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

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 Doctorate 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 De?ver, 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's 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 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 recently managed the largest acquisition due diligence project in which Penn-York Abstract Corporation has participated in over 10 years. He is currently overseeing various title projects for many clients in northern Pennsylvania. 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 agent on internal corporate projects and negotiated the largest timber transaction in which Natural Resources Management Corporation has participated. Tim's duties include project management of sizeable lease acquisition projects including supervision of all title and lease agents. He also works as a supervisor and project manager and title analyst for many title projects in Pennsylvania and New York. Tim is a member of NALA.

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.