Michael L. Reger has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of our company since March 2007 and has been primarily involved in the acquisition of oil and gas mineral rights for his entire career. Mr. Reger began working the oil and gas leasing business for his family’s company, Reger Oil, in 1992 and worked as an oil and gas landman for Reger Oil from 1992 until co-...
Officers & Directors
Ryan R. Gilbertson has served as President our company since March 2010 and has served as a director since March 2007. Mr. Gilbertson served as Chief Financial Officer of our company from March 2007 to March 2010. Prior to co-founding Northern in 2006, Mr. Gilbertson served as a portfolio manager at Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 2004 to 2006 and at Telluride Asset Management in...
James R. Sankovitz has served as our COO since March 2010, and also served as our General Counsel and Secretary from March 2008 to October 2011. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Sankovitz was a partner at the law firm of Adams, Monahan & Sankovitz, LLP from November 2004 to March 2008, where he represented various public and private companies and individuals concerning state and federal...
Mr. Stoelk, 56, joined Northern Oil in December 2011 after having served since June 2005 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Superior Well Services, Inc., an oil and gas well service company traded on NASDAQ until its sale in 2010 to Nabors Industries. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Stoelk served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Great Lakes Energy Partners, LLC, an...
Erik Romslo joined our company in October 2011 after practicing law in the Minneapolis office of Northern Oil’s outside counsel, Faegre & Benson LLP, from 2005 until 2011, where he was a member of the Corporate group. His practice included a broad range of corporate representation, with an emphasis on public companies, corporate governance, and securities offerings and regulation. He has...
Robert Grabb is a Registered Petroleum geologist and has served as a director since May 2007. Mr. Grabb has worked as Senior District Geologist for Samson Investment Company, a large privately held exploration and production company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, since March 2007 and previously served as a geologist for Newfield Exploration from April 2003 to March 2007. He was an integral...
Loren J. O’Toole has served as a director since May 2007. Mr. O’Toole founded the law firm of O’Toole and O’Toole, based in Plentywood, Montana, over 25 years ago and actively practices law in the oil and gas industry. Mr. O’Toole holds a BA from Gonzaga University and received his juris doctor from Georgetown University Law School. The O’Toole law firm is a leader in the legal profession...
Jack E. King has served as a director since May 2007 and has been employed since 1983 as a landman with Hancock Resources, a prominent independent oil and gas exploration and development corporation based in Billings, Montana. Mr. King’s 30 years in the industry began in petroleum land management in the Northern Rockies. Throughout his career, Mr. King has managed several independent oil and...
Rich Weber has served as a director since August 2011. He currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PennEnergy Resources, LLC, a private equity backed independent oil and gas operator focused on the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Prior to co-founding PennEnergy in June 2011, he was President of Atlas Energy, Inc. from September 2009 to February 2011,...
Lisa Meier has served as a director since September 2007 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Platinum Energy Resources, Inc. in August 2008, a public independent oil and gas exploration and production company. She served as Chief Financial Officer of Flotek Industries, Inc., a public oilfield service company, from April 2004 to August 2008. During that time, Mrs. Meier...
Cy Jamison has served as a director since August 2011. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamison Group LLC, which advises private landowners regarding large land exchanges with the United States Federal Government. Prior to founding the Jamison Group in 2009, Mr. Jamison served as a Partner in the firm of Jamison and Sullivan, Inc. from 1994 to 2009, a diversified...