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.

Co-Chairs	Affiliation	Term Ending
Gil Gutknecht		November 2010
W. Henson Moore		November 2009
Members	Affiliation	Term Ending
Robert Ames	Tyson Food, Inc	November 2009
William Berg	Dairyland Power Cooperative	November 2009
David Bransby	Auburn University	November 2011
Ralph Cavalieri	Washington State University	November 2009
Pamela Reilly Contag	Cygnet Biofuels	November 2011
Bob Dinneen	Renewable Fuels Association	November 2010
Scott Faber	Food Products Association (GMA/FPA)	November 2009
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
Timothy Maker	Biomass Energy Resource Center, Inc.	November 2009
James Mann	Arborgen	November 2011
Jim Martin	Omni Tech International	November 2010
Jim Matheson	Flagship Ventures	November 2011
Mary McBride	CoBank	November 2009
Shirley Neff	Association of Oil Pipe Lines	November 2010
Mitchell Peele	North Carolina Farm Bureau	November 2011
Michael Powelson	The Nature Conservancy	November 2011
Glenn Prickett	Conservation International	November 2011
Tom Simpson	Railway Supply Institute	November 2010
J. Read Smith	Agricultural Energy Work Group	November 2011
Richard Timmons	American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association	November 2010
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.

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