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Experienced Board and Management team working together on a strategic vision centered around creating value for our shareholders.

Meet the Epsilon Team

Management Team

JASON STABELL

President / CEO

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ANDREW WILLIAMSON

Chief Financial Officer

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HENRY CLANTON

Chief Operating Officer

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PAUL ATWOOD

VP of Financial Planning and Analysis

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SHANNON LEMKE

VP of Exploration

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Board of Directors

JOHN LOVOI

Independent Director, Chairman of the Board

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JASON STABELL

Chief Executive Officer

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TRACY STEPHENS

Independent Director, Chairman of CNCGC Committee

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JASON STANKOWSKI

Independent Director, Audit Committee

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DAVID WINN

Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee

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NICOLA MADDOX

Independent Director, CNCGC Committee

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Management Team

JASON STABELL

President / CEO

ANDREW WILLIAMSON

Chief Financial Officer

HENRY CLANTON

Chief Operating Officer

PAUL ATWOOD

VP of Financial Planning and Analysis

SHANNON LEMKE

VP of Exploration

Board of Directors

JOHN LOVOI

Chairman of the Board

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JASON STABELL

Chief Executive Officer

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STEPHEN FINLAYSON

Independent Director; Compensation Committee

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JACOB ROORDA

Independent Director

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TRACY STEPHENS

Independent Director

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JASON STANKOWSKI

Independent Director, Audit Committee

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DAVID WINN

Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee

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JASON STABELL

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Stabell has worked in the energy industry since 1998 with a focus on upstream E&P. Most recently he served as President and CEO of Merlon International, LLC, a privately held company with assets in the Western Desert of Egypt and US Gulf Coast which was sold in 2019 to a publicly listed UK company where he served as an advisor until 2021. Previously, he served as CFO and ultimately President of privately held Merlon Petroleum Company, which had assets in the US Gulf Coast and Egypt and was sold in 2006. He began his career at Salomon Smith Barney as an analyst in the Planning and Analysis Group. Mr. Stabell has also been active as a private investor for the last several years. He has a BA in Economics from Williams College. He has served on numerous corporate Boards including ESI Energy Services Inc. and Layline Petroleum, LLC.

ANDREW WILLIAMSON

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Williamson has spent his entire career in the energy business. From 2012 to early 2019, he served as Corporate Development Manager then Vice President Finance (CFO) of Merlon International, LLC. More recently, he served as the Corporate Strategy Manager for Petrosantander Inc. Mr. Williamson started his career in management consulting advising energy clients on transaction due diligence, growth strategy, and cost reduction. He has a BBA in Finance and a BA in Political Science from Southern Methodist University.

HENRY CLANTON

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Clanton is an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in the upstream E&P sector. He has managed all phases of drilling, completions, production and field operations. He joins Epsilon after having spent 14 years with a private E&P start-up which he Co-Founded and served as a Managing Partner. During his tenure, the company leased 55,000 acres, acquired $60MM of properties, shot 60+ square miles of 3D seismic and drilled over 50 wells including recent generation horizontal wells. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Clanton worked with Schlumberger in the Integrated Project Management (IPM) group. He held several management positions including GOM Operations Manager, Asset Manager for the Texaco-Schlumberger Joint Venture, a multi-disciplinary team evaluating the remaining reserve potential of JV fields, and as Project Manager – IPM Support Center, providing expert support to the development and worldwide implementation of Production Management Services within Schlumberger. Mr. Clanton served as a business analyst for ARCO Permian from 1995 to 1998. There he coordinated the annual budget/long range planning, conducted operational benchmarking studies and competitor analysis, tracked CAPEX investment and profitability, and directed the annual reserve study. Mr. Clanton began his career in operations with Coastal Management Corporation, a private project management company that sold to Schlumberger. Mr. Clanton graduated from Texas A&M University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Petroleum Engineering and received his Master’s Degree of Business Administration from Texas A&M University in 1993.

PAUL ATWOOD

VP of Financial Planning and Analysis

Paul Atwood joined Epsilon in November, 2011 as a Director of Corporate Strategy and was subsequently promoted to Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis in June, 2012. Prior to Epsilon, Mr. Atwood co-founded an investment management company focusing on timberland and mineral acquisitions in the southeastern US. Mr. Atwood holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a Bachelor of Science from the University of the South.

