Mr. Burdick is the CEO and Co-Founder of Olifant Energy, LLC, an EnCap portfolio company that started in June, 2017. He previously served as the VP of Geology/New Ventures at Panther Energy II, a Kayne Anderson portfolio company that began in September 2013 and sold for $863 MM in January 2017. Donald's 35-year career has included a variety of technical and managerial experiences that began as a prospecting geologist for Marathon Oil in 1984. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the OIPA, a Trustee Associate of the AAPG Foundation and is the founder of ADAM-Tulsa and the Tulsa IrishFest. He has a BS in geology from Duke University, and a MS from the University of Oklahoma