Our Team

Leadership Team

Operations

Lindsey Wilson

Chief Operating Officer, Managing Member

Lindsey brings extensive practical experience leading diverse, multidisciplinary teams in the energy sector. She takes great pride in setting and achieving aggressive business goals while ensuring the needs of her employees are sufficiently met.

As the founding member of Phoenix Capital Group, she establishes the objectives of the business and leads all operational functions within the company.

Lindsey entered the oil and gas industry in 2011 as a Leasing Agent in Fort Worth, Texas. This foundational experience was the springboard that ultimately allowed her to transition into more advanced roles within the mineral and leasehold acquisition space. Combining her practical oil and gas experience with her marketing, underwriting, and sales knowledge obtained in the banking and hospitality sectors has enabled Lindsey to lead a multi-functional organization like Phoenix Capital Group.

Lindsey holds a BBA in Marketing from the University of Texas Arlington. She is married and has a beautiful 3-year old daughter. She spends her free time with family, training for marathons and creating art.

Technology

Kris Woods

Chief Technology Officer, Partner

Kris has over 10 years’ experience as a consultant and software engineer working across a number of industries including energy, health & fitness and consumer goods.

At PCG his responsibilities include identifying and validating technological needs, as well as overseeing the implementation and management of all software solutions. He has developed extensive insights into custom software and technology solutions over the course of his career and brings that knowledge and ability to lead diverse teams to his role at PCG. Kris is always committed to helping his teams achieve success by leveraging the right technologies to solve complex business problems.

Kris holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Lewis & Clark College and dual Masters degrees from Loyola Marymount in Business Administration and Systems Engineering. In his free time he enjoys watching sports with friends, reading, exercising and keep up on the latest trends in tech.

Finance

Curtis Allen

Chief Financial Officer, Partner

Curtis has over 10 years’ experience in financial services with an emphasis on investment analysis. As a CPA, Curtis has a range of experiences from his private tax-practice to auditing billion-dollar defense contractors. He has also spent over 7 years managing investments for personal and corporate clients. He holds series 7 and 66 licenses and has passed the CFA level I.

At Phoenix Capital Group, Curtis is responsible for all accounting and finance functions, along with a multitude of day to day operational tasks. Along with Lindsey and Kris, Curtis serves in a critical leadership role within the business and is always leading by example.

Curtis is married with two beautiful children and in his free time, he enjoys the outdoors. When he is not playing beach volleyball with his wife, he enjoys riding bikes and being outdoors with the entire family. More recently, much of his free time is spent with their one-year-old daughter, who in January 2020 was diagnosed with high-risk Neuroblastoma. His Phoenix family has been incredibly accommodating to this unpredictable and unknown world and has even donated money to help fight childhood cancers.

Minerals & Investments

Sean Goodnight

Chief Acquisitions Officer, Partner

Sean brings over 20 years of consultative sales experience. Born and raised in Colorado, he attended the University of Northern Colorado and spent the earlier part of his career in the health care industry and moved into insurance. He transitioned to oil and gas in 2017 where he’s acquired a unique skill set that allows him to share his knowledge with his clients first hand.

Honor, integrity, and loyalty are the core values Sean has chosen to live by and he strives to nurture and instill these values in his professional life. With the understanding that his clients rely on him to be able to make the best choices for themselves and their families, he takes this responsibility very seriously.Having his clients best interest in mind, his expertise and transparency are his main attributes. Sean knows the value in building relationships based on trust, honesty, and respect. His consultative approach lends itself to peace of mind and security to his clients that depend on him.

Sean is married and has a 13 year old daughter. He and his family are very active and supportive of his daughter’s softball team, so you can often find him at the ballpark. He believes that sports can help shape a person’s life, so he feels privileged to have coached his daughter’s softball team.

Land

Justin Arn

Chief Land & Title Officer, Partner

The son of two servicemembers in the United States Navy, Justin was born and raised overseas. He grew up in Japan and Scotland and attended High School in London, England where he excelled in Football, Track, and Wrestling; At the age of 16, he won the Junior National Championship for his weight class for United Kingdom. Justin earned his high school diploma in San Diego before moving to Hawaii where he attended Honolulu Community College and the University of Hawaii at Manoa majoring in Philosophy with a minor in Business Administration. While an undergraduate, he served as a Student Senator, and worked as a student-tutor.

Justin had a successful career in Hospitality Management, working for Marriott, before becoming a Landman. He learned his craft working for multiple Mineral Rights purchasers in the rocky mountain region focusing on Fee Mineral and Royalty rights research. He has coordinated and managed title projects, large and small, in Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, Montana, and Texas. Justin loves the outdoors, and has successfully thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (2650 miles!) and the San Diego Trail. He lives in Casper, Wyoming.

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Tom Kruk

Vice President of Mineral Acquisitions, Partner

Tom’s career in management, acquisitions, training and sales includes the fields of energy, insurance, communications and hospitality. He has formed, trained and led championship teams as a manager and places high value on doing what he says he’ll do.

