executive team

CEO

Tim Sulser serves as 1876 Resources’ CEO. He joined the company in May of 2022. Mr. Sulser has previously held numerous executive roles, including CSO at Whiting Petroleum and founder and CEO of Salt Creek Oil Company, a successful non-op venture with Duetsche Rohstoff. Previously he worked as a Director at Tudor, Pickering Holt & Co. where he advised on over $11B of transactions . Additionally, he held reservoir engineering roles at Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. and Marathon Oil Company. He has a BS in petroleum engineering from Montana Tech and MS in management science from Columbia University.

Chief Accounting Officer

Jim Knox serves as Chief Accounting Officer for1876 Resources, he joined the organization at its founding in April 2015. During this time, he built the operational accounting and financial reporting functions from the ground up. He administers the risk management, bank financing, office management, and HR functions. Prior to 1876, Jim was the controller for Comet Ridge Resources, LLC, a private equity funded startup operating in Colorado and Montana for eight years. Jim has held various accounting and financial reporting positions throughout his 30-year career. Jim earned his degree in accounting at Colorado State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

VP of Operations

Trenton Rico is the VP of Operations for 1876 Resources. Mr. Rico joined 1876 Resources in 2018 and managed the execution of the Company’s drilling and completion campaigns in the DJ Basin. Mr. Rico has deep experience with drilling, completions, production, facilities and construction, and workover in all major oil and gas basins in the Rocky Mountain Region. Previously, he held various roles of increasing responsibility at QEP Resources. Mr. Rico has a BS in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Vice President of Engineering

Cat Greene serves as the VP of Engineering for 1876 Resources, overseeing production, reservoir, and regulatory. With a diverse petroleum engineering background, Ms. Greene has experience working with both unconventional and conventional assets in the DJ, Powder River, and Uinta basins. She had held positions of increasing responsibility in reservoir engineering, production engineering, and corporate reserves with Newfield Exploration, Vendera Resources, and PDC Energy. She holds a BS in petroleum engineering with a minor in geological engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

VP of Finance

Brooks Gagstetter is the VP of Finance and business development for 1876 Resources. Mr. Gagstetter held a series of positions of increasing responsibility in finance, business development and operational positions at Whiting Petroleum and earlier Kodiak Oil and Gas. Prior to joining Kodiak, he worked in the utility sector developing power projects including base load and renewable energy infrastructure. Mr. Gagstetter has a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a MBA from Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business.

VP of Geology

Sam Z. Scott serves as VP of Geology at 1876 Resources and has over 20 years of experience as a geoscientist in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining 1876 Resources, Sam was a Senior Explorationist at Whiting Petroleum where he held a variety of roles spanning exploration, development, appraisal, and business development. Before joining Whiting, Sam worked at Occidental Petroleum where he constructed geo-models for use in CO2 flooding, volumetric estimation of new discoveries, as well as basin-scale unconventional resource delineation. Sam’s degrees include a MS in geological sciences from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in geology from the Colorado College.

VP of Land

Justin Shannonhouse serves as VP of Land for 1876 Resources, LLC. Prior to 1876, Justin worked as a Senior Landman for Kodiak Oil and Gas, Whiting Petroleum and Bruin E&P where he managed various oil and gas assets in North Dakota, including those located on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Justin is a Certified Petroleum Landman (CPL) and holds a BA in business administration from Southern Nazarene University.