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Lee Davis

Lee H. Davis has over forty years of experience in the energy industry. He served as Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors of a privately held Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) that made debt and equity investments to companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Davis was a founder of two institutionally funded venture capital funds specializing in venture investments in the Southwest.

Mr. Davis was instrumental in the founding of a number of high tech companies in the areas of automotive and clean technology and has been advising early stage companies on matters of strategy, finance and governance.

Mr. Davis served as a founding board member of Oklahoma Energy Resources Board that focuses on energy education and restoration of abandoned oil and gas wells. The board, created by the Oklahoma legislature, implemented a system whereby current oil and gas producers would levy a voluntary tax on their own production to build a fund that would restore abandoned well sites. Since 1994, the OERB has expended over $58 million to restore more than 10,000-orphaned sites across the state.

Mr. Davis served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries of Tulsa, Vice President and Director of The Child Abuse Network, Inc. and on the Board of Directors of Leadership Oklahoma. Mr. Davis served several terms on the Board of Visitors of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas and was instrumental in the founding and funding of the Blanton Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program in honor of his late wife.

He also served on the Board of Directors of Rental Car Finance Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group.

Mr. Davis received his BA in Geology from the University of Arizona and his MBA from the University of Tulsa. He is a Certified Professional Geologist.

Gary E. Jacobs

Gary Jacobs is an investor and philanthropist. He is the Managing Director of Jacobs Investment Company, which participates in real estate development and other investment activities throughout the United States and abroad. In addition, he has multi-million dollar investments in several other venture capital funds. He also owns and operates a professional minor league baseball team, the Lake Elsinore Storm, affiliated with the San Diego Padres.

Gary serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for High Tech High, a public charter high school, and is a board member of the San Diego Symphony and the UCSD Board of Overseers. Gary's other philanthropic work includes being a past president of the United Jewish Federation of San Diego County. Additionally, Gary and his wife created and funded the Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs International Teen Leadership Institute which promotes Muslim/Jewish understanding.

Prior to his current investment and philanthropic activities, Gary worked as a software engineer and senior education specialist at QUALCOMM, Inc. and as a software programmer at Linkabit Incorporated.

Gary holds a B.A. in Management Science from the University of California at San Diego.

Ira Lechner

Ira currently is Chairman of the Board of the Council for a Livable World in Washington, D.C. He also is involved with national security and nuclear proliferation issues as a member of the Board of the Center for National Policy in Washington, D.C. Ira is Chair of the Board of Directors of his family foundation, "Project High Hopes," which has initiated sustainable development projects in South Africa.

Ira served as Counsel to the Employment and Productivity Subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, as a member of the staff of former United States Senator Paul Simon. Ira previously served as Counsel to the National Association of Police Officers (NAPO); as Associate General Counsel, UFCW & Retail Clerks, AFL-CIO; and litigated in the United States Courts of Appeals as an attorney in the Appellate Division of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Ira was Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center in La Jolla, California from September, 2001 until June 30, 2004, and as a member of its Board of Trustees for six years. The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center is a cutting-edge, independent cancer research institution with an annual budget in excess of $20 Million and more than 200 employees specializing in proteomics, genomics, cell biology, vascular targeting, and immunology. He also served as Chair of the Board of Deliatroph Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now publicly traded as Halozyme Pharmaceuticals Inc.), and as Chair of GenWay Biotechnology, Inc.

Ira was elected in a national referendum of America's colleges and universities to the National Board of the Council On Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). He served as its Treasurer as well as on its Executive Committee. Ira served as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Randolph-Macon College, as Chair of its Development Committee, and as Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee.

Ira graduated with a B.A. in History from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia; and with a J.D. from Yale Law School. He served as an enlisted man in the United States Army at Fort Dix, and then as an officer in the Defense Appellate Division of the United States Army (JAG) at the Pentagon.