Management Team

Travis D. Stice
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Stice has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a director of our general partner since February 2014. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of Diamondback since January 2012 and as a director of Diamondback since November 2012. Mr. Stice has also served as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the general partner of Rattler Midstream LP (Nasdaq: RTLR), a publicly traded subsidiary of Diamondback. Prior to these positions with Diamondback and the general partners of Viper and Rattler, he served as Diamondback’s President and Chief Operating Officer from April 2011 to January 2012. From November 2010 to April 2011, Mr. Stice served as a Production Manager of Apache Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company. He served as a Vice President of Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company, from September 2008 to September 2010 and as a Development Manager of ConocoPhillips/Burlington Resources Mid-Continent Business Unit, an oil and gas exploration company, from April 2006 until August 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Stice held a series of positions of increasing responsibilities at Burlington Resources until that company was acquired by ConocoPhillips in March 2006. He started his career with Mobil Oil in 1985. Mr. Stice has more than 37 years of industry experience and over 28 years of management experience. Mr. Stice graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. Mr. Stice is a registered engineer in the State of Texas, and is a 37-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He also serves on industry boards for the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, American Exploration and Production Council, the National Petroleum Council, the Texas A&M Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board, the All-American Wildcatters and the American Petroleum Institute. Additionally, he is on local community boards for Manor Park Retirement Center in Midland, the Midland Memorial Hospital, the Midland Chamber of Commerce and the Dynamic Catholic Institute.

Kaes Van’t Hof
President

Mr. Van't Hof has served as President of our general partner since March 2017. Mr. Van’t Hoff joined Diamondback in July 2016 as Vice President - Strategy and Corporate Development and was promoted to Senior Vice President - Strategy and Corporate Development in February 2017. Prior to his position with Diamondback, Mr. Van't Hof served as Chief Executive Officer for Bison Drilling and Field Services from September 2012 to June 2016. From August 2011 to August 2012, Mr. Van't Hof was an analyst for Wexford Capital, LP responsible for developing operating models and business plans, including for our initial public offering, and before that worked for the Investment Banking - Financial Institutions Group of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. from February 2010 to July 2011. Mr. Van't Hof was a professional tennis player from May 2008 to January 2010. Mr. Van't Hof received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Teresa L. Dick
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary

Ms. Dick has served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Assistant Secretary of our general partner since February 2017 and served as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary from February 2014 to February 2017. She has also served as Diamondback’s Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since March 2019. Ms. Dick served as Diamondback’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2017 to February 2019, as its Assistant Secretary since October 2012, as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from November 2009 to January 2017 and its Corporate Controller since joining Diamondback in November 2007. Before joining Diamondback, Ms. Dick held a key management position as the Controller/Tax Director at Hiland Partners, a publicly-traded midstream energy master limited partnership. Ms. Dick has over 25 years of accounting experience, including public company experience in both audit and tax areas. Since March 2021, Ms. Dick has served as a director of The Bank7 Corp. (Nasdaq: BSVN) and is a member of the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Ms. Dick received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Northern Colorado. Ms. Dick is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Council of Petroleum Accountants Societies.

Matt Zmigrosky
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Mr. Zmigrosky has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of our general partner since February 2019. Before joining Diamondback, Mr. Zmigrosky was in private practice of law, most recently as a partner in the corporate section of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP where he worked extensively with Diamondback and its subsidiaries. Mr. Zmigrosky holds a BSM in Finance from Tulane University and a JD from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
Adam Lawlis
Vice President, Investor Relations
Mr. Lawlis has served as Vice President of Investor Relations of our general partner since February 2019. Prior to his current position, he served as our Director of Investor Relations from April 2017 to February 2019, our Investor Relations Manager from February 2016 to April 2017 and as an investor relations analyst since joining us in March 2013. Before joining Diamondback, Mr. Lawlis worked at Simmons & Company International as an equity research associate from 2010 to 2013 and various finance roles at Sabine Storage & Operations from 2009 to 2010. Mr. Lawlis received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and a Master of Business Administration from Texas Tech University. He is a board member of the Permian Basin Chapter of the American Red Cross and YPE. Additionally, he is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute and a mentor for the Rawls College of Business Executive Mentor Program at Texas Tech University.