Clayton Deering

Financial Reporting/Investor Relations
mmedina@resourceroyaltyllc.com

Maria is a seasoned accounting professional and has worked for many different companies during her career. Her experience spans many different industries, including communication systems, individual and family services, financial services, and commercial real estate. Prior to joining Resource Royalty in 2015, Maria worked as a Senior International Accountant for Jones Lang LaSalle, where she serviced many multinational clients. Maria holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Puerto Rico. She currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and enjoys traveling with her family, playing pickleball, and actively supporting several philanthropic organizations.

Partner
crock@berryrocklp.com

Cam is a co-founder of a yield-oriented real estate fund (Berry-Rock Homes LLC) in the single-family space, managing almost 700 homes in Oklahoma and Missouri. The Fund offers a mortgage alternative, enabling prospective homeowners to rent until they have established sufficient credit to purchase a home. The Fund has raised capital across multiple investor types, including those with professional advisors and a state government agency. In 2022, the Oklahoma Land Office made its first foray into direct investments, placing an eight-million-dollar investment into the Fund.

In addition to his real estate efforts, Cam has a five-year track record in the energy sector, launching a company focused on purchasing operated oil and gas wells in the Midcontinent Region. This company’s strategy is focused on enhancing recovery and further developing each leasehold. The company has completed purchases from several groups, including a package of assets from Continental Resources.

Cam also co-founded an insurance carrier focused on insuring community banks against loan loss within their portfolios. Through this insurance carrier, they act as a risk-sharing counterparty to financial institutions, helping the partner banks create healthier and more stable balance sheets

Partner
nberry@berryrocklp.com

Nick is a co-founder of a yield-oriented real estate fund (Berry-Rock Homes LLC) in the single-family space, managing almost 700 homes in Oklahoma and Missouri. The Fund offers a mortgage alternative, enabling prospective homeowners to rent until they have established sufficient credit to purchase a home. The Fund has raised capital across multiple investor types, including those with professional advisors and a state government agency. In 2022, the Oklahoma Land Office made its first foray into direct investments, placing an eight-million-dollar investment into the Fund.

In addition to his real estate efforts, Nick has a five-year track record in the energy sector, launching a company focused on purchasing operated oil and gas wells in the Midcontinent Region. This company’s strategy is focused on enhancing recovery and further developing each leasehold. The company has completed purchases from several groups, including a package of assets from Continental Resources. 

Nick also co-founded an insurance carrier focused on insuring community banks against loan loss within their portfolios. Through this insurance carrier, they act as a risk-sharing counterparty to financial institutions, helping the partner banks create healthier and more stable balance sheets.

Financial Reporting / Investor Relations
lbarnes@resourceroyaltyllc.com

Partner & Director of Acquisitions
logan.rainey@blueriver-resources.com

Logan is the co-founder of Blue River Resources, a full-service land and title company. He is also a principal in Silver Oak Natural Resources, a privately held oil and gas company focused on acquisition, exploration, production, and development of domestic oil and gas properties. 

Prior to forming Silver Oak and Blue River Resources, Logan helped launch American Energy – Minerals, LLC with Aubrey K. McClendon, founder of Chesapeake Energy, and he held numerous roles in land and business development at Chesapeake Energy. Through his many years of industry experience, Logan has generated and fostered a vast network of relationships with private and public energy companies across most basins in the U.S.

Controller
cgood@resourceroyaltyllc.com

Cathleen brings extensive technical accounting, financial reporting, asset valuation, business combination, and internal control experience. Prior to joining Resource Royalty, Cathleen was an Audit Senior Manager at Deloitte and Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), where she spent the first twelve years of her career. While at Deloitte, she managed PCAOB and AICPA audits, including audits of large-accelerated filers in the consumer product, retail, healthcare, and industrial products space. Cathleen holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Masters of Science in Accounting from Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business. Cathleen is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Executive Assistant
kbowen@resourceroyaltyllc.com

Katherine joined Resource Royalty in 2024 as Executive Assistant. With an extensive background in commercial real estate and an attention to detail, Katherine is able to help out each team member with whatever project they have going on. Katherine has a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Abilene Christian University. In her free time, Katherine volunteers with Dallas Pets Alive and enjoys exploring East Texas wineries and antique stores.

Engineer
clayton@midnightresources.com

Clayton is a Reservoir Engineer with 20 years of industry experience. He has been involved with exploration and production engineering throughout his career, focusing on asset evaluation, reserves, production enhancement, and acquisitions and divestitures. 

Throughout his career, he has been responsible for evaluating and advising over $500 million worth of minerals and working/non-operated properties across every major oil and gas producing basin in the lower 48. He brings a significant amount of experience from working for both large and small market-cap companies and from both public and private companies.

Financial Reporting/Investor Relations
vdavis@resourceroyaltyllc.com

Virginia Davis is a very experienced professional in office management, financial reporting, databases, and customer relations. She served the vast of her career in the Georgia state government. In 2018, Virginia joined Resource Royalty as a team member of the Accounting Department. Virginia relocated to Dallas, TX, from Atlanta, GA, with her spouse. She loves spending time with family and friends and enjoys sports.

Vice President of Financial Reporting
cwilson@resourceroyaltyllc.com

Christy is an established accountant with more than 15 years of experience. She joined Resource Royalty in 2017, bringing her extensive knowledge of tax and audit. Christy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Kansas State University. She lives in Dallas with her husband, Russ, and enjoys spending time with their three kids. Christy is an active member at her church and her children’s schools.

Vice President of Land
cewert@resourceroyaltyllc.com

In her role as Vice President of Land, Christy manages all aspects of land, title, and division order work for Resource Royalty. She oversees more than 400,000 gross acres for new well activity and production updates and maintains all investor and portfolio ownership records, including vesting changes, division orders, and acquisitions and divestments. Christy also contributes significantly to investor reporting, marketing, due diligence, curative, and investor relations. With nearly 20 years in the industry, Christy has deep knowledge and experience in all phases of land work. Prior to joining Resource Royalty in 2018, she spent seven years at XTO Energy, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, as a senior division order analyst, and five years as an independent landman, running title and taking leases in the Barnett Shale of North Texas. Christy is a fifth-generation oil and gas professional in Texas and a graduate of Southern Methodist University. She resides in Dallas with her husband and young son.

Partner & Vice President of Capital Markets
bsone@resourceroyaltyllc.com

Brian has raised over $200 million in various private placement offerings throughout his career. As Vice President of Capital Markets, Brian is responsible for sourcing new investments across the country. Before joining Resource Royalty, he began his career at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, where he was focused on alternative investments. Brian holds a B.A. in Economics & Commerce from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. Brian is a registered representative of JCC Capital Markets, LLC Member FINRA.