Western Pennsylvania and attended Pennsylvania State University where he obtained B.S. and M.S. degrees in Petroleum ad Natural Gas Engineering in 1973 and 1984, respectively. He began working for Amoco Production Co. and was involved in Amoco's Orskany and Tuscarora gas exploration and development programs in Pennsylvania during the 1970's and 1980's. He is a registered professional engineer with more than 35 years of experience in the U.S. and internationally, primarily in the area of reservoir engineering. He joined East in 2002 and is currently responsible for reservoir engineering studies including reserve evaluations, production forecasts, waterflood and enhanced oil recovery design and development.

Roger Heldman is a 1977 graduate of Marietta College with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering. He was employed by Pennzoil in 1978 as a Petroleum Engineer and continued with East in 2000 with their purchase of the Pennzoil assets. He is responsible for the daily operation of East's E&P Group in West Virginia, including drilling, completion, and production of over 1,000 producing wells. His annual drilling budget includes waterflood capital expenditures along with 100 t0 150 new wells each year.

David Drennon has 28 years of experience in West Virginia gas operations, and has been with East since 2000. Before joining East, Drennon was with Pennzoil and Devon Energy. He is responsible for the management of East's gas operations in West Virginia. This includes over 900 miles of gas gathering pipelines as well as the company's Utility Division which consists of 4,800 residential and commercial customers across 21 counties of western West Virginia. Drennon is responsible for all gas contract administration as well as pipeline replacement and new construction. A native of New Mexico, Drennon graduated in 1980 from Glenville State College with a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

Phil Ondrusek, joined East in February of 2000. In his current position as Operations Manager, Ondrusek is responsible for the production of approximately 1,000 wells in West Virginia and all of our production operations in West Virginia. From his prior employment with Pennzoil, Ondrusek also has extensive experience with fluids systems in East's waterfloods, and supervises approximately 50 employees in West Virginia. He has a B.S. in Biology from St. Francis College and an M.S. in Microbiology from St. Bonaventure University.

Scott Blauvelt is a licensed Professional Geologist with 30 years of experience in planning and overseeing multi-disciplinary, multi-media environmental projects under a variety of state and federal regulatory programs throughout North America and in Puerto Rico. He has directed and managed projects involving site characterization and assessment, remedial design and implementation, regulatory compliance, environmental due diligence, permitting, waste characterization, water resource and water supply investigations, emergency response, and forensic investigations. As General Manager of Environmental, Health & Safety, he oversees water supply development and permitting in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York, wastewater reuse, treatment and disposal, general regulatory compliance and safety.

Steve Rhoads manages public relations and government affairs for East Resources. Before joining East in 2010, Rhoads served for 26 years as president of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association. He was the oil and gas industry’s primary spokesman with the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the last five governors. Currently, he chairs the Department of Environmental Protection’s Water Resources Advisory Committee and is a member of the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Advisory Committee in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. He also published the Pennsylvania Environmental Reporter for 14 years, a newsletter that analyzed emerging environmental policies, legislation and regulatory activities in the Commonwealth.