Board of Directors

Christopher J. Baker is the president and CEO of KLX Energy Services, a position he has held since KLX merged with Quintana Energy Services (QES) in 2020. Baker carries over 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

Previously, Baker served as QES’ president and CEO and was a member of the Board of Directors. Throughout his career, Baker has held various executive roles, including managing director of oilfield services for Quintana Capital Group; senior associate for Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; and vice president of operations for Theta II Enterprises, Inc. Baker attended Louisiana State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, and Rice University, where he earned a master’s of business administration.

Franklin S. Edmonds, Jr. became a Director of KLXE in October 2026. Mr. Edmonds brings more than three decades of experience across public and private investments, capital markets, corporate governance and strategic oversight. He served as an independent director and member of the Strategic Review Committee of Atkore Inc. (NYSE: ATKR) before its sale to Prysmian S.p.A in October 2026. He serves as a board member and investor in a number of privately held businesses and real estate ventures. From 2013 to 2019, Mr. Edmonds was as Co-Managing Partner and Head of Research at Panning Capital Management. He previously served as a Partner at King Street Capital, where he was one of five partners, served on the firm's Global Investment Committee and managed its global research team. Earlier in his career, he held investment positions with Oak Hill Advisors and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Edmonds currently serves on the board of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, as Chair of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation and as a board member of the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business. He earned J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Virginia School of Law and the Darden Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from the University of Virginia.

E. Dirk Hallen became a Director of KLXE in October 2026. Mr. Hallen has more than 12 years of experience in completions-focused oilfield services, spanning frac sand, proppant logistics and pressure pumping, along with a background in strategy consulting, corporate transactions and business transformation. From 2024 to 2026, Mr. Hallen served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of HC Minerals, which was spun out of Hi-Crush Inc. to hold their Northern White sand and rail logistics platform before the assets were sold to Iron Oak Energy in 2025. From 2020 to 2024, he was Chief Executive Officer and a director of Hi-Crush Inc., an integrated provider of frac sand and logistics services for North American oil and gas completions. Mr. Hallen was tasked with leading Hi-Crush following its emergence from bankruptcy in 2020, focusing on reducing costs, driving operational excellence, improving safety performance, and accelerating growth. That turnaround culminated in the 2024 sale of the majority of the company's assets to Atlas Energy Solutions. As Hi-Crush's designee, he also served on the board of PropX, a provider of last-mile containerized proppant delivery solutions, through its sale to Liberty Energy in 2021. Previously, Mr. Hallen co-founded Pronghorn Logistics, a provider of outsourced frac sand supply-chain services to E&P operators, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2017 until Hi-Crush acquired it in 2019. Prior to that, he held senior roles at RockPile Energy Services, an oilfield services provider acquired by Keane Group in 2017. Earlier in his career, he was a management consultant in the energy practice of Booz & Company. Mr. Hallen holds an M.B.A. from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Danielle E. Hunter is the Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, and Corporate Secretary of Centuri Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CTRI), where her responsibilities include CTRI’s legal, compliance, risk management, M&A, EHSQ, corporate communications and sustainability functions.  Prior to joining CTRI in August 2027, she was President of Berry Corporation (Nasdaq: BRY), an upstream energy company engaged in the responsible development and production of conventional oil reserves in the Western United States, from January 2023 through BRY’s acquisition by California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) in December 2025. She joined BRY in January 2020 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, a position she held through her appointment as President. Prior to joining Berry, Ms. Hunter served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at C&J Energy Services, Inc. (now part of Patterson UTI (Nasdaq: PTEN)), a well construction, completions, and services company, where she provided strategic counsel on a broad range of legal, business and operational matters. She served at C&J from June 2011 through November 2019. From 2007 through 2011, Ms. Hunter practiced corporate law at Vinson & Elkins LLP representing public and private companies in capital markets offerings and mergers and acquisitions, primarily in the oil and natural gas industry. She served as a judicial law clerk to U.S. District Judge Tucker Melancon, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, after graduating Magna Cum Laude from Tulane University Law School in 2006.

Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. was appointed Chairman of the Board in November 2024 and became a Director of KLXE upon the completion of the merger with QES in July 2020. Previously, Mr. Robertson served as Chairman of the QES Board since the company’s formation in 2017 through July 2020. Mr. Robertson has served as chairman of the board of directors of the general partner of QES LP since the board was established. Mr. Robertson has also served as Chief Executive Officer and chairman of the board of directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC since 2002. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer and chairman of the board of directors of the general partners of Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership since 1986, Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership since 1992, Quintana Minerals Corporation since 1978 and as chairman of the board of directors of New Gauley Coal Corporation since 1986. He also serves as a Principal with Quintana, chairman of the Board of the Cullen Trust for Higher Education and on the boards of the American Petroleum Institute, the National Petroleum Council, Baylor College of Medicine and the World Health and Golf Association. In 2006, Mr. Robertson was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame. Mr. Robertson attended the University of Texas at Austin where he earned a B.B.A. from the Business Honors Program. Our Board benefits from Mr. Robertson’s extensive industry and oil and gas investment experience, and his board service for several companies in the oil and gas industry.

John T. Whates, Esq. has served as a member of the KLXE Board since September 2018 and continued to serve as a member of the KLXE Board upon completion of the merger with QES in July 2020. He served on the Board of Directors of KLX Inc. from December 2014 until its sale to The Boeing Company in October 2018. Mr. Whates has been an independent tax advisor and involved in venture capital and private investing since 2005. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Dynamic Healthcare Systems, Inc., was a member of the Board of Directors of Rockwell Collins from April 2017 until February 2018 and was the Chairman of the Compensation Committee of B/E Aerospace until its sale to Rockwell Collins in April 2017. From 1994 to 2011, Mr. Whates was a tax and financial advisor to B/E Aerospace, providing business and tax advice on essentially all of its significant strategic acquisitions. Previously, Mr. Whates was a tax partner in several of the largest public accounting firms, most recently leading the High Technology Group Tax Practice of Deloitte LLP in Orange County, California. He has extensive experience working with aerospace and other public companies in the fields of tax, equity financing and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Whates is an attorney licensed to practice in California and was an Adjunct Professor of Taxation at Golden Gate University. Our Board benefits from Mr. Whates’s extensive experience, multi-dimensional educational background, and thorough knowledge of the company’s business and industry.