The Board of Directors

The Board of Directors elects the officers annually. Directors serve for one year and must be re-elected each year by the shareholders.

JOHN SULLIVAN | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Mr. Sullivan has 40 plus years of broad based experience as an entrepreneur and serving in corporate management. He is a Principal of LTD Consulting Services LLC which provides consulting and management services to private and public companies in the United States and in Southeast Asia. Previously, he held the position of Sr. Director at MMI International (“MMI”), a privately held, global supplier to the Data Storage, Aerospace and Oil and Gas industries. As a Director at MMI, he oversaw the sales and global operations for the Precision Forming Group, a division of MMI, with $250M in annual sales. Prior to MMI, he served as Director of Operations, Chief Operating Officer and President of Intra-Plex Technologies, Inc, which provided key technical resources and manufacturing functions to technology and medical industry clients. Prior to Intra-Plex, Mr. Sullivan had management and transaction experience with K.R. Precision Public Co. Ltd., and ADT International. Mr. Sullivan brings his years of experience in management and Board leadership to Royale Energy and will serve to optimize strategy, corporate governance and project deliverable optimization.

JONATHAN GREGORY | VICE-CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr. Gregory brings over 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including a 25-year banking career where he focused primarily on reserve-based lending to both private and public oil and gas companies. Most recently, he served as chief financial officer for a private independent exploration and production company, where he was actively engaged in raising equity and in acquisitions and development activities.

Mr. Gregory is a member of Houston Producers Forum, Houston Energy Finance Group, and ADAM Houston Energy Network. He is a Co-Founder of Bread of Life, Inc., a non- profit organization committed to empowering homeless Houstonians. Mr. Gregory also serves as a director of Small Steps Nurturing Center, a non-profit Christian organization that provides early childhood education for economically at-risk children in inner-city Houston, Texas.

JOHNNY JORDAN | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND DIRECTOR

Mr. Jordan is a petroleum engineer with expertise in acquisitions, field economics and reserves analysis, bank negotiations, reservoir and field operations, and multi-team interaction. Mr. Jordan served on the Board of Directors of Matrix and currently serves on RMX Resources and CIPA Board of Directors. Mr. Jordan has been active in the oil and gas industry since 1980 beginning as a floor hand on a well service rig. He has held various staff and supervisory positions for Exxon, Mack Energy, Enron Oil and Gas and Venoco Corporation. He co-founded Matrix Oil Corporation in 1999 and served as its president until its merger with Royale in 2018. Mr. Jordan is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Petroleum Institute and the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association. Mr. Jordan has managed acquisition evaluations in many of the oil and gas producing basins in the US. Mr. Jordan received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1983.

JEFF KERNS| DIRECTOR

Mr. Kerns was a founding partner of Matrix Oil Corp in 1999, which merged with Royale Energy, Inc. nearly 20 years later in 2018. As a director and officer of Matrix, Mr. Kerns participated in growing the Company from zero production to owning and operating nearly 500 bbls of oil per day. Mr. Kerns was involved in all aspects of the Company’s growth, but his primary focus was day to day operations.
Mr. Kerns started in oil and gas business over 40 years ago as a roughneck in North Dakota working on rigs that drilled through the now famous Bakken Shale heading for deeper targets. Prior to Matrix Oil Corp, Mr. Kerns has held various staff and supervisory positions with Mobil Oil Corp (now ExxonMobil) and Venoco Inc, a small independent company headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. He also gained broad skills working for many years as a consultant in the oil and gas business. Mr. Kerns is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of CA. He received a BS degree from Stanford University in 1979. He served as an elected public official for 10 years on the local sanitary district board of directors as well as serving as president of a local Rotary International club and president of the San Joaquin Chapter of the American Petroleum Institute and has maintained a long term affiliation with SPE.

CHRIS PARADA| DIRECTOR

Mr. Parada currently serves as Vice President of Business Development for Finergy Capital/EnRes Resources, an alternative investment fund providing structured capital solutions to upstream oil and gas companies. Additionally, Mr. Parada serves as President of Counter Point Consulting LLC, which he founded in 2019. Counterpoint provides a variety of consulting and contract CFO/VP Finance services to upstream and midstream clients. Prior to joining Finergy/EnRes, Mr. Parada served as Managing Director at Ten Oaks Energy Advisors form April 2020 to February 2021. Prior to 2019, Mr. Parada was an energy banker for over 25 years, most recently, as Managing Director – Head of Energy Finance for Legacy Texas Bank (2013-2019) where he started and built the Energy Finance team for Legacy Texas. While at Legacy Texas, Mr. Parada and the team successfully closed over $1.5 billion in transactions while he managed a team of seven professionals. Over the course of his career in banking, Mr. Parada has originated, led and syndicated several direct and multibank credit facilities of $10-$500 million. Mr. Parada graduated in 1993 from Texas A&M University with a B.B.A. in Finance.

STEPHEN M. HOSMER | DIRECTOR

Mr. Hosmer joined Royale Energy, Inc. in 1988. He has over 32 years of oil and gas experience and has helped the company develop oil and natural gas fields in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah, California and Alaska. He serves on the board for Venture Expeditions and Exile International. He holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Pepperdine University.