The following material contains information concerning the directors, including their recent employment, positions with CONSOL Energy, other directorships, and age. As of March 1, 2011, CONSOL Energy had 11 directors on its Board. 

J. Brett Harvey
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, age 61

J. Brett Harvey has been our Chief Executive Officer since January 1998, and served as our President from January 1998 through February 2011. He has also been a director of CONSOL Energy since January 1998 and on June 29, 2010 was appointed Chairman of the Board. Mr. Harvey has also been a director of CNX Gas since June 30, 2005 and has served as chairman of the CNX Gas Board since January 2009. He was also elected to the position of chief executive officer of CNX Gas in January 2009. Mr. Harvey is a member of the coal industry advisory board of the International Energy Agency, chairman of the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association board of directors, and is a member of the Leadership Council of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. He is a member of the board of directors of Barrick Gold Corporation, the world’s largest gold producer (“Barrick”), where he serves on the compensation and environmental, health and safety committees. Mr. Harvey is also a member of the board of directors of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a specialty metals producer and serves on its nominating and corporate governance committee and personnel and compensation committee. In addition, he is a member of the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority, the National Coal Council, Waterways Council, Inc., and The Conservation Fund. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America and a director and past chairman of the Greater Pittsburgh Council of the Boy Scouts.

John Whitmire
Vice Chairman of the Board, age 71

John Whitmire has served as Vice Chairman since June 29, 2010. Mr. Whitmire served as Chairman of CONSOL Energy from March 3, 1999 to June 29, 2010. Mr. Whitmire currently serves on the Finance and Health, Safety and Environmental Committees. From November 2007 until July 2010, Mr. Whitmire served as a director of Transocean, Inc., which is engaged in the business of offshore drilling for oil and natural gas reserves, and from November 2001 until November 2007, he served as a director of GlobalSantaFe Corporation (which merged into Transocean Inc. in November 2007). Mr. Whitmire is also a director of El Paso Corporation, which provides natural gas and related energy products. Mr. Whitmire currently serves as chair of the El Paso Corporation health, safety and environmental committee.

Philip W. Baxter
Lead Independent Director, age 63 

Philip W. Baxter rejoined the CONSOL Energy Board in January 2009. He is currently the Lead Independent Director and serves as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Baxter previously served as a director of CONSOL Energy (as well as Chairman of its Audit Committee and a member of its Finance Committee) from August 1999 until August 2005. Mr. Baxter also served as a director of CNX Gas from June 30, 2005 until May 28, 2010 and was the chairman of the board of directors from June 30, 2005 until January 2009. With respect to the CNX Gas Board, he served as a member of the audit committee and the finance committee. Mr. Baxter has been the President of Stan Johnson Company, a nationally recognized leader in commercial real estate brokerage specializing in single-tenant properties, since September 2002. He was chief financial officer and executive vice president of the Tulsa-based energy conglomerate, Mapco Inc., until March 1998, when it merged with The Williams Company. During his 18-year career at Mapco, Mr. Baxter held a number of officer level positions including chief information officer and senior vice president of strategic planning. Prior to his career at Mapco, he held a number of financial positions with Williams Energy Company, a subsidiary of The Williams Company.

James E. Altmeyer, Sr.
Director, age 73 

James E. Altmeyer, Sr. has served on the CONSOL Energy Board since November 2003. He was a director of CNX Gas from June 30, 2005 until April 28, 2009 during which time he was chairman of the compensation committee and served on the audit committee. He currently serves as Chairman of the Health, Safety and Environmental Committee and as a member of the Finance Committee of CONSOL Energy. Mr. Altmeyer served as president and chief executive officer of Altmeyer Funeral Homes, Inc. of West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina from 1972 until 2007, at which time he became chairman of Altmeyer Funeral Homes, Inc. He has also been president of Altmeyer Realty, a real estate holding company, and of Martin-Steadfast Insurance Company since 1972. Mr. Altmeyer served on the board of directors of WesBanco, Inc., a multi-state bank holding company from 1987 until April 2010 when he retired from the board. During that time he served on the board’s audit committee. Mr. Altmeyer is also a member of the executive committee of the Wheeling Hospital board of directors, vice chairman of the Chambers Foundation and a director of the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation.

William E. Davis
Director, age 69 

William E. Davis joined the CONSOL Energy Board in January 2004. He currently serves as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Health, Safety and Environmental Committee. From November 2007 until December 2010, Mr. Davis was a director of AbitibiBowater Inc., which produces a broad range of forest products marketed around the world, and served on its governance, finance and audit committees. Mr. Davis was a director of Abitibi Consolidated Inc., which produced newsprint and commercial printing paper, from April 2003 to November 2007, and served on its audit and nominating and governance committees. Mr. Davis was also the chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, an electricity and natural gas utility located in upstate New York from May 1993 to February 2002. Following the sale of Niagara Mohawk in February 2002 and until his retirement in April 2003, Mr. Davis served as chairman of National Grid USA and as an executive director of National Grid (UK), owner and operator of the electricity transmission network in England and Wales. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Development Foundation of Central New York until December 4, 2008.

