Board of Directors

Matthew Miller is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Grey Rock, and he is a member of Grey Rock’s Investment Committee and Valuation Committee. Since founding Grey Rock in 2013, Mr. Miller has focused on deal origination, valuation, due diligence, execution, project management and divestitures of the oil and gas properties managed by Grey Rock. Using his background on sophisticated valuation of major onshore acquisitions and divestitures, Mr. Miller works to ensure that the Grey Rock portfolio maximizes return for a given amount of risk. Mr. Miller and his team have originated, diligenced, and closed over $250 million in assets in the Midland, Delaware, Eagle Ford, Bakken, and Haynesville plays. From 2008 to 2013, Mr. Miller served as a Vice President at Bluescape Resources, a company focused on finding distressed upstream U.S. oil and gas investment opportunities. Prior to Bluescape Resources, Mr. Miller worked at McKinsey & Co. from 2006 to 2008 where his clients included several multi-billion dollar private equity firms. Mr. Miller holds a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia, and he is a CFA charterholder.

Griffin Perry is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Grey Rock, and he is a member of Grey Rock’s Investment Committee. Since founding Grey Rock in 2013, Mr. Perry has focused on controls, investor relations, risk management, and day-to-day operations of Grey Rock. Further, Mr. Perry assists in origination and portfolio management of Grey Rock’s assets. From 2012 to 2013, Mr. Perry was the President of Caddis Energy, an oil and gas investment company that partnered with industry leaders to raise capital and develop a pipeline of business focusing on both operated and non-operated oil and gas properties. From 2007 to 2012, Mr. Perry worked as a financial advisor with UBS and Deutsche Bank. During his tenure in these positions, Mr. Perry worked to grow assets under management from $300 million to $500 million. He is also a member of the Cotton Bowl Board. Mr. Perry holds a BA in economics and history from Vanderbilt University.

Amanda N. Coussens is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Commercial Officer for P10, Inc. (NYSE: PX), a publicly traded asset manager, with over $17 billion in assets under management where she has served since January 2021 and taken P10, Inc. both through an initial public offering and a subsequent debt refinance. Prior to P10, Inc., from 2017 through 2020, Ms. Coussens served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief 261 Compliance Officer of PetroCap, LLC (“PetroCap”), an upstream energy private equity fund, where she oversaw finance both for PetroCap and portfolio companies of PetroCap. Prior to PetroCap, from 2015 through 2017, Ms. Coussens served as a consulting Chief Financial Officer with Aduro Advisors where she worked for several start-up venture and private equity funds in the upstream energy sector. Prior to Aduro Advisors, from 2014 through 2016, Ms. Coussens served as Chief Financial Officer for White Deer Energy, a private equity firm targeting investments in oil and gas exploration and production, oilfield service and equipment manufacturing, and the midstream sector of the energy industry. Prior to White Deer Energy, from 2013 through 2014, Ms. Coussens served as Director of Financial Services for Timmon Advisors, LLC, an asset management firm, and from 2010 through 2013, Ms. Coussens served as Director of SEC and Financial Reporting for Edelman Financial Group (formerly Sanders Morris Harris) (NASDAQ: EF), a publicly traded asset management firm with over $20 billion of assets under management, overseeing aspects of SEC reporting and acquisition integration. Ms. Coussens began her career as an audit and tax associate for Null-Lairson, P.C. from 2002 to 2004, an audit manager for Grant Thornton from 2004 to 2008, and a controller for Tudor, Pickering, Holt and Co. and TPH Partners from 2008 to 2010. Ms. Coussens is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Houston, where she graduated with honors.

Thaddeus Darden is a Partner at Grey Rock, and he is a member of Grey Rock’s Valuation Committee. Joining Grey Rock in 2014, Mr. Darden manages financial modeling and assists in deal diligence, portfolio valuation, and business development. His focus is to accurately forecast and understand the financial performance and sensitivities of portfolios of oil and gas properties managed by Grey Rock. From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Darden worked at Bain & Company primarily in the oil and gas practice. During Mr. Darden’s tenure at Bain, he provided deal diligences, built growth strategies, and streamlined operations for numerous upstream and midstream oil and gas companies. Mr. Darden holds a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia where he was a Jefferson Scholar.

Michele J. Everard was employed in the University of Michigan’s Investment Office for over thirty -eight years, most recently as Managing Director, until her retirement in December of 2019. Ms. Everard was responsible for investment strategy, recommendation of new investment opportunities and monitoring of the University Endowment’s Real Estate and Natural Resources portfolios. She was a member of the University’s Investment Committee and participated in the management of all of the University’s investment programs, including the Endowment Fund which ranks in the top ten among institutions of higher education. Ms. Everard has a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from Eastern Michigan University and is a CFA charterholder.

Kirk Lazarine is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Grey Rock, and he is a member of Grey Rock’s Investment Committee. Since founding Grey Rock in 2013, Mr. Lazarine has focused on business development, deal origination, due diligence, land agreements, portfolio management and divestitures of oil and gas properties managed by Grey Rock. Using networks built over a 30+ year career in oil and gas, Mr. Lazarine provides a unique source of deal flow, contacts, and experience. Mr. Lazarine has participated in transactions totaling over $1 billion of assets across the U.S., including several hundred wells and 700,000 acres. From 2004 to 2013, Mr. Lazarine served as CEO of KOR Resources, where he led the acquisition of a significant lease position in the Eagle Ford oil window with Matt Miller. Prior to KOR, Mr. Lazarine served at Chevron for 23 years including as a manager for Chevron’s unconventional gas team. Mr. Lazarine has negotiated several hundred agreements, including purchase and sale agreements, leases, JOAs, farm-ins, JVs, and EDAs. Mr. Lazarine holds a BBA from Southwest Texas State University and a BS in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Houston, and is a member of the AAPL and WHAPL.

John McCartney joined the executive management team of US Robotics in March 1984 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. At US Robotics, he served in various executive capacities, including as Executive Vice President, International, until serving as President and Chief Operating Officer from January 1996 until its merger with 3Com Corporation in June 1997. Since 2010 Mr. McCartney has served as Chairman of the Board of Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), where he has been a director since 2004. From June 1997 to March 1998, Mr. McCartney held the position of President of 3Com Corporation’s Client Access Unit. Mr. McCartney has served on the board of Datatec Limited, a publicly traded networking technology and services company since 2007, where he currently is a member of its nominations committee. Mr. McCartney also serves as a director of EQT, Corp. (NYSE: EQT), a publicly traded natural gas exploration and production company and as a member of its public policy and corporate responsibility, and corporate governance committees. During the past several years, Mr. McCartney previously served on the boards of Transco, Inc. a Chicago-based company that provides solutions to customers in the electric utility industry, Westcon Group, Inc., a specialty distributor of networking and communications equipment, Rice Energy Inc., a formerly publicly traded independent natural gas and oil company acquired by EQT in 2017, and Covance Inc., a formerly publicly traded drug development services company acquired by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) in 2015. Mr. McCartney received a B.A. in Philosophy from Davidson College and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.