Roland B. Cilke, CPL, SR/WA, President and Owner
An entrepreneur in the truest sense of the word, Roland is the principal
of White Pine Land Company.
He has created six start-up companies since 1994, spanning a number of
related fields including oil and gas leasing, easement and right-of-way
acquisition, title and escrow services, mapping services, real estate,
and wireless network development.
A licensed real estate broker and limited real estate appraiser
in the State of Michigan, Roland holds numerous licenses and
certifications that add value to White Pine’s clients.
He is a member and holds the Senior Right of Way Agent (SR/WA)
designation with the International Right of Way Association (IRWA); a
former President of the Michigan Chapter of IRWA; a current member of
IRWA’s Pipeline and Wireless Committees; a current member of the
Michigan Oil and Gas Association (MOGA); and is a member and holds the
Certified Professional Landman (CPL) designation with both the American
and Michigan Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL, MAPL).
Roland holds two B.S. degrees from
Art has an extensive background in all elements of the oil and gas
industry. He started as a
Landman and worked his way up to his current role as Vice President of
Land Services, where he manages the daily activities of the company.
As Vice President of White Pine Land Company, Art is
characterized by the word “loyalty.”
He is loyal to his team and, in return, his staff and independent
contractors are fiercely loyal to him.
He freely gives the company’s pledge of ethical dealings in all
matters. Art is directly
involved in building successful relationships with our clients.
He has demonstrated great effectiveness in the recruitment of
competent and professional independent contractors, resulting in the
delivery of a quality product in a timely fashion.
Art has implemented training and leadership development programs
that assure our clients are receiving quality services.
He has created a business development unit, which is responsible
for finding new clients, thus expanding our ability to broaden our
resources to provide even better services to both new and existing
clients. Art sets a
positive tone throughout all of White Pine’s varied projects.
His positive tone clearly gives encouragement, promotes
opportunity, and creates an effective, cooperative team spirit.
Art is supportive of the efforts of his management team, as they
provide the quality services that cause our clients to be pleased, and
White Pine to become a leader in our industry.
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Greg Anspaugh, Director of Business Development
Greg has an extensive background in business development and management,
including real estate brokerage, real estate closing services, financial
services and non-conventional financial education.
Most of his family members are involved in some facet of the oil
and gas industry. One
member of his family is part owner of an exploration company and another
family member is an oil and gas attorney.
For the past fourteen years, Greg’s wife, Dawn, has operated a
company which distributes overriding royalties and working interest
payments on behalf of development companies.
Greg came out of retirement to become our Director of Business
Development. He is
responsible for locating new clients and new projects for our company.
Greg is a student of organizational behavior, and contributes
significantly to our training and leadership development programs.
Greg relates easily with prospective clients and has prepared an
excellent introduction package to help them learn about White Pine, its
services, values and purpose.
Greg can be relied upon to share an accurate description of what
we do and when we can get it done.
He loves to say, “We can do that.”
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Chris Hillock, Accounting and Information Technology Manager
In addition to his accounting and information technology skills, Chris
has a strong background in title and abstract services.
He has a degree in Accounting from
Samantha Strahan, Operations Manager
Over the past thirteen years, Sam has been intricately involved in most
aspects of the oil and gas industry.
Her experience with mineral rights dates back to 1993, when she
began her oil and gas career with an exploration and production company.
In 1998, she accepted a position with a brokerage firm for oil
and gas operators. She has
worked closely with mineral leasing, curative issues, verification of
division orders, production reporting, and all areas of oil and gas
accounting. Sam has an
understanding of mineral rights and the values that can be attributed to
such rights, and has utilized her understanding to appraise both
producing and non-producing interests.
She has been instrumental in the development of systems for
document filing and operations management and has contributed
significantly to the development of our information database.
As the Operations Manager of White Pine Land Company, Sam
provides the day-to-day administrative oversight of all internal and
field operations, which includes interaction with clients and
landowners, work assignments to contractors, and the daily management of
landmen. She has experience
in building abstracts, filing division orders, royalty payments, state
and federal applications for well and seismic permits, insurance for
various special projects throughout the
Jill H. Paterson, Title Manager
Jill has been involved in many areas of the title industry over the past
twelve years. She has had
varied roles during her time with White Pine.
She began her oil and gas career as one of our subcontractors,
where she spent several years traveling throughout