Randy A. Foutch is an experienced oil and gas executive with prior successes in forming his own privately held companies. He is currently Chairman & CEO of Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

Laredo Petroleum is an independent oil and gas company with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Laredo's business strategy is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and gas properties in the Mid-Continent region of the United States. Laredo was formed with an initial commitment of up to $500 million of equity from Warburg Pincus.

Prior to the formation of Laredo, Mr. Foutch founded Latigo Petroleum, Inc. and served as its President & CEO until Latigo was sold to Pogo Producing Co. in May 2006 for $750 million dollars in a corporate transaction. Latigo was honored as co-winner of the Oklahoma Venture of the Year Award.

Previous to Latigo, Mr. Foutch founded Lariat Petroleum, Inc. in 1996 and served as President until January 2001 when it was sold to Newfield Exploration, Inc.

He is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Bill Barrett Corporation, Helmerich & Payne, The Catholic Foundation of Eastern Oklahoma, Indian Nations Council/Boy Scouts of America, the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa, Tulsa University's Friends of Finance Board, and the Gilcrease Museum National Board / Member of the National Board's Planning and Development Committee. He also is a Member of the C.M. Russell National Advisory Board, National Petroleum Council, America's Natural Gas Alliance, and Board Member Emeritus of Leadership Oklahoma. Previously, he has served as the Chairman of the Board of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, President of the Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association, Board Member of The Philip Neri Newman Center, Broad Oak Energy, MacroSolve, Inc., Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, Gryphon Exploration Company, Chairman of the OERB Scholastic Outreach Committee, and Chairman of the International Society of Energy Advocates.

Among many other awards and honors, Foutch was inducted into the 2008 Tulsa Historical Society Hall of Fame, and received the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' Public Service Award at its 1999 convention. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Texas and a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Houston.

Jerry Schuyler is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Laredo Petroleum, Inc. Prior to joining Laredo in June 2007, he held various executive positions with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), Dominion Exploration and Production and St. Mary's Land & Exploration. At St. Mary Land & Exploration, he established their Houston and Midland offices and managed the Gulf Coast, Offshore and Permian regions. While at Dominion, he managed the exploration and production activities in the Eastern Onshore US regions which included Texas, Alabama, Michigan and Appalachian operations. During his 20+ years with ARCO, he held several key positions such as Prudhoe Bay Field Manager, Manager of Worldwide Exploration and Production Planning and President of ARCO Middle East and Central Asia. He earned a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering from Montana Tech University and attended numerous graduate business courses at University of Houston. Jerry serves on several industry and college related board of directors.

Mark Womble began his oil and gas career with Mesa Petroleum Co. in Amarillo, Texas in 1978 as a financial analyst. He spent a total of 10 years with Mesa and was promoted to several positions before leaving the company in 1992 as Vice President and Treasurer.

Womble joined Hugoton Energy Corporation in 1993 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and helped take the company public in 1994. Womble was promoted to Executive Vice President and elected to the Board of Directors during 1995. The company’s assets increased almost three-fold by the time it was sold in 1998 for $380 million. After serving a short transition time with the purchaser, Womble engaged in various consulting and short-term assignments in the energy and agriculture industries from 1998 to 2002.

Womble helped Latigo Petroleum get started in 2002 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and served in that capacity until the company was sold in 2006 for $750 million. He then retired to the Hill Country in South Texas and was an active chicken rancher until joining Laredo Petroleum in July 2007.

Womble was raised on a farm in the Texas panhandle. He has been married to his wife, Shirley, for 40 years. They have four sons, two of whom graduated from the United States Naval Academy and are currently serving in the U.S. military. Womble earned a BBA degree and an MBA degree in finance and accounting from West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas.

Patrick Curth has been involved in exploration and development projects in the Mid-Continent area for over three decades. Mr. Curth started his career in the Oklahoma City office of CONOCO, Inc. in 1975. He remained with CONOCO until 1979 when he accepted a position with Reading & Bates in Tulsa working the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma. He was instrumental in getting several key exploratory Red Fork wells drilled in Western Oklahoma including the Red Moon well in Roger Mills County. Subsequently, Pat worked for several small independents in Tulsa and also as a geological consultant, all the time concentrating his exploratory efforts in the Mid-Continent area.

Curth joined Lariat Petroleum upon startup in 1997 as their VP – Exploration. He remained with the organization through the successful merger with Newfield Exploration in January 2001. He left Newfield in late 2002 and joined Latigo Petroleum as its Exploration Manager and was serving as VP – Exploration when the company sold to Pogo Producing Company in May 2006. In October 2006, Curth was a founding officer of Laredo Petroleum, Inc., where today he continues his employment with the Company as the Sr. VP – Exploration & Land.

Originally from Cold Spring Harbor, New York, Curth holds a BA in Geology from Windham College, a Masters Degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and a second Masters Degree in Environmental Sciences from Oklahoma State University.

Bland Williamson joined Laredo Petroleum, Inc. as Sr. Vice President and General Counsel in July of 2008. Prior to joining Laredo, he had been in the private practice of law for over 40 years and was a founding member of the firm Pray, Walker, Jackman, Williamson & Marlar. His practice, during which he represented Mr. Foutch's earlier companies, Lariat Petroleum and Latigo Petroleum, was focused on oil and gas law, with emphasis on the acquisition and disposition of oil and gas properties and mid-stream facilities.

