Energy Leadership Built on Discipline

Mr. Miller is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Silver Hill Energy Partners and its affiliated partnerships. He founded the Silver Hill enterprise in 2011 and has since led the firm through the successful acquisition, development and disposition of numerous large-scale oil and gas projects and related investments. Prior to founding Silver Hill, Mr. Miller was a Principal and Senior Vice President of Energy Trust Partners in Dallas, where he led the firm’s business development efforts and assisted in the management and oversight of its upstream private equity funds. Previously, Mr. Miller was a Vice President at Energy Spectrum Advisors in Dallas. He began his career with Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo Energy Advisors in Houston, Texas.

Mr. Miller earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Southern Methodist University, where he was recognized with the Cox School of Business Outstanding Young Alumnus Award in 2015 and the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2026. He currently serves on the SMU Board of Trustees and as Vice Chairman of the Cox School Executive Board.

Mr. Miller and his family actively support numerous philanthropic organizations through the Katy and Kyle Miller Family Foundation. He is the immediate past Chairman of the Board of Goodwill Industries of Dallas, a member of the Chairman’s Advisory Council of Children’s Medical Center Foundation, and a member of the Board of Directors of Southwestern Medical Foundation.

Mr. Wellsfry serves as President and Chief Operating Officer at Silver Hill Energy Partners. Prior to joining Silver Hill in 2020, he spent five years on the upstream investment staff at EnCap Investments L.P., the leading provider of private equity growth capital to the independent sector of the U.S. oil and gas industry since 1988. In his role as a Vice President, Mr. Wellsfry was focused on the investment decision process and evaluation of key decisions within the portfolio.

Prior to EnCap, Mr. Wellsfry served as a team lead and asset manager for the Texas Delaware Basin assets at Matador Resources where he oversaw a $200-300 million annual capital budget. Before joining Matador Resources, Mr. Wellsfry served in production engineering and asset management roles at Samson Resources.

Mr. Wellsfry earned both a Bachelor of Business Administration and Masters in Business Administration degree in Finance from Southern Methodist University. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Mr. Halpin serves as Senior Vice President of Finance at Silver Hill Energy Partners. He formerly served as Vice President of Finance at Silver Hill I & II, where he oversaw strategic capital allocation, corporate evaluation, financial planning and investor relations for the enterprise and managed numerous transactions and joint ventures in connection with Silver Hill’s core exploration and production businesses in the Delaware Basin.

Prior to joining Silver Hill in 2013, Mr. Halpin was an Associate at EnCap Investments in Houston, where he focused on upstream investments in the Mid-Continent and Texas, and an Analyst in the Global Natural Resources Investment Banking group at Barclays Capital in Houston, where he worked on public capital raises and M&A advisory engagements.

Mr. Halpin has a bachelor's degree in Finance with honors from The University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Smetko serves as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Development at Silver Hill Energy Partners. Prior to joining Silver Hill in 2019, he spent 12 years on the upstream investment staff at EnCap Investments L.P., the leading provider of private equity growth capital to the independent sector of the U.S. oil and gas industry since 1988. In his most recent role as a Managing Director at EnCap, Mr. Smetko was the primary relationship manager and a key board member on seven portfolio companies representing roughly $2 billion of aggregate equity commitments.

Prior to joining EnCap in 2007, Mr. Smetko was an Analyst in Citigroup’s Investment Banking Division, where he focused on corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions in a wide range of industries.

Mr. Smetko graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Southern Methodist University’s BBA Honors Program.

Mr. Rea serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Silver Hill Energy Partners. He most recently served as Vice President of Accounting for Silver Hill I & II, where he directed all accounting and financial reporting functions in connection with the enterprise’s core exploration and production businesses in the Delaware Basin, including the onboarding of multiple assets and joint ventures in addition to the company’s dual-track IPO and sale process.

Prior to joining Silver Hill, Mr. Rea served as a Senior Financial Analyst for Encana Corporation and as an auditor with Ernst & Young, LLP, where he served on the Bass Family and Encore Acquisition Company engagements.

Mr. Rea earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and Master of Accounting degree from Abilene Christian University.

Mr. Gordeuk serves as Senior Vice President of Drilling & Operations at Silver Hill Energy Partners. He most recently served as Vice President of Operations & Drilling at Silver Hill I & II, where he built and led a Delaware Basin drilling program that achieved best-in-class results in drilling performance and costs.

Prior to joining Silver Hill in 2012, Mr. Gordeuk managed, implemented, and optimized extended-reach horizontal drilling programs in multiple unconventional reservoirs while at EnCana Corporation and Newfield Exploration. Prior to his career in the oil and gas industry, Mr. Gordeuk served as an Engineer Officer in the United States Army, and ultimately obtained the rank of Captain.

