Professional Staff

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Mr. Forrest A. Garb, P.E.,

with more than 50 years of practical petroleum industry experience, was a staff member and then a principal of a major consulting firm for some 32 years, serving as president and chief operating officer of that firm for the last 14 of those years. During this tenure he supervised or was associated with over 12,500 assignments varying from simple evaluations to complex reservoir simulations. Using this experience as a base, he has now assembled the best work system he has ever had the opportunity to offer to industry. Mr. Garb is the Chairman of the Board of Forrest A. Garb & Associates.

Forrest A. Garb
Mr. William D. Harris III, P.E.,

joined Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc. as President in August 1998 and became Chief Executive Officer of Forrest A Garb & Associates in January 2002. Previously, he was a Vice President of DeGolyer and MacNaughton where he prepared and supervised engineering and reserve studies, and appraisal reports for fields in many countries. Mr. Harris holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University, a M.B.A from Southern Methodist University, and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

William D. Harris III
Mr. John Cooper,

joined Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc. in 2007 as a Senior Geologist. Mr. Cooper received his Bachelor's degree in Geology from the University of Louisiana - Lafayette (formerly the University of Southwestern Louisiana) and holds an MBA from Tulane University. He was employed at Great Southern Oil and Gas, Innex Energy, and Hunt Petroleum in various geological and technical positions, and is experienced in log analysis, geological interpretations, and reserves evaluations using the latest technologies. Mr. Cooper is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Society of Economic Geophysicists, and the Dallas Geological & Geophysical Society.

John Cooper
Mr. Enrique Gonzalez-Gerth, P.E.,

Senior Vice President and Director, brings more than 40 years of international and domestic experience to the firm. He has performed a wide range of reservoir engineering and analyses including oil and gas property evaluations, reservoir performance predictions, and secondary recovery studies. His native knowledge of the Spanish language permits easy communication with Spanish-speaking clients. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Enrique Gonzalez-Gerth
Mr. Gerald K. Ebanks, CPG,

Senior Geologist, received his M.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He was employed with Mobil Oil Corporation, and subsequently with Ray Holifield and Associates, and PXI, Incorporated, in various geological positions. Mr. Ebanks is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Dallas Geological Society, Houston Geological Society, Computer Oriented Geological Society, and is a certified petroleum geologist.

Gerald K. Ebanks
Ms. Stacy M. Light,

joined Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc. in May 2010 as a Senior Reservoir Engineer. Ms. Light previously worked for ARCO Oil and Gas as a reservoir/operations engineer and crude oil risk management director. She performed detailed production, reservoir and economic analyses for both onshore and offshore properties and supervised engineers in the same capacity. She also performed risk management duties, trading crude oil futures and options on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Areas worked include onshore and offshore Gulf Coast and the Mid-Continent area. Ms. Light received a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

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Mr. Mike Rightmire,

joined Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc. in December 2007 as a Senior Reservoir Engineer. Mr. Rightmire previously worked for ARCO Alaska and ARCO Exploration & Production Technologies as a reservoir and operations engineer and most recently for Pinnacle Technologies as a senior engineer and project manager. His work experience includes over 25 years of operations and reservoir engineering assignments, reservoir engineering research and applications development work, and fracture stimulation engineering. Mr. Rightmire holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University, a B.S. in Biological Science from the University of Alaska Anchorage, and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

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Ms. Sandra W. Wall,

joined Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc. in August 2006 as a Senior Reservoir Engineer. Ms. Wall previously worked for Texas Eastern Corporation, Exploration and Production Division. She performed detailed reservoir and economic analyses for both onshore and offshore properties, and ran 3D computer simulation studies for massive hydraulic fracturing, water floods and CO2 floods. Areas worked include: Onshore and Offshore Gulf Coast, Rocky Mountains, Offshore California, Indonesia and the North Sea. Ms Wall holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University, a M.B.A. from Houston Baptist University, and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

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