Surge Global Energy (SRGG:OTCBB)

The press release that this company issued on the 12th of October is really phenomenal. These are really first class businessmen with outstanding resumes joing the Board.

Thomas A. Page was the former Chairman of the Board of Enova Corporation and CEO of San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E). Prior to the holding company formulation in 1996 Mr. Page was SDG&E's Chairman, President and CEO. Both of these corporations are now a part of Sempra Energy Corporation, a Fortune 500 company (2005 revenues at $11.7 billion), resulting from the strategic 1998 merger with Pacific Enterprises Corporation (Southern California Gas Company) creating the largest customer-based utility in North America.

Richard Collato is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the YMCA of San Diego County. He has held this position since January, 1981. The YMCA of San Diego County is the second largest YMCA in the United States (over $114 million in annual revenues, more than 4,500 employees and 240,000 members and participants). Mr. Collato is currently a director for two public companies: Sempra Energy where he chaired the Audit Committee Chair for the 3 years and currently serves on the Governance and Compensation Committees, and WD-40 where he is currently serving on Audit and Compensation Committees.

John Stiska is currently the Chairman of Commercial Bridge Capital, LLC, a venture lending fund formed in 1999. He is also a Principal of Regent Partners, LLC and serves as a Senior Advisor of Agility Capital. In May 2002 he was elected CEO of JNI Corp. (JNIC - News) to serve on an interim basis after termination of the company's CEO. Upon the election of the new CEO, Stiska was elected and continued to serve as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee until JNI was acquired by Applied MicroCircuits Corp.

First class businessmen with first class resumes usually result in successful companies