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Advisory Committee
| The Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee (the Advisory Committee) is responsible for providing guidance to the Biomass Research and Development Board on the technical focus of the Biomass Research and Development Initiative. |
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Organization |
Term Ending |
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| Gil Gutknecht |
Expert |
November 2010 |
| W. Henson Moore |
Expert |
November 2009 |
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| Robert Ames |
Tyson Foods, Inc. |
November 2009 |
| David Anton |
DuPont |
November 2008 |
| William Berg |
Dairyland Power Association |
November 2009 |
| Thomas Binder |
Archer Daniels Midland |
November 2008 |
| Ralph Cavalieri |
Washington State University |
November 2009 |
| Bob Dinneen |
Renewable Fuels Association |
November 2010 |
| Scott Faber |
GMA/FPA |
November 2009 |
| Richard Hamilton |
Ceres Inc. |
November 2010 |
| Douglas Hawkins |
Expert |
November 2010 |
| Lou Honary |
Expert |
November 2008 |
| E. Alan Kennett |
Gay & Robinson Sugar |
November 2008 |
| Charles Kinoshita |
University of Hawaii |
November 2010 |
| Eric Larson |
Expert |
November 2010 |
| Jay Levenstein |
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services |
November 2010 |
| Mark Maher |
General Motors |
November 2008 |
| Timothy Maker |
Biomass Energy Resources Center, Inc. |
November 2009 |
| Jim Martin |
Omni Tech International |
November 2010 |
| Scott Mason |
ConocoPhillips |
November 2010 |
| Mary McBride |
CoBank
| November 2009 |
| John McKenna |
Hamilton Clark & Co. |
November 2008 |
| Shirley Neff |
Association of Oil Pipe Lines |
November 2010 |
| Mitchell Peele |
North Carolina Farm Bureau |
November 2008 |
| Jeffrey Serfass |
Technology Transition Corporation |
November 2008 |
| Robert Sharp |
Mobile Forest Products |
November 2008 |
| Tom Simpson |
Railway Supply Institute |
November 2010 |
| J. Read Smith |
Agricultural Energy Work Group |
November 2008 |
| Richard Timmons |
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association |
November 2010 |
| Edwin White |
State University of New York |
November 2010 |
| Rodney Williamson |
Iowa Corn Promotion Board |
November 2008 |
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Official functions of the Advisory Committee include the following:
- To advise the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the points of contact concerning
- the technical focus and direction of requests for proposals issued under the Initiative; and
- procedures for reviewing and evaluating the proposals;
- To facilitate consultations and partnerships among Federal and State agencies, agricultural producers, industry, consumers, the research community, and other interested groups to carry out program activities relating to the Initiative; and
- To evaluate and perform strategic planning on program activities relating to the Initiative.
Meetings. The Advisory Committee holds quarterly, public meetings. Meetings are announced in the Federal Register.
Click here for Advisory Committee Website.
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