NGP Capital Resources

Management

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John H Homier
President & Chief Executive Officer: John H. Homier is our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Compliance Officer. He has over 25 years of corporate finance, engineering, credit analysis, business development and management experience in the energy sector. Mr. Homier's experience includes engineering, evaluating, structuring and negotiating energy finance transactions and managing energy investment businesses. Prior to joining us, Mr. Homier was a partner in M1 Energy Capital Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in engineering and financial analysis, planning, structuring, and fund raising for oil and natural gas exploration and production businesses. Mr. Homier founded and led a successful structured/mezzanine oil and natural gas investment program for Deutsche Bank from 1999 to 2002. During a 13-year period prior to that, Mr. Homier held various management positions with Bank of America and its predecessors. His responsibilities included the initiation and building of a successful structured capital program for investment in oil and natural gas projects within the bank. Mr. Homier graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1973, an M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977 and an M.B.A. in Finance and Management from the University of Southern California in 1981. Mr. Homier is a Registered Professional Engineer and a CFA Charterholder.
Stephen K Gardner
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary & Treasurer: Stephen K. Gardner is our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. He has over 15 years experience in financial and transactional management in the oil and gas industry. From September 2002 to May 2004, he was Chief Financial Officer of Dunhill Resources, Inc., a private-held oil and natural gas production company, which hired him to address its over-levered financial condition. Prior to September 2002, Mr. Gardner served as president of a private construction firm and as Chief Financial Officer of Mesa, Inc., the predecessor to Pioneer Natural Resources. He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Southwestern University in 1982 and an M.A. in Economics from Columbia University in 1985.
R. Kelly Plato
Sr. Vice President & Managing Director: R. Kelly Plato, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, has over 14 years of investment management, corporate finance, engineering, and general management experience in the energy industry. He serves on the governing boards of two of our portfolio companies, Rubicon Energy Partners, LLC, and BioEnergy International, LLC. From March 2003 to February 2005, he was a partner of Odyssey Energy Capital, LP, a private capital provider to the energy industry and successor to Mirant Americas Energy Capital, LP. From September 2001 to March 2003, he served as Director for Mirant Americas Energy Capital, LP. From January 1999 until August 2001, Mr. Plato served as Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Tri-Union Development Corporation, a privately-held E&P corporation. Mr. Plato was hired by Tri-Union to manage its restructuring efforts. He graduated with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1992 and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 1996.
Mary Ann Birchfield
Vice President, Controller & Assistant Secretary: Mary Ann Birchfield, Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary, is primarily responsible for our financial accounting and reporting. Prior to joining NGPC, she spent nine years at Range Resources Corporation managing the accounting and treasury functions of their producer finance division. Ms. Birchfield has more than 29 years of diversified experience in financial reporting and cash management of public and private entities. Ms. Birchfield graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified Public Accountant. She is a member of the Houston Chapter and Texas Society of CPA's and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Paula J Williams
Vice President & Assistant Secretary: Paula J. Williams, Vice President and Assistant Secretary, has been with NGP Capital Resources Company since its founding in 2004. Ms. Williams is responsible for Loan Operations, Administration and Human Resources. Prior to joining NGPC, Ms. Williams worked at Deutsche Bank in its Mezzanine Energy Investment Group. Ms. Williams also has more than 19 years of banking experience focusing on energy lending, international private banking and operations with Bank of America. Ms. Williams graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.