Dr. Janice Jones – Chief Executive Officer Dr. Jones has served as Managing Director of Good Earth Minerals, LLC since late 2009. During her tenure, the Company has grown to an asset value in excess of $2.5 Billion. She has assembled an experienced management team, acquired four major calcium sulfate deposits, and commenced production with the Company’s first mine. She has over 25 years of experience on Wall Street and has been featured in a number of financial publications, including Forbes. She also received the prestigious Hunter College Hall of Fame Award. For over 10 years, she served as President of Chartwell & Company, Inc., an investment banking and financial relations firm which focused on several industries, including natural resources and technology. She has also raised significant debt and equity capital for numerous growth companies. Dr. Jones received both a Masters and Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Yeshiva University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hunter College.

Mr. Ford has more than 30 years of experience as an engineer, business development expert, project manager and executive at Lockheed Martin, a global advanced technologies, aerospace, defense and security company. He managed a team of 175 engineers, technicians, and scientists in pursuing, winning, building and installing government development contracts in the competitive high technology special programs environment. Mr. Ford holds the following degrees: Master of Arts-Computer Resources and Information Management from Webster University, a Bachelor of Science-Magna Cum Laude-Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science – Summa Cum Laude-Business Management.

Alan Miller served with the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) for 16 years in the World Bank Group (WBG) working on climate change issues including 6 years at the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat. His responsibilities included representing the IFC/WBG at meetings of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, G8, and the G20 as well as other international forums.
Prior to joining the IFC, Mr. Miller was a Climate Change Team Leader at the GEF Secretariat, managing policies, and was instrumental in over $1 billion in donor funding for clean energy projects in more than 70 developing countries. Mr. Miller previously created and directed the Center for Global Change at the University of Maryland (1989-96) and served on the staffs of the World Resources Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Law Institute. He has taught courses at 10 universities and has degrees from Cornell University (A.B., Government 1971) and University of Michigan (J.D. and M.P.P. 1974). He was a Fulbright Scholar in Australia (Macquarie University, 1977) and Japan (Tokyo University, 1987).

Michael Bennett – Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bennett served as CFO for Factory Design Labs, an international digital advertising agency generating over $70 million in annual revenues. Michael was a founding financial leader of Exclusive Resorts, now the world’s largest luxury vacation club and began his career with Arthur Andersen and PwC in Silicon Valley consulting companies in the technology sector. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude, from California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo and is a CPA.

David Martin — Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Martin brings 25 years of operating experience in food and agriculture companies. He served as Vice President of Operations at Essentia Protein Solutions, the world’s largest producer of meat ingredients and functional proteins with production facilities in eight countries. Mr. Martin held senior positions for over 14 years with ConAgra Foods & JBS, with more than 20 production plants across 10 countries. He also served as Controller and Director of Production Scheduling for over 10 years at Tyson Foods. Mr. Martin has a demonstrated record of leadership, building teams, reducing costs, increasing efficiency and improving EBITDA. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University of Northern Iowa.