Employees

Roger is United States Navy and Coast Guard Veteran who served proudly for ten years. He began his career in the civilian sector in Information Technology. After refining his skills in the [...]

LeeAnn Lasswell joined the Vanguard Team in October 2022. Her experience as a diversified administrative support professional in multiple career fields spans over 25 years. She built a solid [...]

James “Jim” Knotwell, Ph.D. graduated from Wayne State College in 1987 with his Bachelor of Science in Geography. In 1989, Jim earned his Master of Arts in Geography from Western Illinois [...]

Sam Kankalil grew up in the vibrant region of West Bengal, India, before immigrating with his family to New York in 2001. Following in his father’s footsteps, Sam pursued a career in [...]

Jacob began his land career in 2006, as he became an Independent Landman for multiple Oil & Gas Companies. As a traveling landman, Jacob spent 15 years traveling all over Texas, Oklahoma, and [...]

Prior to joining Vanguard in 2020, Tyler achieved his Wind Turbine Technician Certification for Operations & Maintenance. Since then, he has worked across the Midwest as a Land Acquisition [...]

Keri is a Project Coordinator for Vanguard Real Estate Solutions, LLC. She is responsible for overseeing quality control of title assignments covering utility, pipeline, renewable, oil & gas [...]

Dave began his land career in Information Technology and transitioned into the Upstream & Midstream Sectors of the Oil & Gas Industry as an Independent Landman in 2006. In 2010 he was [...]

Lisa Hintz joined Vanguard Real Estate Solutions in August 2022. She will be working as an Executive Assistant. Lisa was born and raised in rural Nebraska having spent some time living in [...]

Beth began her journey into the Energy Industry in 2008 in the Appalachian Basin Oil and Gas sector working throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York as an Independent Abstractor [...]