Management Team

Mr. Reinhart joined Gulfport as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director in January 2023. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Montage Resources Corporation where he led actions that positioned Montage as an attractive strategic partner with sufficient scale, low debt profile, and achievement of top-quartile operational and financial metrics. Reinhart previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Ridge Mountain Resources and as Chief Operating Officer at Ascent Resources. Mr. Reinhart started his oil and gas career at SLB before joining Chesapeake Energy Corporation, where he held operations roles with increasing responsibility. Mr. Reinhart began his career in the United States Army, serving tours in Panama and Iraq. Mr. Reinhart graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Mr. Buese joined Gulfport as the Chief Financial Officer in May 2021. Most recently, Mr. Buese served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of QEP Resources from January 2020 to March 2021. He joined QEP Resources in 2012 and held positions of increasing responsibility over a nine-year period, including Vice President of Finance and Treasurer and Director of Finance. Prior to joining QEP, Mr. Buese was Director of Finance at MarkWest Energy Partners, LP and served in various finance, treasury, accounting and investor relations roles from 2005 to 2012. Mr. Buese holds over 16 years of financial expertise in the energy industry and more than 25 years of financial experience overall. Mr. Buese received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Michigan State University and Master of Science degree in Information Systems from the University of Colorado Denver.

Mr. Craine has served as Chief Legal and Administrative Officer since June 2021 and joined Gulfport as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in May 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Craine served as Deputy General Counsel – Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Chesapeake Energy Corporation. Prior to joining Chesapeake, Mr. Craine was a partner with Bracewell LLP, a global law firm, where his practice focused on securities and corporate regulatory matters and investigations. Before Mr. Craine entered private practice, he served as a lawyer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority where he held leadership positions in their Oil and Gas Task Forces. Mr. Craine has over 20 years of extensive senior-level experience handling a broad range of securities, corporate, regulatory, governance, compliance and litigation matters, with particular expertise in the energy industry. Mr. Craine received his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Wabash College, and his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

Mr. Rucker joined Gulfport as the Senior Vice President of Operations in March 2023 from Javelin Energy Partners. He most recently served as Vice President of Production Operations since August 2022 and joined Javelin in July 2022 as the Vice President of Business Development. Prior to joining Javelin, Mr. Rucker served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of Montage Resources Corporation where he joined following Montage’s successful business combination transaction with Blue Ridge Mountain Resources in June 2020. He previously served as Vice President, Resource Planning and Development of Blue Ridge since November 2016. Prior to joining Blue Ridge, Mr. Rucker served as a Production Superintendent for Chesapeake Energy Corporation from January 2014 to October 2016, overseeing Chesapeake’s Utica Shale production. As a member of Chesapeake’s Eastern Division leadership team, Mr. Rucker focused on the safe and efficient optimization of production in the Utica Shale and led an operating team of over 45 employees. During his service at Chesapeake, Mr. Rucker held several engineering positions in the Marcellus and Utica Shale asset teams within reservoir, primarily focused on strategic joint ventures, divestitures, acquisitions and resource development planning. Mr. Rucker graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Marietta College, where he continues to serve as Chair of the Marietta College Industry Advisory Council. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Mr. Sluiter joined Gulfport as the Senior Vice President of Reservoir Engineering in December 2018 from Noble Energy, Inc., where he most recently served as the Permian Basin Business Unit Manager at Noble Energy, Inc. Prior to that role he spent over 17 years developing his skills and expertise in unconventional resource development, reservoir engineering, subsurface development, business development/M&A, and leadership at Noble Energy, Santos Australia and Santos USA. Mr. Sluiter began his career as a wireline field services engineer for Schlumberger in Thailand. Mr. Sluiter is a graduate of the University of Sydney, Australia, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.

Ms. Timmermeyer joined Gulfport as the Vice President of Environment, Health, Safety and Regulatory and Supply Chain in November 2018. Previously, Ms. Timmermeyer served as Vice President of Environment Health & Safety (“EH&S”) at Williams Companies from January 2015 to January 2017. Prior to joining Williams Companies, she was Vice President of EH&S at Access Midstream and served as Director of Federal Regulatory Affairs for Chesapeake Energy Corporation. Earlier in her career, Ms. Timmermeyer served as Director of the Division of Air Quality for the West Virginia Department for Environmental Protection where she was also appointed as Cabinet Secretary by two Governors, Governor Wise and Senator Manchin. Ms. Timmermeyer graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry and holds a Master of Science in Environmental Science from Marshall University. In addition, Ms. Timmermeyer holds a Juris Doctorate from the West Virginia University College of Law and is licensed to practice law in West Virginia and Oklahoma. Ms. Timmermeyer served as a board member of Alpha Natural Resources from 2016 to 2018.

Mr. Zitkus has served as Senior Vice President of Land effective January 2017 and, prior to such time, as Vice President of Land since March 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Zitkus served as an independent consultant from October 2013 to March 2014 and as Vice President of Land for Chesapeake Energy Corporation from May 2007 to October 2013. During his 20-year tenure with Equitable Resources Inc. (now EQT Corp.), he held various positions, including Vice President of Operations and Senior Vice President of Land, between 1987 and 2007. He holds a degree in Mineral Land Management from the University of Evansville. Mr. Zitkus is a member of the American Association of Professional Landmen and Past Regional Director of the Independent Petroleum Association of America.