ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Administrative Officer
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Lead Director
- Member of the Environmental Committee
- Compensation
- Member of the Board of Directors of Blue Dot Energy Services
- Member of the Board of Directors of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc
- Member of the Board of Directors of KLX, Inc
- Member of the Board of Directors of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
- Owner of Alta Energy LLC
- President of Dominion Appalachian Development, Inc
- President of Dominion E & P, Inc
- Trustee and past Chairman of the Nature Conservancy of West Virginia
- Vice President, Executive Vice President and President of Stonewall Gas Company
Mr. Hardesty received his Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia University and his Master of Science degree from The George Washington University.
Owner of Alta Energy LLC, a consulting business focused on oil, natural gas and energy infrastructure in the Appalachian Basin and onshore United States, since May 2010.
President of Dominion E&P, Inc., a subsidiary of Dominion Resources Inc. engaged in the exploration and production of natural gas in North America, from September 2007 until retirement in May 2010. Joined Dominion in 1995 and served as president of Dominion Appalachian Development, Inc. until 2000 and general manager and vice president-Northeast Gas Basins until 2007.
Member of the Board of Directors of Blue Dot Energy Services, LLC from 2011 until its sale to B/E Aerospace, Inc. in 2013.
Member of the Board of Directors of KLX, Inc. from 2014 until its sale to The Boeing Company in 2018.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Environmental Committee
- Audit
Served as interim Chief Financial Officer of Aris's predecessor, Solaris Midstream Holdings, beginning in March 2021.
Prior to joining Solaris, Brenda most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Concho from January 1, 2019 until their acquisitions by ConocoPhillips in January 2021.
Job Titles:
- VP - Finance and Treasurer CFO of Antero Midstream
Has served as Vice President of Finance of Antero since April 2018. He has served as Treasurer since December 2019. Previously served as Antero's Finance Director from 2016 to 2018 and Antero's Finance Manager from 2014 to 2016. Spent seven years as an investment banker focused on equity and debt financing and M&A advisory with Robert W. Baird & Co., Wells Fargo Securities, and A.G. Edwards, Inc. from 2007-2014.
Job Titles:
- Director - Finance & Investor Relations
Job Titles:
- SVP - Liquids Marketing & Transportation
Has served as Regional Vice President, Appalachia since November 2020. Previously Antero's Vice President of Government Relations from 2016 to 2019, Director of Business Development and Governmental Affairs from 2014 to 2015, and Manager, Administrative and Legal from 2011 through 2014. Served as in-house counsel to Bluestone Energy Partners and practiced law at Steptoe & Johnson PLLC as a member of the firm's energy practice group. Held various other management positions from 1995 until 2002. Is a past President of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia and the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, past board member of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association and Harrison County Chamber of Commerce, current member of the board of trustees for the West Virginia Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Conflicts Committee
- Member of the Environmental Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Audit / Nominating and Corporate Governance
- Director / Executive Consultant for the Energy and Technology Sectors since 2014
- Executive Consultant for the Energy and Technology Sectors since 2014
From 2006 until retirement in 2014, served as Senior Vice President and Head of Exploration and Production Technology at BP, PLC.
Has served as Senior Vice President of Operations since February 2023. Prior to his current role, served as Vice President of Operations. Started with Antero in 2013 as the Drilling Manager and transitioned to the Operations Manager over the Marcellus in 2016 before his promotion to Director of Completions. Prior to joining Antero, he worked independently for multiple operators, providing project management primarily in the Bakken, Powder River, and DJ. Earned his BS in Civil Engineering from University of North Dakota School of Mines.
Job Titles:
- SVP - Gas Marketing & Transportation
Currently serving as Senior Vice President of Geology, previously served as Vice President of Geology from June 2018 to March 2022. Was Vice President of Subsurface Assets and Technology at Raisa Energy from 2015 to 2018. Served as Geology Manager at WPX Energy from 2013 to 2015, directing exploration and business development projects for Western North America. During her years running HGC, Inc. from 1999 to 2012, she was equity partner in two internationally-focused operations and served as technical advisor and independent board member for several companies. Career experience includes 11 years at BP Amoco working both conventional and unconventional projects world-wide in progressive technical roles.
