Mr. O'Neill has over 28 years of domestic and international experience in the field of petroleum exploration and financing. Mr. O'Neill served on Governor Cuomo 's Advisory Board for Oil, Gas and Solution Mining for the State of New York from 1981 to 1986, served on the New York State Banking Board from 1994 through 1997, and to the New York State Dormitory Authority Board from 1998 to October 2003, where he served as Vice Chairman. He serves as Chairman of the Board (non-executive) of Union Drilling, Inc., an oil and gas drilling company with operations in the Appalachian Basin and the Rocky Mountains . Mr. O'Neill is a General Partner of Somerset Capital Partners, a principal stockholder of Grey Wolf, Inc., an AMEX-listed oil and gas drilling company with operations on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Mr. O'Neill is a director of Firebird Holdings Limited, a logistics and contract warehousing business with operations in Eastern Europe , Russia and the United Kingdom . Mr. O'Neill is a graduate of Canisius College , Buffalo , New York .