Corporate Governance

Board of Directors


Norman F. Swanton - (See Corporate Officers)

Chet Borgida - Chet Borgida was elected to the Board of Directors in November 2003 and also serves as a member of Warren's Audit Committee. Mr. Borgida has more than 30 years of domestic and international management experience in auditing and advising retail, distribution and media businesses. He was a partner at Grant Thornton LLP, Warren?s independent auditors, from 1977 to 2001. While at Grant Thornton LLP Mr. Borgida had no involvement in the review or preparation of Warren?s audited financial statements. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Borgida was the Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Cross Media Marketing Corporation. Recently, he has been serving as the Chief Operating Officer of the Naples Realty Group, Inc. Mr. Borgida is also a director and member of the audit committees of Brand Partners Group, Inc., and Correctional Services Corporation, both Nasdaq listed companies. He was graduated from Hunter College with a Bachelor Degree in Business Science in 1967. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.(2)

Anthony L. Coelho - Congressman Coelho joined our Board as an independent director in May 2001 and serves on the audit committee of the Board. From December 2000 to the present, Mr. Coelho has devoted his time to serving on the boards of directors listed below and as an independent consultant and adviser. From 1998 through November 2000, he served as the General Chairman for the U.S. Presidential campaign of Vice President Al Gore. From 1995 to 1998, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ETC w/tci, Inc, an education and training technology company in Washington, D.C. and from 1990 to 1995, he served as President and CEO of Wertheim Schroeder Investment Services, Inc. From 1978 to 1989, he served five terms in the U.S. Congress, representing the State of California as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. During his congressional terms, he served as Democratic Majority Whip from 1987 to 1989 and authored the Americans with Disabilities Act. Congressman Coelho was also appointed chairman of the President?s Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities by President Clinton. Congressman Coelho has served on a number of corporate boards and he currently serves on the boards of Ripplewood Holdings, LLC and Service Corporation International, a publicly traded company. Congressman Coelho earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Loyola Marymount University in 1964. (1)(3)

Dominick D'Alleva - Mr. D'Alleva has been a director since June 1992 and was our Corporate Secretary from June 1992 until September 2002. Additionally, from 1995 to the present, he has been a principal with DND Realty, LLC, a privately owned New York limited liability company involved in the acquisition and financing of real estate. From 1986 to 1995, he was engaged in residential New York City real estate for his own account and as general counsel to various real estate acquisition firms, where he negotiated contracts for the acquisition and financing of commercial real estate. From 1983 to 1985, he served as Executive Vice President, Director and General Counsel of Swanton Corporation, which engaged in energy, retail and financial services businesses. From 1980 to 1983 he was Associate Counsel of Damson Oil Corporation. From 1977 to 1980 he was an associate with Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett specializing in securities and corporate law. Mr. D'Alleva received a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Fordham University in 1974 and earned his Juris Doctor degree with honors from Yale University in 1977. (1)(2)(3)

Lloyd G. Davies - Mr. Davies joined the board of directors in July 2001 and serves on the audit committee and compensation committee of the Board. On March 17, 2004, Mr. Davies was appointed Executive Vice President of Warren Resources and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warren E&P, Inc. From 1992 through 1994, Mr. Davies was the Assistant Division Manager for the Western U.S. area for Texaco. Prior to that, from 1990 through 1992, Mr. Davies was the Manager and Director of Operations for Texaco’s Far East Operations Division. During those years, he also served on several of Texaco’s subsidiaries’ board of directors in the Far East. Mr. Davies received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1958. In 1966, he received a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering with a Minor in Math from the University of Texas.

Thomas G. Noonan - Mr. Noonan joined the Board as a director in November 1997 and serves on the compensation committee of the Board. For the past 17 years, he has served as Manager of Quality Assurance for Mars Inc., an international food and candy company. From 1961 to 1979, he was a microbiologist for the Environmental Department of the State of New York. Mr. Noonan received a Bachelor of Science degree from Fordham University in New York in 1959. He is the brother-in-law of Mr. Swanton.

