Company: REI
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-017570
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Company: RING ENERGY, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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 a world class global treasury organization which supported the Cummins’ businesses in 198 countries worldwide. Mr. Harris was promoted to Vice President, Chief Investment Officer in 2008. Mr. Harris’ team successfully developed, implemented and provided oversight for processes to source, evaluate, and execute the company’s strategic acquisitions, investments, and joint ventures. In 2015, Mr. Harris retired to Austin, Texas. In February, 2022, Mr. Harris joined the Board of Directors of Longhorn Village, a private senior living facility in Austin, TX. Mr. Harris received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Master of Business Administration from John Carroll University. 
 Subsequent to Mr. Harris’ appointment to the Board in 2020, he joined the board of directors of BPH Holding Co. Inc. (“BPH”) and its Austin, Texas subsidiary, Longhorn Village. BPH is a not-for-profit company that focuses on the development and management of senior living communities in Texas. Mr. Harris currently serves on the strategic planning committee of the BPH Board.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 The particular experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led our Board to conclude that Mr. Harris should serve as a director include his significant worldwide business experience; and his prior executive and Board experience.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Richard E. Harris    
 Independent Director 
 Age: 72              
 Director Since:2020  |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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#### RING ENERGY
|                      |     | Thomas L. Mitchellis a strategic finance leader with a record of driving growth in energy business models as the chief financial officer of both large and small companies in the oil and gas industry. He has had a career of strong Fortune 500 experience with exploration and production companies, and broad energy exposure with offshore drilling and midstream gathering and marketing companies. In his last position as EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Devon Energy Corporation(NYSE:DVN)from 2014 to 2017, Mr. Mitchell led the finance and business development organizations, and also helped the company successfully strengthen its asset quality through strategic acquisitions. Previously, Mr. Mitchell served as EVP and Chief Financial Officer and a member of the board of directors of Midstates Petroleum Company(now NYSE:AMPY), a private equity-funded exploration and production company. While there, Mr. Mitchell helped lead the initial public