Our Founders

 Rick Navarre 

President & CEO

Former CEO and Chairman – Covia Holdings Corporation, a leading industrial minerals, mining and processing company Peabody Energy – Former President & Chief Commercial Officer; President of the Americas; CFO & EVP of Corporate Development and other senior leadership roles – drove equity value from $480M through IPO to >$20B Public Company Board of Director, Current – Civeo Corp. (NYSE: CVEO); Arch Resources (NYSE: ARCH); Natural Resource Partners (NYSE: NRP); Covia Corporation (NYSE: CVIA) Extensive experience in leadership, capital markets, project management and greenfield/brownfield project development 

Jack Kenny

Chief Operating Officer

Former President and CEO of Red Mountain Energy, an energy focused EPC company Secure Energy, Co-Founder, large scale coal gasification projects in Decatur, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky Over 25 years of experience in the securities and investment banking business including Kidder Peabody, Paine Webber, Pauli & Company and Kenny Securities