Board of Directors:

Peter Rosenthal, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Prior to joining Sonoran Energy, Inc Mr. Rosenthal held the position of General Manager, UK North Sea Operations with Amerada Hess Corporation (now Hess Corporation). Before that, Mr. Rosenthal held the position of Managing Director, Amerada Hess Denmark and prior to that Operations Manager, Amerada Hess Denmark. Previously, Mr. Rosenthal held different positions with Elf Aquitaine in Norway, where he worked both onshore and offshore.

Previous to Elf, Mr. Rosenthal worked for COWI Engineers in Denmark as well for SBM in Monaco, where he worked with the design and construction of floating Oil & Gas facilities.

Mr. Rosenthal brings 17 years of Oil & Gas experience to Sonoran Energy. He was appointed Chairman & CEO of Sonoran Energy in April 2004.

Brad Farrow, Board Member, Chairman of Compensation Committee
Since 1985, Brad Farrow has led implementations for RLG International clients throughout North America and Western Europe. He introduced RLG's TMP® process (Theoretical Maximum Performance) to the drilling industry in 1996 and has helped to establish RLG as the consultant of choice for offshore performance coaching. Brad spent six years leading RLG's European Operations from Scotland. His current role as a Managing Director includes overseeing the European Operations and directing RLG's international and offshore oil and gas portfolio. Additionally, he is a director of Technical Limit Services Ltd., a performance coaching organization specializing in offshore drilling operations.

Mr. Farrow holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Concordia University in Montreal and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He joined the Board of Sonoran Energy, Inc on June 27, 2006.

Brian Rafferty, Board Member
In 1980, Mr. Rafferty began his career in cross-border investor relations at Ogilvie, Taylor Associates, Inc., a financial communications firm specializing in representing non-US companies and trade associations. In 1982, Mr. Rafferty co-founded Taylor Rafferty, which, for over two decades, has specialized in assisting international companies to build cross-border shareholdings and global capital markets capabilities. In 2005, Taylor Rafferty was acquired by Shanghai-based, Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Xinhua Finance. With 75 employees and offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong, Taylor Rafferty is a leader in cross-border capital markets communications.

Taylor Rafferty is retained by over 60 companies from the US, Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. Its clients represent some $750 billion in equity market value with an average market capitalization of over $10 billion. Mr. Rafferty has assisted non-US clients in virtually every type of international capital markets activity.

Charles Waterman, Board Member, Chairman of Nominating and Governance Committee
Mr. Waterman is the Chief Executive Officer and founding member of Jefferson Waterman International, a Washington, DC-based consultancy that advises clients on political, economic and military trends worldwide. Waterman has held several leading positions within the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and as National Intelligence Officer in the Middle East (1963 to 1985), Mr. Waterman coordinated the intelligence input to policy deliberations in the Near East and South Asia. As a member of the Foreign Service, he spent many years living and working overseas in Kuwait, Cairo, Beirut, Amman and Jiddah. A recognized expert in the Middle East and the former Soviet Union, Mr. Waterman has extensive knowledge of the defense and petroleum industries, and has published extensively in foreign affairs journals.

Mehdi Varzi, Board Member, Chairman Strategic & International Development Committee
Mr. Varzi established Varzi Energy as an independent oil and gas consultancy in June 2001 after a 33-year career spanning oil, diplomacy and international finance. From 1982 - 2001, Mr. Varzi worked in the City of London, first as an oil consultant, specializing in OPEC and international oil market developments from 1982-1986 with stockbrokers Grieveson Grant; then as a Director of Energy Research with Kleinwort Benson (1986-1995), and then in the same position with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (1995-2001), retiring as Managing Director of Energy Research in 2001. From 1972-1981, Mr. Varzi served in the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was posted to the Iranian Embassy in Ankara from 1977-1981. From 1968-1972, Mr. Varzi served as a Senior Analyst in the International Affairs Section of the National Iranian Oil Company. Mr. Varzi regularly conducts briefings on world oil issues for private and state oil and gas companies and is currently involved in a number of oil and gas projects in the Middle East.

Robert M. King, Board Member, Chairman of Audit Committee
Robert M. King is a strategic financial executive who has spent most of his career involved with the oil and gas industry, first as a banker, managing lending and corporate with diversified energy companies, then as a senior financial officer of two different independent oil and gas companies, and finally as Co-Founder and Managing Director of a private equity group focused on natural gas development opportunities.

Mr. King was the Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer of Nuevo Energy Company from 1996 through 2001. From 2002 to September 2004, he was co-founder and Managing Director of Red Oak Capital Management, LLC, a private firm which raises capital for development drilling projects and provides other similar advisory services for small oil and gas companies.

Mr. King lives in Houston, Texas, where he has been involved in the management of a major nonprofit human services organization since 2004. He joined the Board on July 18, 2006.