On January 9, 2019, the board of directors of Westmoreland Coal Company appointed Michael G. Hutchinson, the company's current Interim Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer, to also serve as the company's Principal Financial Officer. Mr. Hutchinson has served as the Company's Interim Chief Executive Officer since November 2017. Mr. Hutchinson retired from Deloitte & Touche in 2012. Until 2017, Mr. Hutchinson served on the board of directors and was a member of the audit committee of ONEOK Partners. In June 2017, ONEOK Partners was merged into its sponsor, ONEOK Inc. Mr. Hutchinson currently serves as a member of the board of directors and as the audit committee chairman of One Gas Inc. In April 2017, Mr. Hutchinson joined the board of directors of CoBiz Financial Inc. and serves on its audit committee. Mr. Hutchinson has been on the Board since 2012, and served as the chairperson to the Audit Committee; however, since November 2017, he has acted as Interim Chief Executive Officer and, as such, no longer acts as the Company's Audit Committee chairman. Since December 5, 2017, Mr. Hutchinson has been the Interim Chief Executive Officer of affiliate Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC, general partner of Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP.