Board of Directors
The Board’s primary responsibility is to maximize long-term shareholder
value for the Company’s stockholders. The Board selects the senior management
of the Company, monitors senior management and the Company’s performance,
and provides advice and counsel to senior management. Please find an introduction
to Kodiak’s Board of Directors.
Rodney D. Knutson has served as a director of the Company since March 2001. Currently, he is a self-employed attorney in Aspen, Colorado. Prior to this, he had over 10 years of private law practice in Denver, Colorado and over 30 years experience working with oil, gas and mining companies. Mr. Knutson has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (1965) from the University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor (1972) from the University of Denver. Mr. Knutson is a former president of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.
Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr. has served as a director of the Company since March 2006. Mr. Lidstone is an attorney at law in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and is currently with Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., where he practices in corporate and securities law, dealing frequently with mergers and acquisitions, finance transactions, and private and public securities offerings. Mr. Lidstone serves on the Securities Board for the Department of Regulatory Agencies in Colorado. He has been Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver and has taught continuing education courses for the National Business Institute, CLE in Colorado, Inc., and other CLE providers. He has numerous legal publications and presentations to his credit. Mr. Lidstone received a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1978. Mr. Lidstone’s business address is Suite 1000, 6400 South Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111. The determination was made that Mr. Lidstone should serve on our Board of Directors due to his extensive business and securities law experience and his experience in representing companies involved in natural resource exploration, development and production.
1625 Broadway, Suite 250
Denver, CO 80202
303.592.8075