On November 28, 2023, the board of directors of Civitas Resources, Inc. appointed Kayla D. Baird as the new Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, effective January 3, 2024, reporting to the Company?s Chief Financial Officer. She will succeed Sandra K. Garbiso, who has served as the Company?s Chief Accounting Officer since November 2017. Ms. Baird, age 52, joins the Company from Baytex Energy Corp., where she served as Vice President, U.S. Accounting and Corporate Services since June 2023 when Baytex acquired Ranger Oil Corporation (?Ranger?), where she had served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller since February 2021.

Prior to joining Ranger, Ms. Baird served as served as the Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of EnVen Energy Corporation (?Enven?) from September 2017 through April 2020. Prior to joining Enven, she served as Chief Accounting Officer at Permian Resources, LLC (?Permian Resources?) from September 2014 until August 2017. Prior to Permian Resources, she served in various executive positions at ConocoPhillips, including Director of Lower 48 Strategy & Portfolio Management and Reserves Reporting & Compliance; Manager of Commercial Gas, Crude & NGL; and Manager of Upstream & Corporate Accounting Policy.

Ms. Baird has 24 years of experience in the oil & gas industry. Previously, she worked for 13 years in public accounting, primarily for Ernst & Young, LLP, auditing large public oil and gas companies. Ms. Baird holds a bachelor?s degree in Accounting from Langston University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

In connection with the Chief Accounting Officer transition, on November 29, 2023, Ms. Garbiso?s employment with the Company was terminated, effective January 3, 2024.