Eric Langan
Chairman of the Board/Director/CEO/President
Officer since January 1997
Director since 1998

Eric S. Langan has been a Director since 1998 and the President/Chief Executive Officer of the Company since March 1999. He has been involved in the adult entertainment business since 1989. From January 1997 through the present, he has held the position of President of XTC Cabaret, Inc. From November 1992 until January 1997, Mr. Langan was the President of Bathing Beauties, Inc. Since 1989, Mr. Langan has exercised managerial control over more than a dozen adult entertainment businesses. Through these activities, Mr. Langan has acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully operate adult entertainment businesses.

Robert L Watters
Director/Founder
Director since 1994

Robert L. Watters is our founder and has been our Director since 1986. Mr. Watters was our President and our Chief Executive Officer from 1991 until March 1999. Since 1999, Mr. Watters has owned and operated Rick's Cabaret, an adult entertainment club in New Orleans, Louisiana, which licenses our name. He was also a founder in 1989 and operator until 1993 of the Colorado Bar & Grill, an adult club located in Houston, Texas and in 1988 performed site selection, negotiated the property purchase and oversaw the design and permitting for the club that became the Cabaret Royale, in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Watters practiced law as a solicitor in London, England and is qualified to practice law in New York. Mr. Watters worked in the international tax group of the accounting firm of Touche, Ross & Co. (now succeeded by Deloitte & Touche) from 1979 to 1983 and was engaged in the private practice of law in Houston, Texas from 1983 to 1986, when he became involved in our full-time management. Mr. Watters graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, in 1973 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree and in 1975 with a Master of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.

Mr. Luke Lirot
Director
since July 2007

Luke Lirot became a Director on July 31, 2007. Mr. Lirot received his law degree from the University of San Francisco in 1986. After serving as an intern in the San Francisco Public Defender's Office in 1986, Mr. Lirot returned to Florida and established a private law practice where he continues to practice and specializes in adult entertainment issues. He is a past President of the First Amendment Lawyers' Association and has actively participated in numerous state and federal legal matters. Mr. Lirot does not currently own any securities of the Company.

Alan Bergstrom
Director
since 1999

Alan Bergstrom became our Director in 1999. Since 1997, Mr. Bergstrom has been the Chief Operating Officer of Eagle Securities, which is an investment consulting firm. Mr. Bergstrom is also a registered stockbroker with Rhodes Securities, Inc. From 1991 until 1997, Mr. Bergstrom was a Vice President--Investments with Principal Financial Securities, Inc. Mr. Bergstrom holds a B.B.A. Degree in Finance, 1967, from the University of Texas.

Steven L Jenkins
Director
since June 2001

Steven L. Jenkins has been a Director since June 2001. Since 1988, Mr. Jenkins has been a certified public accountant with Pringle Jenkins & Associates, P.C., located in Houston, Texas. Mr. Jenkins is the President and owner of Pringle Jenkins & Associates, P.C. Mr. Jenkins has a BBA Degree (1979) from Texas A&M University. Mr. Jenkins is a member of the AICPA and the TSCPA.

Mr Phillip Marshall
CFO
since May 2007

Phillip Marshall was previously controller of Dorado Exploration, Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company, from February 2007 to May 2007. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of CDT Systems, Inc., a publicly held water technology company, from July 2003 to January 2007.  Mr. Marshall graduated from Texas State University in 1972. He began his public accounting career with the international accounting firm, KMG Main Hurdman and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1974. After the firm’s merger with Peat Marwick, Mr. Marshall served as an audit partner at KPMG for several years. After leaving KPMG, Mr. Marshall was partner in charge of the audit practice at Jackson & Rhodes in Dallas from 1992 to 2003, where he specialized in small publicly held companies, among them the newly public Rick’s Cabaret.

Travis Reese
Director/Vice President
Officer since 1999
Director since 1999

Travis Reese became our Director and V.P.-Director of Technology in 1999. From 1997 through 1999, Mr. Reese had been a senior network administrator at St. Vincent's Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During 1997, Mr. Reese was a computer systems engineer with Deloitte & Touche. From 1995 until 1997, Mr. Reese was Vice President with Digital Publishing Resources, Inc., an Internet service provider. From 1994 until 1995, Mr. Reese was a pilot with Continental Airlines. From 1992 until 1994, Mr. Reese was a pilot with Hang On, Inc., an airline company. Mr. Reese has an Associate's Degree in Aeronautical Science from Texas State Technical College.

Brenda Stanfield
General Counsel

Brenda Stanfield was an associate in the office of Rick’s Cabaret’s outside counsel, Axelrod, Smith & Kirshbaum for four and a half years before becoming our General Counsel in December 2007.  She has over 20 years of legal experience, with specialities in SEC and transactional law. She earned both her B.S. and J.D. from the University of Houston.

Allan Priaulx
Investor Relations Officer & Corporate Communications
Rick’s Cabaret International, Inc.
Houston, Texas
IR since 2001

Allan Priaulx began his career as a journalist. He later became a publisher, serving as Executive Vice President Thomson Financial/Banking, before forming his own investor relations firm, Resource Media Group, in 1993. He became our investor relations counsel in 2001. An alumnus of Dartmouth College, he also attended the University of Southampton in England. He is a member of the National Institute of Investor Relations (NIRI).