Mr. Gordeuk received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University.

Mrs. Burks serves as South Texas Team Lead & Reservoir Engineer at Silver Hill Energy Partners, where she leads and optimizes the firm’s Eagle Ford assets.

Prior to joining Silver Hill in 2024, she managed Pioneer Natural Resource’s Northwest Permian assets, where she lead the development and optimization of a $1 billion capital program. She spent 12 years at Pioneer Natural Resources in a variety of engineering and management roles spanning across production, completions, water management, and reservoir in the Barnett, Eagle Ford, and Permian basins.

Mrs. Burks earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and serves on the board of the Dallas Petroleum Club.

Mr. Juroska serves as the Vice President of Reservoir Engineering at Silver Hill Energy Partners. Prior to the sale of Silver Hill I & II, he served in a similar capacity as today and was responsible for reservoir engineering and evaluation of opportunities in connection with the enterprise’s core exploration and production businesses in the Delaware Basin. After the sale, Mr. Juroska temporarily continued with the assets at the companies’ successors, RSP Permian and Concho Resources, and served as the Reservoir Engineering Manager of Concho’s consolidated southern Delaware Basin position before re-joining Silver Hill in 2019.

Prior to joining Silver Hill in 2016, Mr. Juroska spent his career managing development programs in the Permian Basin and Rockies for independents including Burlington Resources, XTO Energy, Cimarex Energy and Encore Acquisition Company. He also has experience at smaller companies like Magnum Hunter Resources and Keystone Petroleum.

Mr. Juroska earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Charles Landen serves as a Vice President of Finance at Silver Hill Energy Partners. Prior to joining Silver Hill in 2019, Mr. Landen served as an Associate on the investment staff at Tailwater Capital, a growth-oriented middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the energy industry.

Prior to joining Tailwater Capital, Mr. Landen spent two years working for Credit Suisse Group AG as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Oil & Gas Group based in Houston, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets financings for upstream, midstream and oilfield service companies.

Mr. Landen earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University with specializations in Alternative Asset Management and Energy Management.

Mr. Lierly serves as Vice President of Land at Silver Hill Energy Partners. Prior to joining Silver Hill in 2021, he was the Vice President of Land of OneEnergy Partners, LLC, a Northern Delaware Basin focused operating company that assembled, developed, and eventually divested approximately 12,000 net acres in Lea and Eddy Counties, New Mexico. At OneEnergy Partners, he was responsible for acquisitions & divestitures, business development, and all company land functions. Prior to joining OneEnergy Partners in 2017, Mr. Lierly held various land roles with some of the most active independent operators in the Permian Basin and Marcellus including Matador Resources Company, Concho Resources, and Chief Oil & Gas. Mr. Lierly graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics and Finance and an MBA in Energy from the University of Oklahoma. He is also a Certified Professional Landman through the American Association of Professional Landmen, where he is actively involved and has held numerous leadership positions.

Upon joining Silver Hill in 2021, Mr. Romano brought to the table 16 years of valuable experience in all phases of drilling, completing, and producing oil and gas wells across numerous basins and formations. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Production & Facilities at Ascent Energy, LLC, a Denver-based oil and gas exploration and production company focused on unconventional development in the Delaware Basin.

Before his time at Ascent Energy, Mr. Romano spent 8 years as a Senior Production Engineer & Manager at Matador Resources overseeing operations in the Delaware Basin, Eagle Ford, and Haynesville shales, 4 years as a Business Development Manager and Completions Engineering Consultant with StrataGen Engineering performing detailed reservoir studies, recompletion campaigns in mature vertical assets, and full-field hydraulic fracture design and on-site stimulation, and 4 years operating in the Gulf of Mexico and Permian Basin with Pathfinder Energy Services.

Mr. Romano earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Marietta College where he played NCAA lacrosse and a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University. He is also a long-standing member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and has published multiple Society of Petroleum Engineering papers throughout his career.

Mr. Smith serves as Vice President of Marketing at Silver Hill Energy Partners, overseeing the company’s marketing and midstream commercial functions.

Prior to joining Silver Hill in 2024, he served as Director of Marketing at Permian Resources and Earthstone Energy, leading oil and gas marketing and midstream commercial activities across multiple basins.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Smith spent eight years at Fleur de Lis Energy, where he held various land and marketing roles, ultimately serving as Director of Marketing. His experience included marketing and commercial development across the company’s oil and gas portfolio.

Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Oklahoma State University and serves on the board of the Dallas Crude Association.