Tom studied Energy Engineering before graduating with his Bachelor of Science as a Marketing major at the University of Arizona. He is blessed beyond measure with a wonderful and lovely wife, four beautiful girls, a fantastic son-in-law and a precious granddaughter. Tom enjoys meeting and learning from the people that make this country run, whether they be farmers, welders, engineers or teachers. When he’s not working, you’ll find him investing time with his family and friends or making sawdust as he builds something.

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Matt Willer

Vice President of Capital Markets

Matt Comes to Phoenix with over 20 years of Capital Markets experience as both an Investment Banker and as a C-level executive with 3 fast growing Public Companies. Born and raised in Southern California, Matt moved to Colorado with his family in 2011. Matt is a graduate of the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business with an emphasis in Finance and Management. Matt has been a lifelong student of the Capital Markets. His tenured experience in both Finance and Corporate Executive roles are a well-suited addition to the Phoenix team. Matt has been involved in over 100 debt and equity financings and has been a party to a dozen M&A transactions on both the buy and sell side. Working closely with upper management on the near term and long term Capital requirements of organizations, Matt employs a strategic approach to maximize stakeholder value.

Matt is married with 3 children, 17, 14, and 12. When he’s not attending his children’s numerous sporting events he enjoys deep sea fishing and all outdoor activities as well as cheering on his USC Trojans in any sporting event.

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Thomas Wulf

Senior Minerals Specialist

Tom has been blessed with a long and fulfilling career serving in a variety of capacities including: Account Manager, Director of Training, Sales Manager, and Project Manager in the residential and commercial construction industries; Director of Media Production, Pastor on Call, Web Developer, and IT Administrator in Christian ministry, and Communications Specialist managing and operating an award-winning information clearinghouse and online portal for the U.S. Department of Energy at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and National Center for Appropriate Technology.

Tom has recently accepted the position of Acquisitions Landman with Phoenix Capital Group where he brings extensive sales, marketing, and customer service experience along with a deep desire to serve others. He has trained and mentored staff and co-workers for more than three decades and still finds great joy in seeing “the light come on” while coaching and training.

He received a B.S. in Professional and Technical Communications from Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology (a.k.a. Montana Tech) in 1982. Tom has since led and participated on multi-disciplinary teams that have educated hundreds of clients on the nuances of the insurance storm claim process, and disseminated information and provided technical assistance to thousands of people for implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.

Tom and his wife, Lisa, have been happily married for 33 years, have raised two amazing children, and now have the good fortune to spend time playing with their three beautiful grandchildren.

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Casey Haerther

Minerals Specialist

Casey brings over 8 years of sales experience to Phoenix Capital Group. Residing in California, he attended the University of California, Los Angeles on a baseball scholarship. In 2009, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and played professionally for 5 years before transitioning into sales.

As an account manager in the sporting goods industry, Casey believes that honesty, transparency, and relationship building are integral to forming a trusting relationship between both parties. He is a tireless worker who never settles until his clients receive the best possible outcome. Adaptive and quick to learn, Casey is excited to bring his knowledge to the Oil and Gas industry.

Casey is married and has two boys, Colton and Brody. When not working, he spends his time in the sunshine with his wife Kristen, watching his boys grow up each and every day. Becoming a father has been the highlight of his life!

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James Barnwell

Minerals Specialist

James was born and raised in Orange, Texas and now resides in Spring, Texas just north of Houston. He considers himself blessed to be able to enjoy all the wonderful opportunities and exciting things that the Lone Star State has to offer.

James brings over 22 years of sales experience to Phoenix Capital Group, having spent the last 20 years in the Gold/Silver Bullion and Rare Coin Market. While there he enjoyed helping his clients put together some of the most well diversified and highest wealth growing portfolios in the market. He also enjoyed success in putting his clients into some of the most sought after “Ultra Rare” coins in the world. James enjoys building long-term relationships with his clients and guiding them the entire way to ensure complete satisfaction. He is also known for always going the extra mile for his clients making sure they get the best outcome possible, whether that be selling or buying. He is a tireless worker and always willing to put the team first in everything he does. He is very excited about joining and growing the Phoenix Capital Group team!

In his free time James loves to travel with his wife Stacey. He also developed a lifelong love for Bass fishing when as a kid he got to spend his weekends with his Dad and Grandpa at Toledo Bend. He still likes to spend every weekend he can trying to catch the Big One.

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Karl McKinney

Minerals Specialist

Karl was born in Dallas, Texas and now lives in Edmond, Oklahoma. He is happily married to his beautiful wife, Risa.

He graduated from University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing. Karl has 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He started his journey in Oklahoma, then to the Texas Permian Basin, Ohio and Wyoming came next.

During his time in the Industry Karl has shown the Mineral Owner he has their best interest at heart. This is accomplished by Building Relationships communicating with Truth, Honesty and Trust. “Knowing we can help families in their everyday lives is extremely special”!

During his free time, he loves traveling with Risa, spending time with his family and friends. He also enjoys playing Golf and supporting his Texas Longhorns.