On May 3, 2024, California Resources Corporation's shareholders elected one new Board member, Christian S. Kendall. Mr. Kendall is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Denbury. Prior to joining Denbury in 2015, Mr. Kendall worked at Noble Energy Inc., where he served as a member of Noble?s executive management and operations leadership team as Senior Vice President, Global Operations Services.

Prior to that, Mr. Kendall served in several other executive and management roles of increasing responsibility with Noble beginning in 2001. Mr. Kendall?s career in the oil and natural gas industry began in 1989 at Mobil Oil Corporation. Mr. Kendall has served as the Chairman of the Board of the Dallas Division of the American Heart Association and is a member of National Petroleum Council.

Mr. Kendall holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering with a Civil Specialty from the Colorado School of Mines and has also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. As previously disclosed, Julio M. Quintana, who has served as a member of CRC?s Board of Directors since October 2020, did not seek reelection as a Director at the 2024 Annual Meeting.