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Ruland J. Gill, Jr.
is Vice President of Government Affairs and Senior Attorney for Questar Corporation.
Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. appointed Mr. Gill to the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining
in 2007. Gill joined Questar Corporation in 1973 after graduating from the University
of Utah with accounting and law degrees. His legal work has been principally in
the area of oil and gas exploration and development. In his professional career
he has been involved with several prominent intermountain area natural-resource
organizations. He has been President of the Utah Petroleum Association and as the
Utah/Idaho Vice President of the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association. He was
also the 1984 Chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Section of the Utah State
Bar and was named that Section’s 1987 Lawyer of the Year. He has also served as a
member of the Utah Board of Lands and Forestry that sets policy and regulates some
7.3 million surface and mineral acres of school-trust lands. He served from 1994
to 2002 as Chair for the renamed Board of Trustees for Utah School and Institutional
Trust Lands.
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Jake Y. Harouny
A Utah resident since 1976 and a U.S. citizen since 1978, Mr. Harouny is a native
of Kabul, Afghanistan. He has a broad knowledge of oil and gas matters, as well as
experience in real estate, insurance, commercial aviation and business management in
general. Mr. Harouny is currently the president and CEO of Medallion Exploration and
affiliates, a Utah Corporation involved in exploration and production of oil and gas
throughout the United States, with some international exposure. Governor Jon M.
Huntsman, Jr. appointed him to the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining in March 2005.
Mr. Harouny holds a degree from Le Lycee Estequelal and has done more than three
years of study in Electrical Engineering at the University of Utah. He is married
with three children and resides in Holladay, Utah.
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James T. Jensen
was appointed to the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining
in March 2009. Originally from Price, Utah, Mr. Jensen currently resides in Salt Lake City.
He attended Utah State University, University of Utah, and University of Washington and holds a
J.D. degree from the University of Utah College of Law. For 22 years Mr. Jensen practiced law
in Price where he specialized in water, coal, oil and gas, energy, business, banking and corporate
business law. He later served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary,
and Member of Board of Directors for Savage Companies in Salt Lake City. He has served on the
Board of Directors of Zions Bank since 1988 and on the Bank's Executive Committee since 2007. As
a private landowner and mineral interest owner he has extensive experience with surface use
agreements, oil and gas leasing, and oil and gas royalty payments. He represents the interests
of royalty owners on the Board.
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Douglas E. Johnson
was appointed to the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining by Governor Michael Leavitt in 2001 because
of his knowledge of coal mining matters. He was reappointed by Governor Leavitt in 2003 and
by Governor Jon M. Huntsman in 2007. He is the current chairman.
Mr. Johnson graduated with a B.S. degree in Mining Engineering from the University of
Arizona in 1975. He has worked in various capacities for mining companies in Arizona,
Ohio, Illinois and Utah from 1975 through 2007. Mr. Johnson now manages Sales and Marketing
for Sanpete Steel, LLC, in Moroni, a major steel fabrication and erection company serving
the Intermountain West. He is a registered Professional Engineer.
Mr. Johnson and his wife, Renee, live near Mount Pleasant, Utah, and are the parents of a
daughter, Tara, a son, Ray, and have a grandson, Mckay. He served two terms on the city
council and also served as mayor of Spring City, Utah. He has been a volunteer fire fighter,
member of Lions International, founding director of the Sanpete County Chamber of Commerce
and served as assistant baseball coach at North Sanpete High School.
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Kelley L. Payne
is a registered professional geologist
and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in geology from Brigham Young University. He currently
manages restoration of land, groundwater, and wetland resources for Kennecott Utah Copper.
Prior to joining Kennecott in 2004, he worked as a consultant in the Utah and Central
Appalachian coal industries focusing on analyzing and predicting mining impacts to
groundwater and surface water supplies, mining permitting, and environmental due
diligence. He also has experience in the environmental aspects of oil shale and natural
gas production. Governor Jon M. Hunstman, Jr. appointed Mr. Payne to the Board of Oil,
Gas and Mining in March 2009.
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Samuel C. Quigley
was raised in the
mining town of Eureka, Utah and is a 4th generation Utah miner. Mr. Quigley has more
than 33 years experience in the coal mining industry, beginning in the Utah coal fields
in 1973. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of
Utah in 1972, Mr. Quigley worked for several Utah coal companies in various capacities
such as underground coal miner, exploration supervisor, project engineer, and mine
engineer. He retired as the Vice President of Operations for ANDALEX Resources, Inc.
in August 2006. He is currently serving as the Industry Coordinator for The College of
Eastern Utah’s Western Energy Training Center.
Mr. Quigley serves on the Board of the Carbon County Recreation and Transportation
Special Service District, the Board of Trustees of the Castleview Hospital, the Advisory
Board for the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, and formerly served on the
Board of the Utah Geological Survey. He is a member of the Utah Mining Association,
Southeastern Utah Energy Producers Association and the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining
Institute. Governor Leavitt appointed him to the Board of Oil, Gas & Mining in March 2003.
Mr. Quigley is married with two sons and three grand children, and resides in Price, Utah.
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Jean Semborski
Ms. Semborski is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of
Science in Geology and has done graduate level work in geophysics at the University
of Texas in Dallas, Texas. She is a member of the Utah Geological Association and
past Secretary-treasurer of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, the Geoscience Honor Society.
Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. appointed Ms. Semborski to the Board of Oil, Gas
and Mining in March 2005.
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