Board of Directors

Jason Edgeworth has served on the Board of HighPeak Energy, Inc. since 2023 and has served as an Investment and Asset Manager for the John Paul DeJoria family office since 2020 with responsibility for diligence, execution and investor relations.

Previously, Mr. Edgeworth served as an Executive Director of Investment & Merchant Banking at U.S. Capital Advisors LLC from 2013 to 2020. Mr. Edgeworth’s responsibilities included diligence, execution and investor communications with a focus on equity market transactions, including initial public offerings, follow on equity offerings, at-the-market equity offerings and preferred equity offerings, for public E&P companies and midstream companies. Mr. Edgeworth also advised on merchant banking and private equity transactions for the midstream and service sectors of the oil and gas industry both domestically and internationally.

From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Edgeworth served as an equity analyst at CLW Investments and Twin Eagle Resource Management and also AEW Europe and Curzon Global Partners where he focused on the energy sector and commercial and mixed-use real estate.

Mr. Edgeworth currently serves on or has served on the board of directors of several companies including Glacier Oil & Gas Corp., Borealis Alaska Oil, Inc. and Badger Midstream Energy, LP.

Mr. Edgeworth graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 2008 with a Master of Arts in International Relations. Mr. Edgeworth is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

Jay Chernosky has served on the Board of HighPeak Energy, Inc. since August 2020 and is currently a Principal of Travis Energy Partners LP since 2019, Jayco Holdings I, LP since 2005, Jayco Holdings II, LP since 2010, Jayco Holdings LLC since 2005, Bertrand Properties LP and Bertrand Properties, Inc. since 2000, Headwater Springs Ranches, LLC and Vargas Properties LP since 2022, which are private family-owned real estate, timber and energy investment entities. Mr. Chernosky was previously a Managing Director of the Energy & Power Corporate & Investment Banking group at Wells Fargo Securities from 2009 until his retirement in 2019. Mr. Chernosky joined Wells Fargo’s predecessor firm Wachovia Securities (formerly First Union) in 1993 as a co-founder of the energy practice. Prior to joining Wells Fargo Securities, Mr. Chernosky worked in various capacities in the Energy Division of First City, Texas – Houston for 10 years. During his career, Mr. Chernosky was charged with developing strategic and financial ideas and solutions for relationships he managed and was also responsible for the origination and execution of public and private capital markets activities and merger and acquisition advisory services. During this time, Mr. Chernosky’s primary focus was on the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry.

Currently, Mr. Chernosky serves as the Lead Director on the Board of Directors of Colt Midstream LLC, a private gas gathering and processing company focused in the Fort Worth Basin of Texas since 2019.

In addition, Mr. Chernosky has served as Chairman of the Endowment Board of the Christian Community Service Center and as a Director on the Christian Community Service Center Board of Directors. Mr. Chernosky served on the Board of Directors and is an active member of the Houston Producers’ Forum. Mr. Chernosky has served on the regional board of directors of OneGoal Houston, a non-profit organization.

Mr. Chernosky graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1981 and received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston in 1983. Mr. Chernosky is also a graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University in 1993.

Keith Covington has served on the Board of HighPeak Energy, Inc. since August 2020 and is an active real estate investor specializing in residential properties in southern California for the past 29 years, most recently serving as a General Partner for Magnolia Partners since 2002. 
 
Mr. Covington was an independent director on the board of directors of Gores Holdings IX, Inc. (a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”)), and a member of both its audit and compensation committees since its January 2022 IPO for $525 million until it was liquidated to stockholders at par in December 2024. Mr. Covington was an independent director on the board of directors of Gores Holdings VII, Inc., a SPAC, and a member of both its audit and compensation committees since its February 2021 IPO for $550 million, until it was liquidated to stockholders at par in December 2022.  
 
Mr. Covington was a founding board member of Pure Resources, an energy company engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas properties which had a market capitalization of over $1 billion and served such directorship from 2000 to 2002. As an independent director for over two years, Mr. Covington served as chairman of the audit committee and member of the compensation committee of Pure Resources and was a co-member of the special committee responsible for evaluating, negotiating and recommending on behalf of company shareholders the acquisition of Pure Resources to Unocal Corporation (acquired by Chevron Corporation) in October 2002.
 
