Key Personnel

President
Richard S. Lindhome

Vice Presidents
Michael T. Kimball
Timothy S. Lindhome

Project Managers
Christine A. Dickinson
Mark G. Wendaur, III
Cheryl Lindhome
Kristie Lindhome
Jeremy Kellogg
Lynn McBride
Kari Prelog
Deborah A. Carapella

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).

Michael attended the State University of New York at Buffalo where he earned a BA in Communications in 1999. He joined Penn-York Abstract Corporation in 2000, when he began his career in the oil and gas business as a title abstractor. Since then, he has developed a broad knowledge of oil and gas title in Pennsylvania and New York and has trained many of the company’s abstractors. In addition to oil and gas title work, he has developed an expertise in title curative and acquisition due diligence. In 2006, he began serving as a project manager and in-house title analyst. Before becoming a full-time project manager and in-house title analyst, he was widely considered one of the best field abstractors in the region. Michael recently managed a multi-billion dollar acquisition due diligence and curative project, the largest in which Penn-York Abstract Corporation has ever participated. He is currently overseeing various title projects for multiple clients in Pennsylvania, primarily in the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions. In addition to his current position as a senior title analyst and project manager, Michael became an equity owner and Vice President of Penn-York Abstract Corporation in 2010 and has since taken on various business management responsibilities.

Tim Lindhome attended St. Bonaventure University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance. His career at Penn-York began in 2001. He spent several years in the courthouse as an oil and gas title abstractor. Thereafter, his focus was on negotiating leases and rights of way. He has run some of the most successful lease plays in the company’s history. Tim also played a pivotal role in orchestrating major timber and fee oil and gas acquisitions. In 2010, Tim became an equity owner and Vice President of Penn-York Abstract Corporation. He now focuses on analyzing titles in the office and managing abstracting projects in the Pennsylvania Marcellus Region.

Christine is a Senior Title Analyst for Penn-York Abstract Corporation. Chris has been active in the oil and gas business for over 20 years. She began her career in the Cameron County Register and Recorder's Office. Thereafter, she was a legal assistant for 7 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. She also handled estates, residential, and oil and gas transactions, along with quiet title actions for the predecessor firm of Lindhome & Songster, P.C. Chris has worked extensively on Pennsylvania and New York 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, and NALA. She was also NALA Secretary for the 2007 through 2009 term, and NALA Vice-President for the 2009/2011 term. Chris is currently the NALA President for the 2011/2013 term.

Mark earned his Bachelor's Degree from Allegheny College, Meadville Pennsylvania, in 1977. He began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1979, as a contract land agent, performing take-off work, leasing and rights of way for Cabot Oil and Gas in Pennsylvania. Mark advanced his career in 1982, moving to New York and managing the land department of an independent exploration company with operations in New York, Texas, Louisiana, Michigan, Gulf of Mexico and Canada. In 2000, Mark began working as a consultant throughout Pennsylvania and New York. He has been a Project Manager on numerous lease, right of way, title and due diligence projects. He has experience in permitting, planning and development and 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 title and all phases of land work. He is currently a Senior Title Analyst. He is a member of the American Association of Professional Landman, Northern Appalachian Landman's Association and the Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York.

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 graduated cum laude from Allegany College with both a BS and a BA and magna cum laude from St. Bonaventure University with an MBA. Kristie's career began as a Financial Planner for American Express Financial Advisors where she developed her own marketing plan, conducted financial education seminars and focused on efficient business practices. Kristie is an in-house title analyst and our office manager.

Prior to working with Penn-York, Jeremy developed his title skills for over 6 years with Empire State Abstract Corp. and worked 2 years as an independent title analyst. Jeremy quickly moved up from his title abstractor status to managing a team of abstractors. Jeremy is currently a senior field abstractor in the Marcellus shale play. He is a member of the American Historical Association, The NY Historical Society, and the Historical and Genealogical Societies of Pennsylvania.

Lynn graduated from Bucknell University with a BA in Economics in 1981. She began her career in mortgage banking as a Loan Closing Manager. Thereafter, she worked for a Maryland based title company and gained experience preparing abstracts in Maryland, Texas and Pennsylvania. She returned to McKean County, Pennsylvania in 1990 and established herself as an independent title abstractor. Lynn has over 20 years experience as a title abstractor and has developed an expertise with oil and gas title. She regularly works on some of the most complex titles confronting the oil and gas industry. Lynn has served as a supervising abstractor, project manager and in-house title analyst. She recently managed a major due diligence project for one of the nation’s leading natural gas producers.

Kari began her career in the title business in 1999 and worked as a title abstractor focusing on residential searches and managing closing transactions. She has dedicated her professional time exclusively to oil and gas abstracting since 2006. She has developed an expertise in oil and gas title, project management and acquisition due diligence. Kari has worked as a contractor with Penn-York Abstract Corporation beginning in 2008 and has served as a supervising abstractor and title analyst. Kari received a BA in Business Administration in 1999 from Clarion University of Pennsylvania.

Deborah began her career in the title business in 2001 when she founded her own residential title company , which she owned and operated until 2005. Since joining the oil and gas title business in 2005, she has worked as an oil and gas contract title abstractor in Pennsylvania and New York. Deborah has worked with Penn-York Abstract Corporation since 2007 and has focused on challenging abstracts in complicated counties. She is also experienced in acquisition due diligence and in-house title analysis. Deborah received her BA in Business from the State University of New York at Buffalo.