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.

Members	Affiliation	Term Ending
Gil Gutknecht	Co-Chair	November 2010
David Bransby	Auburn University	November 2011
Pamela Reilly Contag Bob Dinneen	Cygnet Biofuels Renewable Fuels Association	November 2011 November 2010
Richard Hamilton	Ceres Inc.	November 2010
Douglas Hawkins	Rohm & Haas	November 2010
Dermot Hayes	Iowa State University	November 2011
E. Alan Kennett	Gay & Robinson Sugar	November 2011
Charles Kinoshita	University of Hawaii	November 2010
Craig Kvien	University of Georgia	November 2011
Eric Larson	Princeton University	November 2010
Jay Levenstein	Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services	November 2010
Mark Maher	General Motors	November 2011
Jim Martin	Omni Tech International	November 2010
Jim Matheson	Flagship Ventures	November 2011
Mitchell Peele	North Carolina Farm Bureau	November 2011
Michael Powelson	The Nature Conservancy	November 2011
J. Read Smith	Agricultural Energy Work Group	November 2011
David Vander Griend	ICM	November 2011
Edwin White	State University of New York	November 2010
Rodney Williamson	Iowa Corn Promotion Board	November 2011

• 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.