Harold G. Hamm, CEO Harold G. Hamm has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director since our inception in 1967 and currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors. He also serves as Chairman of the board of directors of the general partner of Hiland Partners LP and as Chairman of the board of directors of the general partner of Hiland Holdings GP, LP ("Hiland Holdings"), also publicly traded on NASDAQ. Hiland Holdings owns the general partner interest and units in Hiland Partners LP. He also serves as a director of Complete Production Services, Inc., a NYSE publicly traded oil and gas service company. Harold is past chairman of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and served as a founding board member of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board. He was President of the National Stripper Well Association and founder and Chairman of Save Domestic Oil, Inc. He recently co-founded the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance to preserve the oil and gas markets for oil and gas produced in the United States.
Jeff Hume, Chief Operating Officer
Jeffrey B. Hume was named Chief Operating Officer in October 2008, after having served as Senior Vice President of Operations since November 2006. He was previously Senior Vice President of Resource and Business Development in October 2005, Senior Vice President of Resource Development in July 2002 and served as Vice President of Drilling Operations from 1996 to 2002. He joined Continental Resources in May 1983 as Vice President of Engineering and Operations, prior to which he held various engineering positions with Sun Oil Company, Monsanto Company and FCD Oil Corporation. Mr. Hume is a Registered Professional Engineer and member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and the Oklahoma and National Professional Engineering Societies. Mr. Hume graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering Technology in 1975.
John D. Hart, Sr. Vice President, CFO, TreasurerJohn D. Hart joined the Company as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in November 2005. Mr. Hart has 15 years of experience in public accounting, most recently as Senior Audit Manager with Ernst & Young LLP in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association. Mr. Hart graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Masters of Science in Accounting in 1991.
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Gene R. Carlson, Sr. Vice President of Resource Development
Gene R. Carlson became Vice President of Resource Development in October 2005. Prior to joining Continental, he was an oil and gas consultant and previously a founder and Chief Operating Officer for Encore Acquisition Company from its inception in April 1998 to March 2003. Mr. Carlson graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Tom Luttrell, Sr. Vice President of Land
Tom E. Luttrell joined Continental as Senior Landman in April 1991 and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Land in February 1997. Prior to joining Continental, Mr. Luttrell was a Senior Landman for Alexander Energy Corp. and Pacific Enterprises Oil Corp. Mr. Luttrell is a member of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association legislative affairs committee. He is also a member of the Oklahoma Energy Explorers, American Association of Petroleum Landmen and several regional landman associations. Mr. Luttrell graduated from East Central Oklahoma State University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Business Administration. Mr. Luttrell is a past Chairman of the Northern Alliance of Independent Producers.
Richard E. Muncrief, Sr. Vice President of Operations
Richard E. Muncrief joined Continental Resources in June 2009. He came to the Company with 29 years of upstream and midstream energy experience, most recently as a senior executive with Quest Midstream Partners, LP in Oklahoma City. From 1980 to 2007, he served in various executive capacities with ConocoPhillips, Inc. and its predecessor companies, Burlington Resources, Meridian Oil and El Paso Exploration. In 2006 and 2007 he was operations manager for the San Juan Basin Unit in Farmington, New Mexico, which was one of ConocoPhillips’ largest business units. Prior to these responsibilities, Mr. Muncrief served as general manager of Operations for that division. From 1998 to 2000, he served as Fruitland Coal Asset Manager in the San Juan Division. Mr. Muncrief earned his BS in Petroleum Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University in 1980.
Jack Stark, Sr. Vice President of Exploration
Jack H. Stark became Senior Vice President of Exploration in May 1998. Prior to joining the Company as Vice President of Exploration in June 1992, he was the exploration manager for the Western Mid-Continent Region for Pacific Enterprises. From 1978 to 1988, he held various staff and middle management positions with Cities Service Co. and TXO Production Corp. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Houston Geological Society and Oklahoma Geological Society. Mr. Stark holds a Masters degree in Geology from Colorado State University.
