Key Personnel

President
Richard S. Lindhome

Project Managers
Christine A. Dickinson
Michael T. Kimball
Mark G. Wendaur, III
Timothy S. Lindhome
Cheryl Lindhome
Kristie Lindhome
Lori Murray
Jeremy Kellogg
Lynn McBride

Rick is President of Natural Resources Land Services Corp. and associated businesses, Penn-York Abstract Corporation and Natural Resources Management Corporation. He has been active in the oil and gas business since 1978. Lindhome holds a B. A. Degree in Pre-Law from Penn State University and a Juris Doctor from the Dickinson School of Law (now of Penn-State University). He is licensed to practice law in New York, Pennsylvania and Colorado. His law practice focuses on the oil and gas industry and includes but is not limited to:

• Drilling and Division Order Title Opinions
• Oil and Gas Title Litigation
• Real Estate
• Acquisitions

Rick began his career as public defender and was thereafter a prosecutor and partner in the firm of Young, Mackin, and Lindhome. He served as general counsel to Capital Resources, Inc. and as such, worked extensively in the Williston and Powder River Basins in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. Subsequently, he formed an energy company based in Denver, Colorado where as a licensed Colorado attorney, he both provided legal services to many oil and gas companies operating in the Denver-Julesburg Basin and directed crews of landmen working in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

Rick returned to the Pennsylvania/New York border area where he has represented many of the regions leading oil and gas producers in oil and gas title related matters for the past nineteen years.

He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar association, the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL), Northern Appalachian Landman Association (NALA), Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, New York Oil Producers Association, and Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association (POGAM).

Christine is the Senior Landman/Title Analyst for Penn-York Abstract Corporation. Chris has been active in the oil and gas business for 19 years. She began her career in the Cameron County Register and Recorder's Office. Thereafter, she was a legal assistant for seven years for the firm of Malizia & Malizia, P.C., where her duties included real estate title searches and preparation of closing documents. Chris has worked for Penn-York Abstract Corporation and predecessor firms as a title abstractor, supervisor and title analyst. Chris has an extensive knowledge of Pennsylvania real estate titles and has been involved in many major due diligence acquisition projects. She has managed and supervised various lease plays, related title curative and is also a project manager/supervisor for various title projects. Chris is a member of AAPL, MLBC, IOGA of NY, NALA and GABALTA. She was also NALA Secretary for the 2007 through 2009 term, and is currently NALA Vice President for the 2009/2011 term.

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Michael is a supervising abstractor and title analyst and has been in the oil and gas title business since 2000. He has served as the project manager for numerous title projects and has trained many of the company's abstractors. Mike has a broad knowledge of oil and gas titles in Pennsylvania and New York and is widely considered one of the best field abstractors in the region. In addition to oil and gas title work, he has developed an expertise in title curative and acquisition due diligence. Mike received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1999.

Mark earned his Bachelor's Degree from Allegheny College, Meadville Pennsylvania, in 1977. Mark has been continuously employed in the oil and gas industry since 1979. He began his career as a contract land agent, conducting take-off work, leasing and rights of way for Cabot Oil and Gas in northwestern Pennsylvania. Mark advanced his career in 1982, moving to western New York and managing the land department for an independent exploration company with operations in New York, Texas, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico and Canada. He has extensive experience in lease and right of way acquisitions, title work, due diligence, permitting, planning and development. He has worked directly with many state and federal regulatory agencies. Mark has a broad based knowledge of the oil and gas industry and in depth knowledge of land and title work. Since 2000, Mark has been working on a consulting basis throughout northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York.

Timothy obtained his Bachelors Degree in Business as a finance major from St.Bonaventure University. He began his career in the timber business where his primary duties included generation of timber prospects.. Tim has been in the oil and gas business since 2001 and has worked primarily as an oil and gas title abstractor. Tim has also acted as a lease agents on internal corporate projects and negotiated the largest timber transaction in which Natural Resources Management Corporation has participated.

Cheryl holds a BS from Penn State University and an MS from Colorado State University in Computer Information Systems. Cheryl started her technical career teaching Computer Science first at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and then moving on to North Carolina State University, Jamestown Community College and St. Bonaventure University. She left teaching to become a Network Administrator at St. Bonaventure. She then became Web Development Director and one of three Directors of Technology at CUTCO Corporation. Cheryl manages our website, our computer billing services and our general technical needs.

Kristie earned both a BS and a BA from Allegheny College and an MBA from St. Bonaventure University. Kristie's career began as a Financial Planner for American Express Financial Advisors. Her responsibilities included lead generation, client acquisition, and client service. Kristie is a title analyst and our office manager.

Lori began her abstracting career with Falcon Research and Settlement in 2003 working on residential, coal and right of way projects. Lori joined Penn-York Abstract Corporation in January 2006, and has focused on preparation of oil and gas abstracts. She has also prepared title curative and conducted acquisition due diligence. Lori currently is a field supervisor and manages projects and abstractors in Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, Clarion and Forest Counties. Over the past 6 years she has worked in most western Pennsylvania counties. She has achieved the highest level of proficiency in a complex oil and gas research environment.

Jeremy is the lead title analyst in the Marcellus Shale play.....Northeastern Pennsylvania. Prior to coming on board with Penn-York, Jeremy honed his skills for over 6 yrs. with Empire State Abstract Corp. and 2 yrs. as an independent title analyst. Jeremy quickly moved up from his title abstractor status to managing a team of abstractors. He is a member of the American Historical Association, The NY Historical Society, and the Historical and Genealogical Societies of Pennsylvania. Jeremy has an impeccable reputation; dependable, accurate and reliable.

Lynn joined Penn-York Abstract Corporation in 2007 and is currently a senior abstractor and title analyst. She has more than 20 years experience as an abstractor. Lynn graduated from Bucknell University with a B. A. in Economics in 1981. She began her career in mortgage banking as Loan Closing Manager. Thereafter, Lynn worked for a Maryland based Title Company. She returned to McKean County, Pennsylvania in 1990 and established herself as an independent abstractor . She supervises the compilation of some of the most complex titles confronting the oil and gas industry.