Mr. Covington served in various capacities over 11 years at Davis Companies from 1991 to 2002, where he was Vice President and earlier served as Principal of Stone Canyon Venture Partners, LLC. Mr. Covington’s tenure included responsibility in the real estate and private equity/venture capital groups within the organization. Investment and operational experience within these areas included investments in trophy commercial and mixed-use real estate assets, gaming ventures, a chain of upscale health clubs, resort properties and hotels, a restaurant and a technology company. His responsibilities included extensive independent due diligence for potential acquisitions, financial analysis and comprehensive asset management for equity investments in real estate assets and operating companies valued at over $10 billion. Prior professional experience includes Janss Corporation, a Santa Monica, CA real estate developer where he was responsible for due diligence and financial structuring and leasing of residential and commercial real estate projects from 1989 to 1990. Mr. Covington started his career as a Financial Analyst at PaineWebber Group Inc. (UBS Investment Bank) in New York with experience in real estate investment banking transactions including sale/leasebacks and the firm’s largest initial public offering and real estate master limited partnership from 1985 to 1987. Mr. Covington received his Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and earned a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.
 
Mr. Covington maintains a California real estate broker’s license and has maintained board governance expertise through participation in KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute. Mr. Covington has previously served as Chief Financial Officer for the El Segundo Senior Housing Board for over five years.

Sharon Fulgham has served on the Board of HighPeak Energy, Inc. since August 2020 and is currently a partner of the Fulgham Hampton Law Group since August 2017. Ms. Fulgham has also been associated with Carlisle Title since December 2016 and has been their corporate attorney since November 2019. Prior to working at Fulgham Law Firm, P.C., Ms. Fulgham was a partner at Kelly Hart & Hallman from January 2016 to November 2016 and an associate at Kelly Hart & Hallman from 2009 to 2016. During her legal career, Ms. Fulgham has represented numerous public and private companies in litigation matters including commercial and employment disputes. Specifically, she has extensive experience representing companies in the oil and gas sector, as well as experience in the title industry preparing title documents for real estate closings and instruction to brokers and realtors.

Ms. Fulgham has served the Fort Worth community extensively through the Junior League of Fort Worth, Inc. (the “Junior League”), a charitable nonprofit organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving communities, both as a community volunteer and in leadership roles within the organization. She served as Vice President of Administration and sat on the board of directors from 2015 to 2016. Ms. Fulgham is currently a sustaining member and served on the Junior League’s Legal Committee from 2019 to 2022. Ms. Fulgham is also involved in the Young Men’s Service League, a national nonprofit made up of mothers and their teenage sone who volunteer together to serve their local communities, and has served on the board of directors for the local chapter since 2021.

Ms. Fulgham graduated cum laude from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 2000 and went on to obtain her Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston in 2004.

Mike Hollis has served on the Board of HighPeak Energy, Inc. since August 2020 and serves as the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.

From December 2019 through August 2020, Mr. Hollis served as President of Pure Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: PACQ), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company that purchased the assets of HighPeak Energy partnerships, leading to the formation of HighPeak Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: HPK). 

Before Pure, Mr. Hollis served as President and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (“Diamondback”) (Nasdaq: FANG), a Permian focused oil and gas producer, from 2017 through 2019, as COO from 2015 through 2016, and as Vice President of Drilling from 2011 through 2014. From 2011 through 2019, he also served on the Board of Diamondback and the Board of Viper Energy Partners LP (Nasdaq: VNOM), a limited partnership formed by Diamondback to own interests in oil and natural gas properties primarily in the Permian Basin. 

Prior to Diamondback, Mr. Hollis was a Drilling Manager at Chesapeake Energy Corporation (now known as Expand Energy Corp.) and also held roles of increasing responsibility in production, completions and drilling engineering at ConocoPhillips and Burlington Resources Inc. 

Mr. Hollis graduated from Louisiana State University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and has over 25 years of oil and gas experience.