SHANNON LEMKE

VP of Exploration

Shannon Lemke joined Epsilon in November, 2017 as Vice President of Exploration. She has over 20 years of experience working for both public and private equity backed companies focusing on Onshore US conventional and unconventional exploration and development. Prior to joining Epsilon, Ms. Lemke was the Vice President of Exploration for NewVista Energy Partners and held various positions at Vitruvian Exploration I and II and Newfield Exploration. Shannon graduated with a B.S. in Geological Engineering from Michigan Technological University. She is a member of AAPG and HGS, is a trustee for the HGS Undergraduate Scholarship Foundation and serves on the Michigan Tech Presidential Council of Alumnae and BSGE Curriculum Advisory Board.

JOHN LOVOI

Independent Director, Chairman of the Board

Mr. Lovoi has been chairman of our board of directors since July 2013. Mr. Lovoi has been the managing partner of JVL Advisors, LLC, a private natural gas and oil investment advisor, since November 2002. He is a Director of Helix Energy Solutions Group, an operator of offshore natural gas and oil properties and production facilities, the Chairman of Dril-Quip, Inc., a provider of subsea, surface and offshore rig equipment. We believe that Mr. Lovoi is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors as a result of his background in investment banking, equity research, and asset management, with an emphasis on the global natural gas and oil practice.

JASON STABELL

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Stabell has worked in the energy industry since 1998 with a focus on upstream E&P. Most recently he served as President and CEO of Merlon International, LLC, a privately held company with assets in the Western Desert of Egypt and US Gulf Coast which was sold in 2019 to a publicly listed UK company where he served as an advisor until 2021. Previously, he served as CFO and ultimately President of privately held Merlon Petroleum Company, which had assets in the US Gulf Coast and Egypt and was sold in 2006. He began his career at Salomon Smith Barney as an analyst in the Planning and Analysis Group. Mr. Stabell has also been active as a private investor for the last several years. He has a BA in Economics from Williams College. He has served on numerous corporate Boards including ESI Energy Services Inc. and Layline Petroleum, LLC.

TRACY STEPHENS

Independent Director, Chairman of CNCGC Committee

Mr. Stephens has been a director since May 2018. He has also been a member of our Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Conflicts Committee since February 2019. He is the founder of Westminster Advisors, a CEO advisory services company, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from January 2018. He was previously employed by Resources Global Professionals, a large business consulting company, from July 2001 to December 2016, and was the Chief Operating Officer the last three years. We believe that Mr. Stephens is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors as a result of his extensive experience with public companies.

JASON STANKOWSKI

Independent Director, Audit Committee

Mr. Stankowski has been a director and member of the Audit Committee since January 2021. Mr. Stankowski is the founder and a partner and portfolio manager for Clayton Partners, LLC. He began his career at Prudential Securities in San Francisco and spent eight years in structured finance at CMA Capital Management, where he acted in a number of roles, including specializing in corporate retirement planning, structuring complex investment and financing structures for Fortune 1000 companies. He became designated as a Chartered Financial Analyst in 2003.

DAVID WINN

Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee

Mr. Winn has been a director and member of the Audit Committee since January 2021. Mr. Winn recently retired from a 36 year career in public accounting that involved extensive board interaction. From 2003 until July 2020, Mr. Winn was an Audit Partner for Grant Thornton LLP, which is an independent audit, tax, and advisory firm and the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd. During his tenure, Mr. Winn served as audit department head, industry program leader, an engagement partner, quality control reviewer, and was a relationship partner to large clients. Mr. Winn has extensive Securities and Exchange Commission reporting experience with registration statements and annual and quarterly filings. Previously Mr. Winn served as a Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and previously as a Partner with Arthur Andersen LLP.

NICOLA MADDOX

Independent Director, CNCGC Committee

Nicki Maddox has over forty years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. After receiving her BA in Communications, she was employed by Exxon Minerals starting as an Associate Landman eventually ending in Executive Management positions starting in 1993. She was a co-founder of Centurion Exploration Company in 2004, initially serving as an EVP and then becoming its President, CEO and Chairman of the Board from 2007 to 2009. At Merlon International, LLC, Ms. Maddox was SVP in charge of its Texas subsidiary. She advanced to EVP and ultimately President after Merlon sold its Egyptian subsidiary in 2019. Since 2022, she has been a self-employed energy advisor specializing in contract analysis, strategic planning, and negotiation strategies.

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