Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Roger A. Parker has 28 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry throughout North America which includes continuous operations in the DJ Basin.  Until May 2009 Mr. Parker served in various positions including Chairman, CEO, President and COO at Delta Petroleum Corporation between 1987 and May 2009. Prior to Delta, Mr. Parker operated privately through wholly owned Apex Operating Company Inc., and also AmPet, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mineral Land Management from the University of Colorado in 1983. Mr. Parker is a former board member of the Independent Petroleum Association of the Mountain States (IPAMS). He currently serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Denver Art Museum, Boy Scouts of America – Denver Area Council, and Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE).

Chief Financial Officer

A seasoned financial professional with 35 years’ broad experience in the energy sector, A. Bradley (Brad) Gabbard joined Recovery Energy in 2011 as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gabbard most recently served as CFO for Applied Natural Gas Fuels, Inc., and his career in traditional and non-traditional energy businesses includes co-founder, director, Executive Vice President and CFO of PowerSecure International, Inc. (formerly Metretek Technologies, Inc.) from 1991-2007. Mr. Gabbard received a Bachelor of Accountancy Degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1977, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Senior Vice President, Corporate Engineering

A Professional Engineer (PE), Kent Lina is a 30-year veteran engineering manager with 23 years’ experience in the DJ Basin where he has directed numerous drilling and production operations. Mr. Lina has performed reserve evaluations on various DJ Basin geological formations including the D, J and Codell sands and Niobrara Shale. His past affiliations include Amoco, Mesa Petroleum, Delta Petroleum, and mid-size exploration and development companies. Mr. Lina instigated and completed a study on Codell/Niobrara frac and re-frac production performance and reserves early on, in 1995, and his experience with horizontal drilling began in 1990 by drilling some of the first horizontal wells in the Austin Chalk. Mr. Lina received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University Of Missouri - Rolla (Missouri School Of Mines) in 1981.

Senior Operations Engineer

An accomplished completions/production engineer, Thomas J. Strawser’s 30-year industry career includes engineering innovation in designing and optimizing fracing procedures to add significant production/reserves to both conventional oil fields and shale horizons. A former Senior Engineer with Exxon/Mobil for 16 years, Mr. Strawser spent ten of those years in the Rocky Mountain area. He also served as a Halliburton Senior Completions Engineer on HPHT (high pressure/high temperature) wells in U.S., China and Europe, and has performed in-depth frac design/production analysis of of oil and gas wells worldwide. Mr. Strawser received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University in 1968, and a Masters in Psychology from Regis University in Denver in 1996.

Senior Landman

Peter K. Scott has more than 30 years of industry experience in the DJ Basin.  He has been a front-line negotiator in the design and configuration of horizontal drilling sites since the inception of this new drilling technology in Colorado and Wyoming. His past affiliations, among others, include Martin Exploration Management Company, North American Resources Company, and EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. Mr. Scott received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in 1978 and he is multilingual, fluent in English, French and Spanish. Mr. Scott is a longtime member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN).

Senior Geologist

A broadly trained and experienced petroleum geologist with a career emphasis on domestic basin exploration, development geology and operations geology, Michael A. (Mick) Domenick’s specialties include structural geologic analysis and geo-steering operations to optimize resource plays. His experience extends across many areas with primary emphasis on Rocky Mountain basins and the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast. He has had specific effort in the DJ Basin for the past five years. Mr. Domenick’s 30-year career includes geologic positions at Delta Petroleum, Ellora Energy and Stephens Energy. He received a Master of Science in Geology in 1981 and a Bachelor of Science in Geology/Biology in 1979 from the University of Rochester in New York. Mr. Domenick’s graduate studies spanned five years in Petroleum Geology/Basin Analysis at the University of Colorado and five years in Hydrogeology at the Colorado School of Mines.