Currently serves as Senior Vice President-Finance of Antero Midstream and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President-Finance of Antero Resources Corporation. Served as Chief Financial Officer of Antero Midstream from the closing of the Simplification Transactions in March 2019 until April 30, 2021, prior to which Mr. Kennedy served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of the general partner of Antero Midstream GP LP beginning in April 2017 and as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of the general partner of Antero Midstream Partners LP beginning in February 2014. Served as Antero Resources' Senior Vice President of Finance beginning in January 2016, prior to which he served as Vice President of Finance beginning in August 2013. Served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Forest Oil Corporation from 2009 to 2013 and served in various financial positions prior thereto. Served as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, focusing on the Natural Resources industry.
Paul M. Rady - CEO, Chairman, Founder, President
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chief Executive Officer
- Co - Founder
- President
- Glen Warren Co - Found Pennaco Energy ( AMEX
Paul Rady and Glen Warren co-found Pennaco Energy (AMEX:PN) and build it into a highly successful Powder River Basin coal bed methane producer
Co-Founder of Antero Resources, serving as President of Antero Resources since April 30, 2021 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Antero Resources since May 2004.
President of Antero Midstream since April 30, 2021 and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Antero Midstream since the closing of Antero Midstream's simplification transactions (the "Simplification Transactions") in March 2019.
Served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Antero's predecessor company from its founding in 2002 to its ultimate sale to XTO Energy, Inc. in 2005.
Served as President, CEO and Chairman of Pennaco Energy from 1998 until its sale to Marathon in 2001.
Currently the Senior Vice President of Midstream, previously served as Vice President of Midstream from February 2018 to March 2022.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Member of the Conflicts Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Compensation
- Currently Serves As an Energy Consultant
- Founder and Former Chairman of 3 Bear Energy
Founder and former Chairman of 3 Bear Energy, LLC, a midstream energy company with operations in the Delaware Basin in Southeast New Mexico. The Company was sold to a subsidiary of Delek Logistics, LP in April 2022. The transaction closed on June 1, 2022.
Job Titles:
- Chief Accounting Officer and SVP - Accounting
Currently serving as Senior Vice President of Accounting, previously served as Vice President of Accounting from December 2020 to March 2022. Has also served as the Chief Accounting Officer of Antero since May 2020. Served as the Director of SEC Reporting for Antero from November 2018 to May 2020. Prior to joining Antero, Ms. Pearce worked as an independent consultant after retiring from KPMG LLP in March 2015. Was an audit partner with KPMG where she principally served publicly traded clients in the energy and mining industries for 25 years. Joined KPMG in 1990 and was elected to the partnership in 2000.
Job Titles:
- SVP - Business Development
Attorney at Vinson & Elkins LLP from 2008 to 2012 and at Latham & Watkins LLP from 2012 to 2015.
Served as Senior Vice President of Business Development since January 2016. He previously served as Vice President of Business Development from 2005 to 2015.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Conflicts Committee
- Member of the Environmental Committee
- Audit
From 2006 to 2016, served as President, Chief Financial Officer and as a Director of Vantage Energy, LLC.
During 2018 through 2023, served sequentially as Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman, and Chairman of Northwoods Energy LLC, a private upstream oil and gas company that he co-founded in 2018.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Environmental Committee
- Audit
- from 2014 to 2016, Served As Vice President of Commercial Analysis for CRC Marketing, Inc
From July 2017 to January 2020, worked with SK E&P Company focusing on strategic planning.
From 2014 to 2016, served as Vice President of Commercial Analysis for CRC Marketing, Inc.
From 2000 to 2014, worked with Occidental Petroleum Corporation in different capacities, including roles in corporate development, mergers and acquisitions and financial planning.
Other experience includes ARCO Products Company and Mobil Oil Corporation working as a project engineer and business analyst in the refining and marketing divisions.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
- Compensation
Since 1997, has been a Member of Yorktown Partners LLC, a private investment manager focused on the energy industry.
From 1975 to 1997, was in the Corporate Finance Department of Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and active in the private equity and energy areas, including the founding of the first Yorktown Partners fund in 1991.
Serves on the boards of directors of multiple Yorktown Partners portfolio companies.
Job Titles:
- SVP - Reserves, Planning & Midstream
From 2001-2011 Mr. Ash served in engineering roles at Devon, NFR Energy and Encana.
Job Titles:
- Chief Compliance Officer, SVP - Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Served as the Senior Vice President of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer since January 2022, and as General Counsel since January 2017.