Raj K. Gupta
Director, age 69

Raj K. Gupta has served on the CONSOL Energy Board since February 2004. He currently serves as chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Health, Safety and Environmental Committee. He also served as a director of CNX Gas from June 30, 2005 until May 28, 2010, where he served as a member of the audit committee. From July 2007 to April 2009, Mr. Gupta also served as chairman of the board of directors of Quetzal Energy Inc., a Canadian-based international oil and gas company operating in Guatemala, Central America. Mr. Gupta currently works as an independent management consultant. From 1965 until his retirement in 2000, Mr. Gupta held various management positions with Phillips Petroleum Company, an international integrated oil and gas company now part of ConocoPhillips, including Vice President of Strategic Planning, managing business development, strategic growth and globalization efforts in South America, China, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. From 2000 to December 2004, Mr. Gupta served on the board of directors of Yukos Oil Company, Moscow, Russia, chaired its compensation committee and was a member of its audit and finance committees. From 2000 to 2009, Mr. Gupta was a member of the Advisory Council of the Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering Department at Kansas State University. He also serves on the Board of Preng & Associates in Houston.

Patricia A. Hammick
Director, age 65

Patricia A. Hammick has served on the CONSOL Energy Board since June 2001. She currently serves on the Finance and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Since April of 2003, Ms. Hammick has served on the board of directors of Dynegy, Inc., an independent power producer. She was elected lead director at Dynegy, Inc. in May 2004, chairing all non-management executive sessions as well as all independent director special committees, and then became the chairman of the board in February 2011. Since January 2007, she has also been a director of SNC – Lavalin Group, Inc. (“SNC”), a Montreal-based company engaged in engineering and construction, infrastructure ownership and management, and facilities and operations management. She currently serves as a member of SNC’s audit and compensation committees.

David C. Hardesty, Jr.
Director, age 66 

David C. Hardesty, Jr. joined the CONSOL Energy Board in October 2005. He currently serves as a member of the Finance and Health, Safety and Environmental Committees. Mr. Hardesty is president emeritus and professor of law at West Virginia University (WVU). He was president of WVU from 1995 to 2007. While serving as president, he was also a member of the National Security Higher Education Advisory Board. In addition, Mr. Hardesty served as the permanent chair of WVU’s affiliated research corporation, teaching hospital and the hospital’s parent health care system of hospitals. He is a member of numerous professional and civic organizations. Prior to his career in academia, Mr. Hardesty was a partner in the law firm of Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love in Charleston, West Virginia, where he practiced in the areas of state and local taxation, corporate and banking and administrative law. He is currently of counsel at this law firm. Mr. Hardesty was a state tax commissioner during Senator John D. Rockefeller IV’s first term as governor of West Virginia (1977-1980). He also served as chairman of the National 4-H Council, a director and officer in the Big East Conference, and a member of the Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Committee, as well as a founding director of the Blanchettee Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute.

John T. Mills
Director, age 63 

ohn T. Mills joined the CONSOL Energy Board in March 2006. Mr. Mills currently serves as a member of the Audit and the Compensation Committees. He serves on the board of directors of Cal Dive International Inc., a marine contractor providing manned diving, derrick, pipelay and pipe burial services to the offshore oil and natural gas industry, and serves on the audit, compensation and corporate governance and nominating committees. From January 2008 through June 2010, Mr. Mills was a member of the board of directors and audit, conflicts and risk management committees of Regency GP, LLC, the general partner of Regency GP, LP, the general partner of Regency Energy Partners LP, a natural gas gathering, processing and transportation master limited partnership. Mr. Mills joined the board of directors of Horizon Offshore, Inc., a marine construction company, in June 2002 and served as the chairman of the board of directors from September 2004 until December 11, 2007, when Horizon Offshore, Inc. was acquired by Cal Dive International, Inc. Mr. Mills was the Chief Financial Officer of Marathon Oil Corporation, an integrated energy company, from January 2002 until his retirement in December 2003.

William P. Powell
Director, age 55 

William P. Powell has served on the CONSOL Energy Board since January 2004. He currently serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Since 1993, Mr. Powell has also been a director of Cytec Industries, a global specialty chemicals and materials company, where he chairs the governance committee and has served on the audit committee. He has also served on the board of directors of International Executive Service Corps, a nonprofit economic development organization, since 1999. Until May 2007, Mr. Powell was a managing director of Williams Street Advisors, a New York City-based merchant banking boutique. Mr. Powell resigned from William Street Advisors to establish a family office, 535 Partners LLC, where he serves as managing partner of 535 Partners LLC.

Joseph T. Williams
Director, age 74

Joseph T. Williams has served on the CONSOL Energy Board since January 2004. He currently serves as Chairman of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee. From July 2006 until January 2009, he was also a director of CNX Gas and served on the nominating and corporate governance and finance committees. Mr. Williams is a retired oil and natural gas industry executive who has held positions as chairman or chief executive officer or both for NASDAQ, American, and New York Stock Exchange listed companies. He is currently a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Dallas Wildcat Committee.