Michael Y. McGovern, 61, serves as Executive Advisor to Cadent Energy Partners, LLC, a private equity firm investing in the energy industry. McGovern also serves on the boards of directors of GeoMet, Inc., Long Run Exploration, Ltd., Array Holdings, Inc., Sonneborn, Inc. and Cactus Wellhead, LLC. He served as a director of Tronox, Inc., a publicly traded producer of titanium dioxide, from April 2008 to January 2011. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer Companies, Inc. from 2002 to 2007, two years of which he also served as the Chairman. He has been involved in the energy industry since 1975, primarily as the Chief Executive Officer of the following public companies: Pioneer Companies, Inc., Coho Energy, Inc., Edisto Resources Corporation, Convest Energy, Ironstone Group, Inc. (formerly OXOCO, Inc.) and American National Petroleum Company. McGovern received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana.