Officers

Roger A. Parker
Has been a Director since May 1987 and Chief Executive Officer since April 2002. He served as our President from May 1987 until February 2006 when he resigned to accommodate the appointment of John R. Wallace to that position. He was named Chairman of the Board on July 1, 2005. Since April 1, 2005, he has also served as Executive Vice President and Director of DHS. Mr. Parker also serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Amber Resources. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mineral Land Management from the University of Colorado in 1983. He is a board member of the Independent Petroleum Association of the Mountain States (IPAMS). He also serves on other boards, including Community Banks of Colorado.

John R. Wallace
President and Chief Operating Officer, joined Delta in October 2003 as Executive Vice President of Operations and was appointed President in February 2006 and a Director in June 2007. Since April 1, 2005, he has also served as Executive Vice President and Director of DHS. Mr. Wallace was Vice President of Exploration and Acquisitions for United States Exploration, Inc. ("UXP"), a Denver-based publicly-held oil and gas exploration company, from May 1998 to October 2003. Prior to UXP, Mr. Wallace served as president of various privately held oil and gas companies engaged in producing property acquisitions and exploration ventures. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Montana State University in 1981. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Independent Petroleum Association of the Mountain States. Mr. Wallace is the son of James B. Wallace, a Director of the Company.

Kevin K. Nanke
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, joined Delta in April 1995 as our Controller and has served as the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Delta and Amber Resources since 1999. Since April 1, 2005 he has also served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director of DHS. Since 1989, he has been involved in public and private accounting with the oil and gas industry. Mr. Nanke received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of Northern Iowa in 1989. Prior to working with us, he was employed by KPMG LLP. He is a member of the Colorado Society of CPA's and the Council of Petroleum Accounting Society.

Ted Freedman
Has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since January 1, 2006 and has also served in those same capacities for DHS since that same date. He also serves as Executive Vice President and Secretary of Amber Resources. He graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1975. From 1975 to 1978, Mr. Freedman was a staff attorney with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. From 1978 to December 31, 2005, he was engaged in the private practice of law, and was a shareholder and director of the law firm of Krys Boyle, P.C. in Denver, Colorado.

Directors

Hank Brown
Currently serves as the President of the University of Colorado. Prior to joining CU in June 2005 he was President and CEO of the Daniels Fund and served as the President of the University of Northern Colorado from 1998 to 2002. He served Colorado in the United States Senate (elected in 1990) and five consecutive terms in the U.S. House representing Colorado's 4th Congressional District (1980-1988). He also served in the Colorado Senate from 1972 to 1976. Mr. Brown was a Vice President of Monfort of Colorado from 1969 to 1980. He is both an attorney and a C.P.A. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Colorado in 1961 and received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Colorado Law School in 1969. While in Washington, D.C., Mr. Brown earned a Master of Law degree in 1986 from George Washington University.

Kevin R. Collins
Currently serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Evergreen Energy Inc. Prior to his current position, Mr. Collins served as Evergreen's Executive Vice President - Finance and Strategy from September 2005 to September 2006, and acting Chief Financial Officer from November 2005 until March 31, 2006. Mr. Collins also serves as a director of Quest Midstream Partners, L.P. From 1995 until 2004, Mr. Collins was an executive officer of Evergreen Resources, Inc., serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until Evergreen Resources merged with Pioneer Natural Resources Co. in September 2004. Mr. Collins became a Certified Public Accountant in 1983 and has over 13 years' public accounting experience. He has served as Vice President and a board member of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, President of the Denver Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants, and board member and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States. Mr. Collins received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Arizona.

Jerrie F. Eckelberger
Is an investor, real estate developer and attorney who has practiced law in the State of Colorado since 1971. He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966 and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1971 from the University of Colorado School of Law. From 1972 to 1975, Mr. Eckelberger was a staff attorney with the Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Colorado. From 1975 to the present, Mr. Eckelberger has been engaged in the private practice of law in the Denver area. Mr. Eckelberger previously served as an officer, director and corporate counsel for Roxborough Development Corporation. Since March, 1996, Mr. Eckelberger has engaged in the investment and development of Colorado real estate through several private companies in which he is a principal.

Aleron H. Larson, Jr..
Has operated as an independent in the oil and gas industry individually and through public and private ventures since 1978. Mr. Larson served as Chairman of the Board, Secretary and Director of Delta, as well as Amber Resources, until his retirement on July 1, 2005, at which time he resigned as Chairman of the Board and as an executive officer of the Company. He ceased to be an officer or director of Amber Resources on January 3, 2006. Mr. Larson practiced law in Breckenridge, Colorado from 1971 until 1974. During this time he was a member of a law firm, Larson & Batchellor, engaged primarily in real estate law, land use litigation, land planning and municipal law. In 1974, he formed Larson & Larson, P.C., and was engaged primarily in areas of law relating to securities, real estate, and oil and gas until 1978. Mr. Larson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1967 and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Colorado in 1970. 

Russell S. Lewis
President and CEO of Lewis Capital, LLC, located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which makes private investments in, and provides general business and M&A consulting services to, growth-oriented firms. He has been a member of the Board of Delta since June 2002. From February 2002 until January 2005 Mr. Lewis served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of VeriSign Name and Directory Services (VRSN) Group, which managed a significant portion of the internet’s critical .com and .net addressing infrastructure. For the preceding 15 years Mr. Lewis managed a wireless transportation systems integration company. Prior to that, Mr. Lewis managed an oil and gas exploration subsidiary of a publicly traded utility and was Vice President of EF Hutton in its Municipal Finance group.  Mr. Lewis also served on the Boards of Directors of Castle Energy Corporation prior to its merger with the Company in April 2006, and Advanced Aerations Systems, a privately held firm engaged in subsurface soil treatment. Mr. Lewis has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Haverford College and an MBA from the Harvard School of Business.

James J. Murren
President and Chief Operating Officer of MGM Mirage. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. Mr. Murren has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of the MGM Mirage from January 1998 to August 2007 and Treasurer of MGM Mirage from November 2001 to August 2007. Prior to MGM Mirage, Mr. Murren spent 14 years on Wall Street as a top-ranked equity analyst and was appointed to Director of Research and Managing Director of Deutsche Bank. Mr. Murren received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and Urban Studies from Trinity College in 1983.

Jordan R. Smith
President of Ramshorn Investments, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nabors Drilling USA LP that is located in Houston, Texas, where he is responsible for drilling and development projects in a number of producing basins in the United States. He has served in such capacity for more than the past five years. Mr. Smith has served on the Board of the University of Wyoming Foundation and the Board of the Domestic Petroleum Council, and is also Founder and Chairman of the American Junior Golf Association. Mr. Smith received Bachelor and Master degrees in Geology from the University of Wyoming in 1956 and 1957, respectively.

Neal A. Stanley
Founded Teton Oil & Gas Corporation in Denver, Colorado and has served as President and sole shareholder since 1991. From 1996 to June 2003, he was Senior Vice President - Western Region for Forest Oil Corporation, Denver, Colorado. Since December 2005, Mr. Stanley has served as a member of the Board of Directors and Compensation Committee for Calgary based Pure Energy Services Ltd., which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol PSV. Mr. Stanley has over thirty years of experience in the oil and gas business. Since 1995, he has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States, and served as its President from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Stanley received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1975.

Daniel J. Taylor
Has been an executive of Tracinda Corporation since February 2007 and has served as a Director of the MGM Mirage since March 2007. Mr. Taylor previously was the President of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. ("MGM Studios") from April 2005 to January 2006 and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MGM Studios from June 1998 to April 2005. Mr. Taylor received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from Central Michigan University in 1978.

James B. Wallace
Has been involved in the oil and gas business for over 40 years and has been a partner of Brownlie, Wallace, Armstrong and Bander Exploration in Denver, Colorado since 1992. From 1980 to 1992 he was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of BWAB Incorporated. Mr. Wallace formerly served as a member of the Board of Directors of Ellora Energy, Inc., a public oil and gas exploration company listed on the NASDAQ. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California in 1951. James B. Wallace is the father of John R. Wallace, the President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Delta.