In conjunction with the RFA's Annual Meeting being held September 30th, the RFA is please to announce the Board of Directors and New Officers for FY 2011.
Chuck Woodside, General Manager of farmer-owned KAAPA Ethanol in Minden, Nebraska, will be the new RFA Chairman. KAAPA Ethanol is a 60 million gallon per year farmer-owned ethanol facility. Woodside is succeeding Chris Standlee, Executive Vice President of Abengoa Bioenergy in Chesterfield, Missouri, who served for three one-year terms.
"The RFA remains the most effective voice for American ethanol producers, and I am honored the producer members of the board have selected me to lead the association," said Woodside. "The ethanol industry is facing unprecedented challenges and on the precipice of unparalleled opportunity. As Chairman, I will seek to work with my fellow RFA members and those ethanol producers unaffiliated with the RFA to produce sound policy and market expansions that allow this industry to thrive."
The RFA is also pleased to announce Neill McKinstray, Vice President and General Manager, Ethanol Division of The Andersons, Inc., as Vice Chairman, taking the position left vacant by Woodside's election. The Andersons manage three ethanol facilities in Albion, Michigan, Clymers, Indiana, and Greenville, Ohio.
"From infrastructure needs to concerns over crucial public policies, the RFA has led the ethanol industry into battle and found common ground with our opponents in order to get things done," said McKinstray. "I am honored my colleagues have given me an opportunity to help lead this organization and this industry in what is an unprecedented time of excitement and challenge."
Also taking positions of leadership within the RFA are:
Treasurer: Randall J. Doyal, CEO of Al-Corn Clean Fuel in Claremont, Minnesota
Secretary: Walter Wendland, CEO of Golden Grain Energy in Mason City, Iowa
President: Bob Dinneen
RFA Board of Directors:
Abengoa Bioenergy Corp. - Chris Standlee
ABE South Dakota, LLC - Richard Peterson
Ace Ethanol, LLC - Bob Sather
Adkins Energy, LLC - Scott Trainum
Al-Corn Clean Fuel - Randall Doyal
Archer Daniels Midland - Matt Bruns
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. - Tom Manuel
Big River Resources West Burlington, LLC - Ray Defenbaugh
Blue Flint Ethanol - Jeff Zueger
Central Indiana Ethanol, LLC - Gary Drook
Central MN Ethanol Coop - Kerry Nixon
Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. - Mike Jerke
Commonwealth Agri-Energy, LLC - Mick Henderson
Coskata - Wes Bolsen
Dakota Ethanol, LLC - Scott Mundt
Didion Ethanol, LLC - John Didion
East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC - Steven Gardner
GEVO - Jack Huttner
Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC - Jim Seurer
Global Ethanol - Dave Nelson
Golden Grain Energy, LLC - Walter Wendland
Granite Falls Energy, LLC - Tracey Olson
GTL Resources USA Inc. - Richard Ruebe
Guardian Energy - Don Gales
Heartland Corn Products - Ben Brown
Iroquois Bio-Energy Company, LLC - Keith Gibson
KAAPA Ethanol, LLC - Chuck Woodside
Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC - Eric Mosbey
Little Sioux Corn Processors, LP - Steve Roe
Louis Dreyfus Commodities - Sean Martin
Merrick & Company - Steven Wagner
Mid-Missouri Energy, Inc. - Ryland Utlaut
New Energy Corp. - Todd Allsop
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. - Neil Koehler
Parallel Products - Jim Rottman
Patriot Renewable Fuels - Gene Griffith
Quad County Corn Processors - Jeff Nelson
Reeve Agri Energy, Inc. - Lee Reeve
Siouxland Ethanol, LLC - Chuck Hofland
Tate & Lyle - Tim Meinhold
The Andersons Inc. - Neill McKinstray
Trenton Agri Products, LLC - Charles Wilson
United Wisconsin Grain Producers LLC - Jeff Robertson
Verenium Corporation - John Howe
Western New York Energy, LLC - Michael Sawyer
Western Wisconsin Energy, LLC - Steve Christensen
