Director & Executive Chair, Core Natural Resources
James A. Brock serves as Director & Executive Chair of Core Natural Resources since January
14, 2025, in connection with the consummation of the Merger. Prior to the merger, Brock was
CONSOL’s Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors, serving in such
capacity since 2017.
With a career in coal spanning nearly five decades, Brock’s extensive industry knowledge and
operational expertise provide Core Natural Resources with invaluable leadership and insight. He
began his mining career in 1979 as a summer student at CONSOL’s Matthews Mine and since
then has served at various locations in many positions including Section Foreman, Longwall
Coordinator, Mine Foreman, Superintendent, Chief Operating Officer (Coal) of CNX Resources,
and as CEO and Chairman of CONSOL Coal Resources LP immediately prior to assuming the
role of CONSOL’s Chief Executive Officer in 2017.
Brock serves as the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Coal Alliance board of directors, as a
member of the board of directors of the National Coal Council and the American Coalition for
Clean Coal Electricity and as an executive committee member of the board of directors of the
National Mining Association. He previously served on the board of directors of the West Virginia
Coal Association and was inducted into the WVU Coal Hall of Fame in 2016. He is a graduate of
Eastern Kentucky University.