Company: ZNOG
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-011641
Chunk: 39

Company: ZION OIL & GAS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 39
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: Jews and Christians, Fellow Travelers to the End of Days, (2 ed. 2020). The Board believes that Mr. van Brauman’s extensive experience in corporate law, corporate governance laws, and federal, state and international tax laws was instrumental in his appointment to the Board and provides the Board with important perspectives in these areas.

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Dr. Lee R. Russell, age 77,wasappointed to fill a vacancy on the Board on October 1, 2024 andhas been an independent Geoscience Consultant with the Company since August of 2012. He has over 41 years of industry experience in research and exploration positions with Shell Oil Co., Arco, and Sun Oil, as well as in his own exploration pursuits and consultancy. Projects have ranged from domestic exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, Rocky Mountains, and Alaska, to international projects in East and West Africa, North Sea, Norway, Onshore China, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Newfoundland. He is a published author of many scientific articles and served as a Panel Chair and Co-Author of a National Research Council study on “Solid Earth Sciences and Society.” He received his BA in Geology from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1970, and MSc and PhD degrees in Geology and Geophysics from Texas Tech University in 1972 and 1977. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, serving two terms as Associate Editor, and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

There are no family relationships between any of the above directors.

Information Relating to Continuing Directors who are not Standing for Election or Re-election this Year

Kent S. Siegel,age 68, was appointed a director in December 2012 and assumed his office as of January 1, 2013. Mr. Siegel previously served as a director on the Company’s Board from November 2003 through March 31, 2011 and as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer from July 9, 2010 through March 31, 2011, the date of his resignation. Mr. Siegel has served as president and chief operating officer of Kent S. Siegel, P.C. since 1984. Kent S. Siegel, P.C. is a firm of certified public accountants and attorneys at law based in West Bloomfield, Michigan, at which Mr. Siegel practices as a tax and bankruptcy attorney and CPA. Mr. Siegel