Leadership
Board of Directors |
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| Chris Standlee RFA Chairman |
Abengoa Bioenergy Corp. |
| Bob Sather | Ace Ethanol, LLC |
| Scott Trainum | Adkins Energy, LLC |
| Randall Doyal | Al-Corn Clean Fuel |
| Craig Willis Matt Bruns |
Archer Daniels Midland Co. |
| Ben Borgen Tom Manuel |
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. |
| Raymond Defenbaugh | Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC |
| Jeff Zueger | Blue Flint Ethanol |
| Gary Drook | Central Indiana Ethanol. LLC |
| Kerry Nixon | Central MN Ethanol Coop |
| Mike Jerke | Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. |
| Mick Henderson | Commonwealth Agri-Energy, LLC |
| Scott Mundt | Dakota Ethanol, LLC |
| John Didion | Didion, Inc. |
| Steven Gardner | East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC |
| Jim Seurer | Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC |
| Dave Nelson RFA Secretary |
Global Ethanol |
| Walter Wendland | Golden Grain Energy, LLC |
| Tracey Olson | Granite Falls Energy, LLC |
| Richard Ruebe | GTL Resources, USA |
| Don Gales | Guardian Energy |
| Ben Brown | Heartland Corn Products |
| Bill Paulsen | Heartland Grain Fuels, LP |
| Keith Gibson | Iroquois Bio-Energy Company, LLC |
| Chuck Woodside RFA Vice Chairman |
KAAPA Ethanol, LLC |
| Eric Mosbey | Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC |
| Steve Roe | Little Sioux Corn Processors, LP |
| Sean Martin | Louis Dreyfus Commodities |
| Steven Wagner | Merrick & Company |
| Ryland Utlaut | Mid-Missouri Energy |
| Nathan Kimpel RFA Treasurer |
New Energy Corp. |
| Neil Koehler | Pacific Ethanol, Inc. |
| Jim Rottman | Parallel Products |
| Gene Griffith | Patriot Renewable Fuels LLC |
| Jeff Nelson | Quad County Corn Processors |
| Lee Reeve | Reeve Agri Energy |
| Chuck Hofland | Siouxland Ethanol LLC |
| Doug Mortensen | Tate & Lyle |
| Neill McKinstray | The Andersons Inc. |
| Charles Wilson | Trenton Agri Products, LLC |
| Jeff Robertson | United Wisconsin Grain Producers LLC |
| John Howe | Verenium Corp. |
| Michael Sawyer | Western New York Energy, LLC |
| Steve Christensen | Western Wisconsin Energy, LLC |
Christopher Standlee
Chairman, RFA Board of Directors
As Chairman of RFA’s Board of Directors, Christopher Standlee leads the association’s oversight and governance efforts and helps to strengthen and mobilize RFA’s membership. Chris is also Executive Vice President for Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation, one of the world’s largest producers of ethanol. Additionally, he serves as and Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Directors for Abengoa Bioenergy US Holding, Inc.
Headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri, Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation operates four production facilities in the United States, three facilities in Spain, one in France, and two recently-acquired facilities in Brazil. Four new production facilities are under construction in the U.S and Europe, including a DOE-sponsored biomass-to-ethanol facility in Hugoton, Kansas.
In 1995, Chris became Vice President and General Counsel of High Plains Corporation, a NASDAQ publicly traded company. He served in that capacity until High Plains was acquired by Abengoa, S.A. in 2002. Prior to 1995, Chris maintained a private corporate and business-related law practice in Wichita, Kansas.
In addition to his work on RFA’s Board of Directors, Chris is active as an officer and board member of both the Nebraska and Kansas ethanol producer associations.
Chris obtained his undergraduate degree from Yale University and graduated from law school at the University of Kansas.