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Richard H. Straeter, President of Eastern Division
Richard H. Straeter became President - Eastern Division in October 2006. He was previously elected President of Continental Resources of Illinois, Inc. ("CRII") in April 2002. Prior to joining CRII, Mr. Straeter was employed by Barger Engineering, Inc. for 18 years as an engineering consultant and Vice President. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. Mr. Straeter is a past Chairman of the Illinois Basin Society of Petroleum Engineers and serves as a member of the National Petroleum Council, the Illinois Oil & Gas Association Board and the Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan Oil and Gas Associations. Mr. Straeter earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1983 and a Professional Engineering Degree (Honorary Masters) in 2004 from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
David L. Boren, Director
David L. Boren joined Continental Resources as a director in March 2009. He has served as president of the University of Oklahoma since November 1994. Prior to that position, he represented Oklahoma in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1994, serving as chairman of the U.S. Select Committee on Intelligence and on the Senate Finance and Agriculture committees. From 1975 to 1979, Mr. Boren served two terms as governor of Oklahoma. Prior to his election as governor, he served eight years in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Mr. Boren was in private law practice from 1969 to 1974, and from 1970 to 1974 also served as a professor of Political Science at Oklahoma Baptist University. In 1986, he founded the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, a private foundation that rewards and encourages excellence in public education, and continues to serve as its chairman. Mr. Boren received his BA degree in American History from Yale University in 1963, and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a master’s degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University, England in 1965 as a Rhodes Scholar, and earned his law degree form the University of Oklahoma in 1968. He is a member of the boards of directors for AMR Corporation, Texas Instruments and Torchmark, and is a past director for ConocoPhillips Inc. and Hiland Partners, L.P.
Robert J. Grant, Director
Robert J. Grant has been a director since January 2006. He was an audit partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP and a predecessor firm from 1969 to 2000. He served as partner in charge of the Dallas, Texas office audit department for ten years and a member of the firm's audit management group for twelve years. He has been a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the American Petroleum Institute and the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association and currently is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Grant graduated from the University of Detroit with an MBA and BA in Accounting.
Lon McCain, Director
Lon McCain has been a director since February 2006. He was Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Westport Resources Corporation, a publicly traded exploration and production company, from 2001 until the sale of Westport to Kerr McGee Corporation in 2004. From 1992 until joining Westport in 2001, Mr. McCain was Senior Vice President and Principal of Petrie Parkman & Co., an investment banking firm specializing in the oil and gas industry. From 1978 until joining Petrie Parkman, Mr. McCain held senior financial management positions with Presidio Oil Company, Petro-Lewis Corporation and Ceres Capital. He was an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Denver from 1982 through 2005. Mr. McCain currently serves on the board of Crimson Exploration, Inc., a domestic exploration and production company that is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board, and TransZap, Inc., a privately held provider of accounting software. Mr. McCain received a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Masters of Business Administration/Finance from the University of Denver.
Mark Monroe, Director
Mark E. Monroe served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Continental Resources from October 2005 to October 2008, and has served as a board member since November 2001. He was Chief Executive Officer and President of Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp. prior to its merger with Dominion Resources, Inc. in October 2001. Prior to the formation of Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp. in 1990, he was Chief Financial Officer of Bogert Oil Company. He has served as Chairman of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, served on the Domestic Petroleum Council and the National Petroleum Council and on the boards of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Oklahoma Energy Explorers and the Petroleum Club of Oklahoma City. For two years prior to his election as President and Chief Operating Officer, he served as a board member of Unit Corporation, an NYSE publicly traded onshore drilling and oil and gas exploration and production company. Mr. Monroe is a Certified Public Accountant and received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
H.R. Sanders, Director
H. R. Sanders, Jr. has been a director since November 2001. He served as a board member of Devon Energy Corporation from 1981 through 2000. In addition, he held the position of Executive Vice President for Devon Energy from 1981 until his retirement in 1997. From 1970 to 1981, Mr. Sanders was a Senior Vice President for Republic Bank of Dallas, N.A. with direct responsibility for independent oil, gas and mining loans. Mr. Sanders is a former member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association and Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, and a former director of Triton Energy Corporation. He currently serves on the board of Toreador Resources Corporation, a NASDAQ publicly traded oil and gas company with principal operations in France, Romania and Turkey.