Michael R. Quinlan - Mr. Quinlan joined our Board as an independent director in 2002. From 1963 to 2006 Mr. Quinlan was employed by the McDonald's Corporation. In 1979, Mr. Quinlan was appointed to the board of directors of McDonald's and served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 1990 to 1998. From 1998 to 1999, he was Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee. From 1987 to 1990, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer. Currently he serves as the Chairman Emeritus of McDonald's Corporation. Mr. Quinlan is chairman of the board of trustees of Loyola University Chicago and is a member of the board of trustees of Loyola University Health System. He is formerly the chairman of the board of trustees of Ronald McDonald House Charities and now serves as a Life Trustee. He is also on the board of directors of Dun and Bradstreet Corporation. Mr. Quinlan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1967 and a Masters of Business Administration from Loyola University Chicago in 1970. He has been awarded Honorary Doctors of Law Degrees from the Loyola University Chicago, Elmhurst College and Illinois Benedictine College. (3)

Espy P. Price - Mr. Price become a director of the Company in May 2007. Mr. Price retired in late 1999 as Vice President and General Manager of Chevron's Mid-Continent Business Unit, where he was responsible for all onshore USA exploration and production. From 1992 to 1996, he was Vice President of Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc., where he was responsible for Chevron's joint venture in the Republic of Kazakhstan. From 1990 to 1992, he was Vice President of Chevron's Gulf of Mexico Business Unit. From 1985 to 1990, he was employed at P.T. Caltex Pacific Indonesia, where he was Executive Vice President and Managing Director. From 1965 to 1985, he held various petroleum engineering positions with Chevron. Mr. Price earned a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering in 1963 and a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering in 1969 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

Leonard A. DeCecchis - Mr. Leonard A. DeCecchis was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Prestone Products Corporation and a member of its board of directors until he retired from Prestone Products Corporation in June 1999. He has been an investor in real estate and numerous business ventures since that time. In 1994, Mr. DeCecchis participated in a management buyout of Prestone antifreeze and other car care products from First Brands Corporation, a NYSE company. The new Prestone management team was successful in growing sales and doubling operating income within three years. In 1997, the company was sold to Allied Signal Corporation yielding a substantial return on investment to the management investors. From 1986 to 1994, Mr. DeCecchis was Vice President and Treasurer of First Brands Corporation, which had also been a management buyout of the automotive and home products divisions of Union Carbide Corporation. Mr. DeCecchis joined Union Carbide in 1974 and held numerous positions in auditing, treasury and financial reporting. In 1971, Mr. DeCecchis began his career at Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. Mr. DeCecchis received a Bachelor's degree from Pace University in 1971 and a Master of Business Administration from Fordham University in 1979. He previously was a Certified Public Accountant in New York.(2)

James M. McConnell - Mr. McConnell became a director of the Company in May 2007. He retired in 2002 from Instron Corporation, where he was President and CEO from 1990 to 2002. Instron Corporation is a leading supplier of instruments and systems for characterization of the mechanical properties of materials and systems. From 1986 to 1990, Mr. McConnell was the President and CEO of Emerson Electric-Automatic Switch Division, and from 1985 to 1986 he was President and COO of Rosemount Division of Emerson Electric and Group VP of Emerson Electric. Mr. McConnell currently serves on the Board of Directors of ESCO Technology, a NYSE listed company. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Mathematics and Physics in 1963. (2)

(1) Compensation Committee
(2) Audit Committee
(3) Corporate Governance Committee

 


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We maintain offices in New York; Roswell, New Mexico; and Casper, Wyoming. We employ numerous petroleum engineers, geologists and administrative personnel on a full-time basis including five, full-time graduate petroleum engineers, each with significant oil and gas field drilling, completion and production experience.


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