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Board of Directors

Richard A. Murphy

Chairman of the Board

Mr. Murphy was appointed as an independent director to the Company’s Board of Directors on January 20, 2016. He is managing member of Cross River Capital Management, LLC, the general partner of Cross River Partners, L.P. Cross River Partners, L.P., is an institutional investor in micro-cap and small-cap companies with market capitalizations up to $1.5 billion. Murphy is responsible for investment research and analysis and for coordinating final investment decisions. Prior to joining Cross River, Murphy was an analyst and portfolio manager with SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC; an associate investment banker in the food and agriculture division at ING Barings; and a second vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank. He is a former member of the Advisory Board of CMS Bankcorp, Inc. and currently sits on the Applied Investment Management Board for the University of Notre Dame. In addition, he is Chairman of the audit committee for Williston Holding Company, Inc., a non-reporting restaurant company. Mr. Murphy received his MBA from the University of Notre Dame-Mendoza College of Business in 1998 and his bachelor’s degree in political science from Gettysburg College in 1992.

Robert Herlin

Director

Mr. Herlin was appointed as an independent director to the Company’s Board of Directors on January 15, 2015. He is the cofounder, chairman and CEO of Evolution Petroleum Corp. (NYSE MKT: EPM), a developer of incremental petroleum assets through the application of conventional and patented technology to known oil and gas reserves. He also is a past board member of Boots and Coots, Inc., an oil field services operation acquired in 2010 by Halliburton Company. Herlin brings to ENSERVCO more than 30 years of experience in engineering, energy transactions, operations and finance with public and private oil and gas and other companies. Herlin serves on the Engineering Advisory Board for the Brown School of Engineering at Rice University, where he previously served on the Centennial Council for Chemical and BioMolecular Engineering. He graduated with honors from Rice University with B.S. and M.E. degrees in chemical engineering and earned an MBA from Harvard University.

William Jolly

Director

Mr. Jolly was appointed as an independent director to the Company’s Board of Directors on January 15, 2015. He is an investment banking executive with Scarsdale Equities, and has more than 18 years experience assisting growth companies in the areas of capital formation, M&A advice, corporate governance and strategic planning. Jolly began his career with Procter & Gamble, where he held positions of increasing responsibility, including marketing manager for Singapore and Korea; regional marketing director, Singapore; managing director, Hong Kong; and president, director of Procter & Gamble Indonesia. Just prior to entering investment banking, Jolly was vice president, worldwide consumer products – Asia Pacific Region with Scott Paper located in Hong Kong. In addition to his executive management and marketing experience, Jolly is active on several boards of directors. He graduated with a B.A. degree from Duke University and holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Kevin Chesser

Director

Kevin Chesser was appointed as an independent director to the Company’s Board of Directors in April 2023. He is a veteran finance executive and Certified Public Accountant with more than 34 years of leadership experience with both public and private companies. Since 2018, he has provided CFO-level business consulting services focused on go-public transactions, financings, M&A and board advisory services within his own consulting firm. His prior experience includes 23 years of service with Deloitte and Briggs & Veselka (now Crowe LLP), where he served as a partner and SEC practice leader. During the course of his career, Mr. Chesser has managed all financial, accounting and treasury aspects of public held companies. In addition, he is highly experienced in SEC reporting, implementation of internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. He holds a B.B.A. in accounting from Lamar University.

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