Board of Directors

Randy M. Griffin is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc. Mr. Griffin’s responsibilities include oversight of the business and administrative activities of the company, direction of the ongoing effort to identify potential acquisitions and evaluation of potential financing strategies.

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Ray L. Unruh is the President, Secretary of Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc.

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James J. Cerna, Jr. was appointed to our Board of Directors on January 5, 2010.  Mr. Cerna is the President and Chief Executive Officer of NDB Energy (OTC: NDBE).  From May 2006 to May 2009, Mr. Cerna served as Chairman of the Board of Lucas Energy, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LEI), and was also CEO and President thereof from May 2006 until September 2008.  From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Cerna was President of the privately held Lucas Energy Resources.  Prior to joining Lucas Energy, Mr. Cerna was the Chief Oil and Gas Analyst and CFO of Petroleum Partners LLC from 2001 to 2004. He was the founder and CEO of NetCurrents, Inc., (NASDAQ: NTCS), an organization that focuses on Internet information monitoring and analysis. Prior to NetCurrents, Mr. Cerna was the manager of the GT Global/AIM Funds performance analysis group in San Francisco. Mr. Cerna has received five certificates of achievement from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts.  He is honored by Strathmore’s Who’s Who for leadership and achievement in the Finance Industry. Mr. Cerna is the Public Affairs Officer and Pilot with the Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Squadron 192.  Currently, in addition to serving on our Board, he acts as an advisor to the board of directors of several traditional and green energy companies.  Mr. Cerna received a BS in Finance from the California State University, Chico, in 1990.

Monnie Greer joined Mesa on July 22, 2011 as a result of our acquisition of Tchefuncte Natural Resources, LLC and serves as Executive Vice President of Engineering. She has over 25 years of business, financial, engineering and geo-science experience in all phases of the upstream oil and gas business in the United States in both onshore and offshore venues from Michigan to South Texas and the Gulf Coast Region.

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Fred B. Zaziski was appointed to our Board of Directors on January 5, 2010.  Mr. Zaziski was President and CEO of Epsilon Energy Ltd. (TSX: EPS), a publicly traded exploration and production company based in Toronto and Houston, from June 2007 to May 2009.  From March 2007 until July 2008, Mr. Zaziski served as President and Chairman of PetroSouth Energy Corp. (OTCBB: PSEG), another publicly traded exploration and production company based in Houston, and from October 2004 to January 2007, he served as President, CEO and a Director of Falcon Natural Gas Corp., Houston (FNGC.PK).  Prior to 2004, Mr. Zaziski worked in a number of senior management capacities for a number of other oil & gas companies including National Petroleum Technology Company, Saudi Arabia (1997 – 1999) and Halliburton Energy Services, Bahrain (1977 – 1997).  Mr. Zaziski graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a BSc, in petroleum engineering in 1976. He received an MBA in Organizational Management and a Masters in International Business from Cairo University, Egypt in 1986 and 1987, respectively. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Petroleum Institute and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Kenneth T. Hern was appointed to our Board of Directors on January 27, 2010.  Mr. Hern currently serves, and has served since November 2009, on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Governance Committee of Flotek Industries, Inc. (NYSE: FTK), a supplier of drilling and production related products and services to the energy and mining industries.  Mr. Hern also served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc. (NYSE Amex: NBF) (Nova), a leading provider of biodiesel fuel, and held that position from December 2, 2005 to April 2010.  Nova filed Chapter 11 in April 2009 seeking protection under federal bankruptcy statutes. By October 2010, the court approved dismissal of all Nova entities.  From January 2003 to December 2005, Mr. Hern was Chairman of the Board of Homeland Renewable Energy LLC, a privately held holding company of Fibrowatt LLC.  Fibrowatt LLC is a developer, builder, owner and operator of poultry litter-fueled power plants, and is based in Pennsylvania.  From 1969 to 1994, Mr. Hern served in several capacities at Texaco, Inc., including President and Chairman of the Board of Texaco Brazil from 1989 to 1994.  Mr. Hern earned a B.A. in Chemistry from Austin College in 1960 and an M.S. in Organic Chemistry from North Texas State University in 1962.  Mr. Hern also received Associates Degrees from the Wharton School of Business and from Carnegie Mellon University in 1990 and 1991, respectively.