Scott W. Smith is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of our general Partner. Mr. Smith also serves the President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (NYSE: VNR) and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since October 2006 and as Director since March 2008. From July 2004 to October 2006, Mr. Smith served as the President of Ensource Energy Company, LLC during its tender offer for the units of the Eastern American Natural Gas Trust (NYSE:NGT). He has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry, primarily in business development, marketing, and acquisition and divestiture of producing assets and exploration/exploitation projects in the energy sector. Mr. Smith's experience includes evaluating, structuring, negotiating and managing business and investment opportunities, including energy investments similar to our targeted investments totaling approximately $400 million as both board member and principal investor in Wiser Investment Company LLC, the largest shareholder in The Wiser Oil Company (NYSE:WZR) until its sale to Forest Oil Corporation (NYSE:FST) in June of 2004. From June 2000 to June 2004, Mr. Smith served on the Board of Directors of The Wiser Oil Company. Mr. Smith was also a member of the executive committee of The Wiser Oil Company during this period. From January of 1998 to June of 1999, Mr. Smith was the co-manager of San Juan Partners, LLC, which established control of Burlington Resources Coal Seam Gas Trust (NYSE:BRU), which was subsequently sold to Dominion Resources, Inc. We believe that Mr. Smith's extensive energy industry background, particularly the three years he has spent serving as part of our executive management team, brings important experience and skill to the board.

Richard A. Robert is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of our general partner. Mr. Robert is also the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (NYSE: VNR) and has served in such capacities since January of 2007. Prior to joining Vanguard, Mr. Robert was involved in a number of entrepreneurial ventures and provided financial and strategic planning services to a variety of energy-related companies since 2003. He was Vice President of Finance for Enbridge US, Inc., a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) a natural gas and oil pipeline company, after its acquisition of Midcoast Energy Resources, Inc. in 2001 where Mr. Robert was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He held these positions from 1996 through 2002 and was responsible for acquisition and divestiture analysis, capital formation, taxation and strategic planning, accounting and risk management, and investor relations. Mr. Robert is a certified public accountant.

Britt Pence is Vice President of Engineering and Director of our general partner. Mr. Pence is also the Senior Vice President of Engineering of Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (NYSE: VNR) and has served in such capacity since June of 2010. Prior to joining Vanguard in 2007 as Vice President of Engineering, Mr. Pence was an Area Manager with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) for 10 years supervising evaluation and exploitation projects in coalbed methane fields in Wyoming and conventional fields in East Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to joining Anadarko, Mr. Pence served as a reservoir engineer with Greenhill Petroleum Company from 1991 – 1997 with responsibility for properties in the Permian Basin, South Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. From 1983 – 1991, Mr. Pence served as reservoir engineer with Mobil with responsibility for properties in the Permian Basin.