Williamson has been involved in multiple civic and energy industry organizations. He currently serves on the board of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, the Indian Nation Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Jasmine Moran Children's Museum, the Philbrook Museum of Art, and as a trustee of the Grace and Franklin Bernsen Foundation. He has previously served as a Regional Vice President of the International Petroleum Association of America, as Chairman of the International Society of Energy Advocates and as a member of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board. In 1987, he was honored as the OIPA's “Member of the Year” and from 1988 through 1991, served as Chairman of LASMO PLC's U.S. companies.

Williamson is a past Chairman of the Mineral Law Section of both the Tulsa County and Oklahoma Bar Associations, and a former Vice-Chairman of the Natural Gas Marketing and Transportation Committee of the American Bar Association's Natural Resources Section. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Business from Stetson University and his Juris Doctorate from Emory University.

Minton started his early career as an Engineer working for Union Oil Company of California, Arco Oil & Gas Company and Keplinger & Associates, Inc.  From 1986 to 1999, he worked for Apache Corporation and had various responsibilities including the position of Exploration and Reservoir Engineering Manager.  Minton then joined the Lariat Petroleum team in 2000 as a Senior Reservoir Engineer. Lariat subsequently sold to Newfield Exploration Company and Minton stayed at Newfield Exploration until early 2003 as a Senior Reservoir Engineer.  He then joined Latigo Petroleum, Inc. as a Senior Reservoir Engineer and became Manager of Corporate Reservoir Engineering for Latigo Petroleum until the company was sold to Pogo Producing Company in early 2006.  Minton shortly served as Vice President of Reservoir Engineering at Rockford II Energy Partners before coming to Laredo Petroleum, Inc. in late 2007 and worked as Vice President, Reservoir Engineering for the Company. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, Reservoir Engineering in September 2009.
 
Minton served as an Officer in the United States Navy from 1972 to 1975.  Minton is a lifetime member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and has been a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Oklahoma since 1982.  He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Tony Swindell began his career in Tulsa in 1987. He spent 6 years with Samson Resources Company as a District Operations Engineer in various regions of Anadarko Basin & South Texas.

Swindell was the Operations Engineer for both Barrett Resources and Lariat Petroleum then continued his career as Operations Manager for Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent. He was also the Operations Manager at Latigo Petroleum, Inc. prior to joining Laredo Petroleum, Inc. in May of 2007.

Swindell has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Petroleum Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University and is a board member of NGVAmerica, member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and American Association of Drilling Engineers.

Schooley began his oil and gas career in 1982 at the Resource Analysis and Management Group as a Managing Consultant.  Schooley joined Oxley Petroleum in 1983 and spent a total of 15 years with Oxley, serving as Senior Vice President with responsibility for all oil and gas marketing activity, risk management, as well as the management of the land, revenue, production and division order departments.  While at Oxley, Schooley co-founded Stalwart Energy Company, a natural gas gathering and marketing affiliate, which was later merged into Lumen Energy Corporation where Schooley served as President and COO.  Schooley joined Latigo Petroleum in October 2003 as Marketing Manager, where he was responsible for all natural gas marketing and risk management activities of the company as well as all of the company’s natural gas gathering activities. 

Schooley joined Laredo Petroleum, Inc. in June of 2007 and is responsible for all of the natural gas and crude oil marketing and risk management activities of Laredo.  Schooley is a member of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (OIPA) and is past Chairman and current member of the OIPA Natural Gas Committee and a member of the OIPA Wildcatters Club.  Schooley is also past President of the Natural Gas Association of Oklahoma and is a current member of the Texas Alliance and the Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Associations.  Schooley holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Oklahoma State University.

Travis Stice began his career with Mobil Oil in 1985 as a field-based operations engineer. In 1990, he joined Burlington Resources and held various operational, technical and strategic roles within the company. At Burlington, he held a series of positions of increasing responsibility, including Regional Engineer, Corporate Operations in Houston, and most recently as General Manager, Mid-Continent Division located in Midland, Texas. Following the acquisition of Burlington by ConocoPhillips in 2006, he remained with ConocoPhillips until joining Laredo Petroleum as Vice President – Midland in August of 2008. Travis has extensive experience in production operations, reservoir engineering, production engineering, and unconventional oil and gas exploitation.

Travis Stice graduated from Texas A&M University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. Stice is a registered engineer in the State of Texas, and is a 25 year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Evans joined the staff of Latigo Petroleum, Inc. as the Senior Geologist in January of 2003 and was promoted to Exploration Manager in May of 2004. During his time with Latigo Petroleum, Mr. Evans was engaged in several highly successful ventures, including Mississippian oil and gas production at Courson Ranch and Granite Wash production on Turkey Track and Ranches South Programs.  Currently, Mr. Evans is the Geosciences Manager with Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

Evans graduated from University of Tulsa - College of Engineering in 1983 with a Bachelor Degree in Geology. He has served as Secretary for the Petroleum Club of Tulsa for six years and also belongs to the organizations AAPG, TGS, SPWLA & OWLL.