Michael S. Smith

MICHAEL S. SMITH was a co-founder of Basin Exploration, Inc. in 1981 and
has served as the company’s Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer since 1988. In addition to his position at Basin, Mr.
Smith is currently a Director and a past President of the Colorado Oil
and Gas Association. He also serves on the Boards of the Development
Council at Colorado State University, the National Jewish Center for
Immunology and Respiratory Medicine and Colorado Ocean Journey. He has
previously been a member of the State of Colorado Governor’s Minerals,
Energy & Geology Policy Advisory Board, and he served as Chairman in
1992 of the Finance Committee for Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell’s U.S.
senatorial campaign.