Managing Partner and Co-Founder

Kevin Christian has over 20 years of leadership experience working in both boom and bust markets with talented teams to achieve dynamic goals. In 2019, Kevin founded Covenant Royalties, and in 2020 he launched and funded the Covenant Royalties V76 mineral and royalty fund.  He has managed that fund successfully for nearly 3 years, deploying the Fund’s capital several times during that period in an active Acquisition/Divestiture strategy that has delivered significant returns to the Fund’s Investors.

Prior to founding Covenant, Kevin co-founded Contender Energy Partners and continues to serve as Managing Partner for Contender and its associated mineral and royalty fund, Contender Permian II, LP.  Kevin has been responsible for Contender's capital, acquisition, asset management, and divestiture strategies with key focus on strategic industry relationships. Kevin led the firm through the 2020 industry collapse, preserving investor capital and executing multiple acquisition and divestiture transactions that were accretive to investors. As the market shifted over the life of the fund, Kevin pivoted portfolio management priorities to remain aligned with the fund's investment and financial objectives. The fund continues to hold and manage mineral and royalty assets in the greater Permian Basin, with the majority of its current holdings located in the Delaware Basin.

Kevin has deep experience in the oil and gas industry, having previously founded Stewardship Resources, a Texas E&P company. While leading Stewardship, Kevin sourced and funded acquisitions throughout Texas with operations ranging from secondary recovery water floods to drilling and developing stacked-pay prospects on the Texas Gulf Coast. Previously, Kevin amassed a breadth of experience serving in various roles to help establish and grow over 100 entrepreneurial ventures outside oil and gas. He served as Director of Strategic Partnerships for his alma mater, Abilene Christian University. He has also served in various government roles, including Executive Director of the Texas Governor's West Texas Office for Economic Development & Tourism.

A licensed attorney, Kevin graduated magna cum laude from Abilene Christian University with a Bachelor of Arts in in Political Science and minor in Public Service. He earned his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law, where he served as Chief Manuscripts Editor for the Texas Review of Law and Politics. Kevin lives in Keller with his wife and three children.