Leadership

Trevor D. Rees-Jones, President & CEO
After practicing oil and gas reorganization law with Thompson & Knight, Rees-Jones entered the oil and gas business as an independent. From 1984-1993, Rees-Jones drilled as operator or participated as non-operator in the drilling of over 400 wells, mostly in Southwest and Central Texas. In 1994, he founded Chief Oil & Gas. Rees-Jones received his BA from Dartmouth College and his JD from SMU School of Law.

Antone V. (Tony) Carvalho III – Senior Vice President, Geology
Carvalho began consulting for Chief in 1999 and has over 30 years of exploration and development experience throughout the U.S. Prior to joining Chief, Carvalho held various positions including Manager of Geology-Offshore, for the Production Division of Sun Oil Company where he was responsible for all geologic input to reserve development activity in the Gulf of Mexico, Offshore California, Alaska and the U.S. East Coast. He is a certified member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Carvalho received his BS in Environmental Science and MS in Geology from Lehigh University.

William S. Buckler III, Senior Vice President – Operations & Engineering
Buckler joined Chief in 2008 from Quicksilver Resources where he was Vice President of U.S. Operations. Prior to that, he worked for Mitchell Energy and then Devon Energy in various engineering and operations roles. Buckler has a wealth of knowledge and experience in developing unconventional shale. Buckler received his BS in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A & M.

Glynne Mildren, Senior Vice President – Land
Mildren joined Chief in 2007, after eleven years as the principal at Mildren Energy Services, a full-service land brokerage firm. Mildren also held various land positions for Enserch Exploration, and was the Land Manager for Brigham Oil & Gas. Mildren received his BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

Lonnie T. Samford, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Samford joined Chief in 2003. Prior to joining Chief, he was CFO of CII Carbon, LLC, a processor and marketer of petroleum coke, where he was responsible for energy sales as well as his financial and administrative responsibilities. Samford has worked for both private and public companies during his career. He is a certified public accountant and spent the first five years of his career with KPMG.Samford received his BBA and MBA from the University of North Texas.

David Hundley, Senior Vice President – General Counsel
Prior to joining Chief in 2003, Hundley spent ten years in private practice and was a founding partner of the law firm of Haworth & Hundley. While in private practice, he concentrated on transactional and oil and gas related matters, representing primarily independent oil and gas operators, including Chief since its formation. Prior to practicing law, Hundley worked for Amoco Production Company and also for TXO Production Corporation. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Hundley received his BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and his MBA from SMU and JD from SMU School of Law.

James A. Scott, Senior Vice President – Midstream
Scott joined Chief in 2008 and brings over 25 years of midstream pipeline sector experience. Most recently Scott served as SVP of Gas Supply and Business Development with Regency Energy Partners and VP Corporate Development with Crosstex Energy Services. Scott received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University.

Kristi Gittins, Vice President – Industry and Public Affairs
Prior to joining Chief in 2008, Gittins spent eight years as a founding partner at Gittins & Granado, a public affairs and communications firm with a specialty in oil & gas. She spent the first 16 years of her career with JP Morgan Chase as Vice President of Communications and Brand Management. Gittins received her BS from Texas Tech University.

 

Terry Bossert, Vice President – Government Affairs
Bossert joined Chief in 2010. He comes to Chief from the law firm of Post & Schell where he was the chair of the Environmental Regulation and Litigation Group in the firm’s Harrisburg, PA office. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Climate Change Advisory Committee, having been appointed to that position by the Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate. Bossert received his B.A. from Susquehanna University and his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University.

Thornton Hardie III, President – Rees-Jones Holdings LLC
Hardie joined Chief in January 2007. He serves as president of Rees-Jones Holdings LLC, a holding company that owns the management companies of the Rees–Jones family business organizations. Prior to joining Chief, Hardie was a 30-year tax partner with Thompson & Knight LLP with practice emphasis on tax and business planning for clients engaged in all facets of the oil and gas business.Hardie has a BS in Commerce from Washington & Lee University and a JD from the University of Texas at Austin.