John R. Collins is Chairman of our Board of Managers.  Mr. Collins currently serves as Executive Vice President of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. and has responsibility for managing various strategic initiatives for the company.  Prior to his current role, Mr. Collins served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Constellation Energy.

 He began his career with Constellation Energy at Baltimore Gas and Electric Company in 1988 as a Senior Financial Analyst and was promoted in 1993 to Supervisor of Financial Services, overseeing the company’s corporate finance activities. From 1995 to 1997, he was BGE’s Assistant Treasurer and Director of Financial Management. In February 1997, Mr. Collins became Chief Financial Officer of Constellation Energy subsidiary, Constellation Commodities Group, Inc., where he was responsible for all financial matters, including business planning, financial analysis, capital management and risk control and credit.  In 2002, Mr. Collins, an acknowledged leader in the field of risk management in the energy industry, was named Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Constellation Energy, and in 2004, named Senior Vice President. In 2005, he was named Chairman of the Committee of Chief Risk Officers, a group which has defined energy risk management best practice. Mr. Collins is a founding member of the Committee of Chief Risk Officers, which was formed in the spring of 2002 following the collapse of Enron.

Before joining the company, Mr. Collins held various financial management positions with Bell Atlantic Corporation and Perdue Farms, Inc.

Mr. Collins currently serves on the board for Roland Park Place, a senior living retirement community.   He is a past board member of Special Olympics Maryland, where he served as a member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Finance Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Visitors to the Lerner College of Business at the University of Delaware.

Mr. Collins earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Delaware and a MBA with a concentration in finance and strategic planning from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz School of Business.

Richard H. Bachmann is an independent member of our Board of Managers and our Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees and is the Chairman of our Conflicts Committee.

Mr. Bachmann joined EPCO Inc., a privately held company, in 1999 as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Prior to joining EPCO Inc., Mr. Bachmann served as a Partner in the law firms of Snell & Smith P.C. from 1993 to 1998 and Butler & Binion from 1988 to 1993.

Mr. Bachmann currently serves as a Director and as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of various affiliates of EPCO Inc., including Enterprise Products GP, LLC, the general partner of Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a publicly traded midstream energy company, and EPE Holdings LLC, the general partner of Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., a publicly traded midstream energy holding company.

Richard S. Langdon is an independent member of our Board of Managers and Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committees and is the Chairman of our Audit Committee.

Mr. Langdon is also currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Matris Exploration Company, a privately held exploration and production company. 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.  Mr. Langdon also serves as a Director of Gasco Energy, Inc., a publicly traded exploration and production company. 

John N. Seitz is an independent member of our Board of Managers and Audit and Conflicts Committees and is the Chairman of our Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.

Mr. Seitz is also currently Vice Chairman of the Board of Endeavour International Corporation, a publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company which he founded in February 2004. 

Prior to founding Endeavour International Corporation, Mr. Seitz served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation from January 2002 to March 2003, and prior to being named Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Seitz was the Chief Operating Officer and President of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation beginning in 1999.   Mr. Seitz also served as Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production and as a member of its Board of Directors from 1997 to 1999.

Stephen R. Brunner was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Constellation Energy Partners in March 2008 and became an employee of the company in January 2009.   He continues to serve in the role of Chief Operating Officer, a role he assumed in February 2008.  Mr. Brunner has more than 25 years of experience operating oil and gas properties both domestically and internationally, and is responsible for managing the daily operations, including the development and production of oil and natural gas properties.

Prior to joining Constellation Energy Partners, Mr. Brunner also served as a Vice President for Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc., where he provided support for Constellation Energy Partners in various operational activities.

Prior to joining Constellation Energy in February 2008, Mr. Brunner served as the Executive Vice President of Operations for Pogo Producing Company, where he was responsible for all aspects of exploration, production, acquisition and divestiture activity for seven business units in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Vietnam.

During his 13-year tenure at Pogo, Mr. Brunner also served as Vice President of Operations, overseeing both domestic and international operations. He served as the Resident Manager of Thaipo Limited, a subsidiary of Pogo, as well as Offshore Operations Manager. Prior to his career with Pogo, he held various positions with Zilkha Energy Company, Chevron Corporation and Tenneco Oil Company. 

Mr. Brunner earned a BS in petroleum engineering from Louisiana Tech University in 1981.

Charles C. Ward was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Constellation Energy Partners in March 2008 and became an employee of the company in January 2009.  Mr. Ward has over 15 years of finance and energy industry experience.

Prior to joining Constellation Energy Partners, Mr. Ward also served as a Vice President for Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc., where he provided support for Constellation Energy Partners in various finance activities and helped to lead the company through its initial public offering in November 2006.

Prior to joining Constellation Energy in November 2005, Mr. Ward held finance and asset management positions at Enron North America, El Paso Energy, and Tenneco.

Mr. Ward earned a MBA from Rice University in 1992 and a BS in accounting from the University of Houston in 1987.