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Management Team

Sandalwood's management strategy is to operate as a lean and efficient team which can actively pursue and quickly assemble prospects for drilling, development and sale. The management team, as well as the other employees, form a cohesive, energetic and creative group committed to the daily efforts as well as the long-term success of Sandalwood. Below are short biographies of the three key management team members:

John F. Ligon – Chief Executive Officer & Co-Owner:

Mr. Ligon, co-founder of Sandalwood in 1985, directs Sandalwood's management and strategy and is involved with the supervision of the exploration team. He has 45 years of experience in the oil & gas exploration/production business. He began his career with a four-year service at TXO Production in Corpus Christi, Texas as an exploration/development geologist.

Mr. Ligon received a B.S. degree in Geology with a minor in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and various other industry associations.

James A. Cisarik – President & Co-Owner

Mr. Cisarik is a co-founder of Sandalwood, is involved in the company's short and long-term strategy, and is primarily responsible for managing the company's land efforts in its acquisition of oil and gas leases, negotiations and contract execution with industry partners. He has spent 45 years working in various disciplines of the oil and gas industry, 30 of those years in managing regional natural gas pipeline systems and leading natural gas business development and projects derived from LNG.
Mr. Cisarik graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Petroleum Land Management. Mr. Cisarik is the past Chairman of the Texas Energy Reliability Council and former Chairman of the Texas Pipeline Association.

Donald J. Lindberg – Chief Financial Officer & Co-Owner:

Mr. Lindberg is responsible for Sandalwood's financial, accounting, HR and tax matters. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Lindberg has extensive experience in oil & gas matters having started his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1979. In 1985 he accepted a position with Acadian Gas Pipeline System and left in 1995 as Vice President/Controller of Acadian and Asst. Controller of Tejas Gas Corporation (Acadian's parent company). In 1995, he formed DJL Financial Services, a business consulting, tax and financial planning firm and in 1997, was elected Chief Financial Officer/Vice President of Finance of Sandalwood as a result of his work for Sandalwood through his firm. He became a minority interest owner in Sandalwood on December 31, 2003. Mr. Lindberg received a B.S. degree in Accounting from Valparaiso University in 1979.

Other Key Personnel:

Besides the geological expertise and experience of Mr. Ligon Sandalwood presently employs the following other Key Team Members:

Audrey Adams - Sr. Geologist - adams@soginc.net

Mick Francisco - Operations - mfrancisco@soginc.net