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Advisory Committee
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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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Co-Chairs |
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Term Ending |
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Gil Gutknecht |
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November 2010 |
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W. Henson Moore |
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November 2009 |
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Members |
Affiliation |
Term Ending |
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Robert Ames |
Tyson Food, Inc |
November 2009 |
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William Berg |
Dairyland Power Cooperative |
November 2009 |
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David Bransby |
Auburn University |
November 2011 |
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Ralph Cavalieri |
Washington State University |
November 2009 |
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Pamela Reilly Contag |
Cygnet Biofuels |
November 2011 |
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Bob Dinneen |
Renewable Fuels Association |
November 2010 |
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Scott Faber |
Food Products Association (GMA/FPA) |
November 2009 |
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Richard Hamilton |
Ceres Inc. |
November 2010 |
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Douglas Hawkins |
Rohm & Haas |
November 2010 |
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Dermot Hayes |
Iowa State University |
November 2011 |
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E. Alan Kennett |
Gay & Robinson Sugar |
November 2011 |
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Charles Kinoshita |
University of Hawaii |
November 2010 |
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Craig Kvien |
University of Georgia |
November 2011 |
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Eric Larson |
Princeton University |
November 2010 |
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Jay Levenstein |
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
November 2010 |
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Mark Maher |
General Motors |
November 2011 |
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Timothy Maker |
Biomass Energy Resource Center, Inc. |
November 2009 |
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James Mann |
Arborgen |
November 2011 |
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Jim Martin |
Omni Tech International |
November 2010 |
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Jim Matheson |
Flagship Ventures |
November 2011 |
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Mary McBride |
CoBank |
November 2009 |
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Shirley Neff |
Association of Oil Pipe Lines |
November 2010 |
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Mitchell Peele |
North Carolina Farm Bureau |
November 2011 |
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Michael Powelson |
The Nature Conservancy |
November 2011 |
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Glenn Prickett |
Conservation International |
November 2011 |
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Tom Simpson |
Railway Supply Institute |
November 2010 |
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J. Read Smith |
Agricultural Energy Work Group |
November 2011 |
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Richard Timmons |
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association |
November 2010 |
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David Vander Griend |
ICM |
November 2011 |
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Edwin White |
State University of New York |
November 2010 |
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Rodney Williamson |
Iowa Corn Promotion Board |
November 2011 |
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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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