Michael J. Garberding
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Michael J. Garberding is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Crosstex Energy companies, Crosstex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: XTXI) and Crosstex Energy, L.P. (NASDAQ: XTEX). Previously, Mr. Garberding was Senior Vice President of Business Development and Finance. He has more than 20 years of financial and accounting experience in the energy industry.

Mr. Garberding has been a key leader in Crosstex's finance organization. He has managed the company's business development efforts, providing the foundation for Crosstex's future growth.

Prior to joining Crosstex in 2008, Mr. Garberding was Assistant Treasurer at TXU Corp. when he focused on structured transactions such as project financing for coal plant development and the sale of TXU Gas Company. He also was involved in the $45 billion sale of TXU Corp. to a group of private buyers led by KKR, Goldman Sachs and TPG. Previously, Mr. Garberding was a member of several structured commodity, derivative and project finance teams when he worked for Enron North America as a Finance Manager and Arthur Andersen LLP as an Audit Manager.

Mr. Garberding earned a B.B.A. in accounting from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.