Charles T. Goodson began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1977 with Mobil Oil Corporation in New Orleans, Louisiana as a Landman. In 1980, he joined Callon Petroleum Company in Natchez, Mississippi and was promoted to Regional Land Manager in 1983 and Land Manager in 1984.

In 1985, Mr. Goodson became a co-founder, owner and President of American Explorer, Inc., an exploration and production company located in Lafayette, Louisiana. In 1995, he co-founded and became a partner of American Explorer, LLC. The main focus of the company was exploration in the Gulf Coast Region of the Southern United States and the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico. In 1998, American Explorer, LLC merged with PetroQuest Energy, Inc., and Mr. Goodson became its President and Chief Executive Officer. Currently, he serves as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President.

Mr. Goodson is a member of the Lafayette Association of Petroleum Landmen, the American Association of Petroleum Landmen and a member of the Board of Directors of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. He is a member of IberiaBank's Lafayette Advisory Board and a past member of the Governor’s Energy Policy Advisory Commission and the Young President’s Organization (YPO). His civic organization memberships include the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Acadiana. Mr. Goodson is past Regional Governor - Louisiana (Southwest) for the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and past Chairman of the Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association (LIOGA).

William W. Rucks, IV has served as our director since October 1999. Mr. Rucks has been a private venture capitalist-investor since September 1996. He has served as a director of OMNI Energy Services, Inc. since 1997. He served as President and Vice Chairman of Ocean Energy, Inc., formerly Flores & Rucks, Inc., from July 1995 until September 1996 and as its President and Chief Executive Officer from its inception in 1992 until July 1995. From 1985 to 1992, Mr. Rucks served as President of FloRuxco, Inc. Before then, Mr. Rucks worked as Petroleum Landman with Union Oil Company of California in its Southwest Louisiana District, serving as Area Land Manager from 1981 to 1984.

E. Wayne Nordberg has served as our director since April 2000. Mr. Nordberg is currently with Hollow Brook Associates LLC, a private investment management firm serving family offices, foundations, charities and pensions. From 1998 to 2002, he served as Vice Chairman of the Board of KBW Asset Management, Inc., an affiliate of Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., a registered investment advisor offering investment management services to institutions and high net worth individuals. From 1988 to 1998, Mr. Nordberg served in various capacities for Lord, Abbett & Co., a mutual fund company, including partner and director of their family of funds. He is a member of the Financial Analysts Federation and The New York Society of Security Analysts. Mr. Nordberg received a Bachelor of Art in Economics from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, where he is a Trustee Emeritus.

Michael L. Finch has served as our director since November 2003. Mr. Finch served as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Stone Energy Corporation from 1993 until his retirement in 1999. He was affiliated with Stone in a variety of capacities for nineteen years. Prior to his service with Stone, he was employed by an international public accounting firm in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Finch has been a private investor since 1999. He was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in 1978, and received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of South Alabama in 1976.

W.J. Gordon, III joined our Board of Directors in January 2004. Mr. Gordon served in various capacities with Conoco Inc. and ConocoPhillips for 32 years until his retirement in 2002, including President of Dubai Petroleum Company (Conoco Middle East subsidiary), President and Managing Director of Conoco Norway, Inc. and Regional Production Manager for Conoco’s Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast Region. Currently, he is Vice President of Strategic Planning of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System and serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of Acadiana and the Advisory Board of IberiaBank Corporation. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Petroleum Institute. Mr. Gordon served as Captain in the U.S. Army Field Artillery and received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1970.

Dr. Charles F. Mitchell, II is a surgeon and has been Senior Partner of ENT Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana since 1978 with multiple hospital and surgery center affiliations. He has multiple business interests in Real Estate and Oil & Gas with board positions. Since 1994-present, through merger and acquisitions, he served on the Devon board until 2005 and PetroQuest Board of Directors since 2005-present and is Chairman of the Compensation Committee.