Larry Oldham has served on the Board of HighPeak Energy, Inc. since August 2020 and currently serves as a Manager and Advisor of Gateway Royalty VI LLC (“Gateway VI”) since 2022. Gateway VI is the sixth entity of the Gateway Royalty companies, which were founded by Mr. Oldham’s son and have been successful in acquiring oil and gas minerals and royalties in the Utica Shale since 2012. Mr. Oldham is also a Manager of Gateway Royalty III LLC since 2016, Gateway Royalty IV LLC since 2018 and Gateway Royalty V LLC since 2019. In addition, Mr. Oldham has been actively advising Gateway Royalty II LLC and Gateway Royalty I LLC since 2014 and 2012, respectively. Additionally, Mr. Oldham serves as Manager of Oldham Properties, Ltd. since 1990. 
 
Mr. Oldham currently serves as an Operating Partner in Mountain Capital LLC, a private equity firm out of Houston, Texas since 2015 and has served on the board of directors of Saddleback Exploration Inc., a private oil and gas company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Oldham is also a member of the board of directors of the West Texas A&M University Foundation.
 
In 1979, Mr. Oldham founded Parallel Petroleum Corporation (“Parallel”), an independent energy company headquartered in Midland, Texas, which is engaged in the acquisition, development and production of long-lived oil and gas properties, primarily in the Permian Basin. Parallel completed its initial public offering in 1980 and in December 2009 was acquired by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (formerly known as Apollo Global Management, LLC), which was sold to Samsung C&T Corporation in December of 2011. Prior to the sale to Apollo Global Management, Inc., Mr. Oldham served as Parallel’s President from 1994 to 2009, Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2009 and director from 1979 until 2009. During Mr. Oldham’s years at Parallel, some of the most notable property acquisitions were the Fullerton Property in Andrews County, Diamond M Canyon Reef Field in Scurry County and the acquisition of all of Fina’s West Texas assets in July 1999. In 1992, Parallel was an early adopter of 3D seismic and drilled several Canyon Reef discoveries in Howard County, Texas and several discoveries in the Yegua/Frio Trend onshore the Gulf Coast of Texas. In 2005, horizontal drilling was successfully implemented in the Wolfcamp formation in New Mexico and the Barnett Shale in Tarrant County, Texas. In 2014, Parallel drilled the first of several horizontal wells in the Harris Field, which were large producing wells completed with engineered fracs. Parallel was the forerunner of this highly successful completion technique.
 
Prior to Parallel’s formation, Mr. Oldham was employed by Dorchester Gas Corporation from 1976 to 1979 and KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP from 1975 to 1976. Mr. Oldham earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) in 1975 and was a 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Mr. Oldham is a certified public accountant and is a member of the Permian Basin Landman’s Association and the Permian Basin Producers Association.

Daniel Silver has served on the Board of HighPeak Energy, Inc. since September 2025 and serves as Executive Vice President of HighPeak Energy, Inc., responsible for developing and communicating corporate strategy, managing internal operations, and overseeing Human Resources, Information Technology, Treasury and other support departments. He served as Vice President – Finance from August 2020 through September 2025. 

In September 2025, Mr. Silver was appointed Chief Executive Officer of HighPeak Energy Partners, LP and HighPeak Energy Partners II, LP, the initial two private equity companies, and HighPeak Energy Management LLC, a registered investment advisor. From 2014 through September 2025, he served as Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer of the three entities. 

From 2014 through 2020, Mr. Silver helped found HighPeak Energy Partners, LP and HighPeak Energy Partners II, LP, and was directly involved with Pure Acquisition, Corp. (Nasdaq: PACQ), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company that purchased the assets of HighPeak Energy partnerships, leading to the formation of HighPeak Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: HPK). 

Prior to Mr. Silver’s involvement in the formation of the HighPeak entities, he was lead financial analyst at Bluestem Energy Partners, LP, a limited partnership formed to acquire and produce oil and gas producing properties. Before Bluestem, he was a manager in the valuation and litigation department of Whitley Penn. 

Mr. Silver currently serves on the board of directors of the Association of Finance and Insurance Professionals, a nonprofit which provides training and certifications for finance and insurance professionals in the automotive and motor sports industries. He graduated with a B.B.A. summa cum laude from Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in 2006.