SENIOR LEADERSHIP

Michael Bricker is a member of our general partner’s Board of Directors and fills one of four seats currently held by our Class C Preferred Unit Holder.

Mr. Bricker is a Managing Director and Principal at Stonepeak and has been with Stonepeak since 2017. Mr. Bricker currently serves as a member of the Operating Committee for Whistler Pipeline, a greenfield natural gas pipeline, and Oryx Midstream Services LLC, the owner and operator of a crude oil pipeline system, both located in the Permian Basin. Prior to joining Stonepeak, Mr. Bricker was an investment professional for First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Fund, a private equity firm that focuses on energy infrastructure investments. Mr. Bricker started his career as an Analyst in Citigroup’s oil and gas investment banking group. Mr. Bricker holds a Master in Professional Accounting with a Minor in Finance, graduating with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin.

Michael Heim is a member of our general partner’s Board of Directors and fills one of four seats currently held by our Class C Preferred Unit Holder.

Mr. Heim is currently an independent consultant in the energy industry, a role he has held since April 2019. Mr. Heim also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Oryx Midstream LLC, a private midstream crude operator, and West Texas Gas, a private company involved in natural gas distribution, natural gas and natural gas liquids transmission services and related gathering and processing operations, roles he has held since July 2019 and October 2021, respectively. Mr. Heim also presently serves on the Management Committee representing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPPIB”) in a midstream joint venture between the Williams Company and CPPIB in Appalachia, a role he has held since fall 2019. From March 2016 to April 2019 Mr. Heim served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Targa Resources Corp. (“Targa”), a company he co-founded. From November 2015 to February 2016, he served as Vice Chairman and a member of the board of directors of the general partner of Targa Resources Partners LP. From January 2012 to November 2015, Mr. Heim served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Targa. From October 2005 to December 2011, Mr. Heim served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Targa. He also served as an officer of an affiliate of Targa during 2004 and 2005 and was a consultant for the affiliate during 2003. Mr. Heim also served as a consultant in the energy industry from 2001 through 2003 providing advice to various energy companies and investors regarding their operations, acquisitions and dispositions. Mr. Heim served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Coastal Field Services, a subsidiary of The Coastal Corp. (“Coastal”), a diversified energy company, from 1997 to 2001 and President of Coastal States Gas Transmission Company from 1997 to 2001. In these positions, he was responsible for Coastal’s midstream gathering, processing, and marketing businesses. Prior to 1997, he served as an officer of several other Coastal exploration and production, marketing and midstream subsidiaries. Mr. Heim brings more than 40 years of experience in building, operating and managing midstream assets in the U.S. to the Board. He also brings substantial experience in joint ventures, project finance and project development having been involved in numerous new construction, operations, commercial decisions, risk planning and governmental and industry advocacy activities over the course of his career.

David Kinder is a member of our general partner’s Board of Directors and fills one of our four seats currently held by our Class C Preferred Unit Holder.

Mr. Kinder is currently an Operating Partner at Stonepeak. Additionally, Mr. Kinder is President of TP Power, LLC which owns and operates power plants in Texas and is a partner at Sabine Property Partners, which focuses on commercial real estate opportunities in Texas. Mr. Kinder currently serves on the Board of Directors of Oryx Midstream LLC, a private midstream crude operator in the Permian Basin and Zenith Energy, a leading global operator of independent liquids terminals, roles that he has held since 2019 and 2014, respectively. Additionally, he was a board member and audit chair from 2013 to 2017 of Western Refining Logistics, L.P (“WNRL”) which owned and operated crude oil and refined products pipelines, terminals and other logistics assets. Mr. Kinder was Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasurer of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (“KMI”) and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (“KMP”) from 2005 until retiring from the companies in 2013 and Vice President, Corporate Development and Treasurer of the general partner of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P (“EPB”) from 2012 until retiring from the company in 2013. Mr. Kinder held various management roles for the Kinder Morgan companies from 1999 – 2013. Kinder Morgan is one of the largest diversified energy infrastructure companies in North America. Mr. Kinder brings to the Board over 25 years of experience in the acquisition, divestiture, financing, and development of energy assets in North America. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and minor in History from Texas Christian University.

Richard S. Langdon, an independent member of our general partner’s Board of Directors, is Chairman of the Audit Committee and serves on the Conflicts Committee.

Mr. Langdon is currently the Chief Executive Office, President and Chief Financial Officer of Altamont Energy LLC, a privately held exploration and production company. Mr. Langdon previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Badlands Energy, Inc., a privately held exploration and production company (“Badlands Energy”), and its publicly traded predecessor entity, Gasco Energy, Inc. (“Gasco”), from May 2013 to October 2018. Mr. Langdon also served as a director of Badlands Energy and its predecessor, Gasco since 2003. Badlands Energy filed for bankruptcy in August 2017. In addition to his Badlands Energy titles, Mr. Langdon also served as Debtor-in-Possession for Badlands Energy, Inc from August 2017 to October 2018. Mr. Langdon also currently serves on the board of directors, as chairman of the audit committee and as a member of the compensation committee of Gulfslope Energy, Inc., which capacities he has served in since March 2014. Mr. Langdon was the President and Chief Executive Officer of KMD Operating Company LLC (“KMD Operating”), a privately held production company, from November 2011 until December 2015 and Matris Exploration Company L.P., a privately held production company, from July 2004 until the merger of Matris Exploration into KMD Operating in November 2011, which merger was effective January 2011. Mr. Langdon also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Energy Ventures, LLC, a privately held production company, from November 2007 until November 2013. From 1997 until 2002, Mr. Langdon served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EEX Corporation, a publicly traded exploration and production company that merged with Newfield Exploration Company in 2002. Prior to that, he held various positions with the Pennzoil Companies from 1991 to 1996, including Executive Vice President—International Marketing—Pennzoil Products Company; Senior Vice President—Business Development—Pennzoil Company; and Senior Vice President—Commercial & Control—Pennzoil Exploration & Production Company.

Steven E. Meisel, Chairman of the Conflicts Committee, is an independent member of our general partner’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Meisel is Co-Chief Executive Officer with Discovery Midstream Holdings II. Prior to joining Discovery II, Mr. Meisel co-founded Discovery Midstream I in 2016, and grew a small greenfield G&P project into the premier system on the southern side of the DJ Basin. The asset was sold to Williams and KKR in August 2018 for $1.2B. Prior to Discovery I, Mr. Meisel served as Vice President of Business Development at Wildcat Midstream Partners, leading the commercial efforts in North Louisiana while also securing Wildcat’s Southern Midland Basin oil pipeline project. Prior to Wildcat, Mr. Meisel worked in various capacities for Regency Energy including corporate development, corporate finance and business development. Mr. Meisel started his career as an Analyst in Southwest Securities investment banking group. Mr. Meisel has a Bachelor of Finance from the University of Kansas.