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The SBA Board of Directors |
Annie Nelson (Co-Chair)- One of the founders of the SBA, Annie has been a biodiesel user and advocate for many years. She has been heavily involved in the biodiesel industry as an activist and consumer since 2003. Daryl Hannah (Co-Chair)- Also a founder of the SBA, Ms. Hannah is an accomplished actress as well as environmental activist. She has been a supporter of biodiesel since 2000. Laura Louie (Vice Chair) - Laura has been active in the biodiesel community for many years, as a user and advocate. Ms. Louie is the co-founder of www.voiceyourself.org as well as a supporter of many environmentally and socially minded NGOs. Ed Zwick (Secretary) - Mr. Zwick is a Hawaii based attorney with a background in international law. Ed has been a long time supporter of social and environmental causes. Mike Nasi (Treasurer) - Mr. Nasi is a partner with the Law Firm Jackson Walker in Austin, Texas. His practice focuses on air quality, waste and injection well permitting, soil and groundwater remediation, industrial waste water, and surface mining. He has been a biodiesel supporter and user since 2005. Kelly King - Kelly King is one fo the founders of the SBA. She also helped open the first retail biodiesel pump in the United States with her company Pacific Biodiesel. Kelly has been involved in the biodiesel industry since 2000. Michael Bowman - Is a family farmer and member of 25x25. Michael has been a long time supporter of environmental and social causes in the farming community. Kent Bullard - Kent began fleet biodiesel use with the National Park Service in 2000, has personally only used biodiesel since 2001 and co-founded the Los Angeles Biodiesel Coop in 2006 to implement local programs. He has long advocated for locally produced biodiesel from local resources. His technical expertise and quality assurance work keeps him on his toes. Jim Kleinschmit - Jim is the Director for Rural Community Programs at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. He has been involved in community based agriculture for many years. Dr. Randall von Wedel - Randall von Wedel is the founder and Principal Biochemist for CytoCulture International, an environmental laboratory and consulting firm on the San Francisco Bay. More recently he also created the BioSolar Group of technical consultants working to develop renewable fuel strategies for corporations and government fleets. Dr. von Wedel pioneered environmental research (including the first marine toxicology studies ever performed on biodiesel), marketing and distribution of biodiesel in the Bay Area since his tests were conducted nearly 15 years ago in 1993.
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About The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance
The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance (SBA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization created to promote sustainable biodiesel practices, including the harvesting, production and distribution of biodiesel fuels. These efforts include Environmental, Social and Economic sustainability. The ultimate goal of the alliance is to create a certification system for verifying that all points in the production and distribution of the fuel are sustainable. This certification will not only provide transparency for the consumer but build extra value for a sustainable product.
The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance (SBA) was founded in December 2006 by biodiesel advocates Kelly King, Annie Nelson and Daryl Hannah. Since our creation, the Alliance has grown to include family farmers and farm organizations such as Farm Aid, the Institute for Agriculture Trade and Policy (IATP), members of the 25 x 25 coalition, environmental organizations, renewable energy experts and a wide array of NGO’s.
The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance focuses on educating the public about how sustainable biodiesel can help the U.S. move towards energy, economic and environmental security. In addition, the SBA is facilitating a multi-stakeholder dialogue involving family farmers, environmental groups, biofuels experts, urban and rural communities and others in order to create a seal that will certify sustainably produced biodiesel.
By working with the farmer who grows the feedstock, the producers who process biodiesel, the large fleet biodiesel user and communities seeking cleaner air, green jobs and energy security, the SBA is bringing people together to build a sustainable energy future that benefits all sectors of society.
SBA STAFF
Jeff Plowman (Executive Director) - Jeff Plowman has been involved with the development of the biodiesel industry since 2000 and has worked in all areas of the biodiesel industry including feedstock development, biodiesel production, marketing and distribution. Jeff was formerly President of Austin Biofuels and in 2003 opened the first biodiesel retail station in Texas, established a Texas based supply chain and in 2006 developed Austin into the highest concentration biodiesel market in the nation. He is active in legislative issues as co-founder of the non-profit Biodiesel Coalition of Texas and voting member of Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association. Jeff is currently leading the efforts of the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance (SBA) to develop sustainability standards for the U.S. biodiesel industry. The SBA recently published the Baseline Practices for Sustainability, the first document of its kind to address biodiesel sustainability issues in the United States.
Tanner Watt (Associate Director) - Tanner comes from a background in public relations and computer technology and holds bachelor's degrees in both public relations and photography. He has been a biodiesel user and advocate since 2006. Tanner has been with the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance since 2006, and is currently serving as Associate Director.
Advisory Council
Karl Ra'bago - Mr. Ra'bago is an environmental law attorney with nearly twenty years experience in guiding electricity policy and regulation, clean energy technology development and the implementation of sustainability principles. He is the founding member and Board Chair for the Center for Resource Solutions and former Chair of Green-E Governance Board responsible for the development of the Green-E certification system.
Dr. Dennis Keeney - Dr. Dennis Keeney was the first director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. He retired in 2000, and is professor emeritus of Agronomy and Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University. Dennis has published over 140 refereed papers on soil and water quality research, and served on numerous state, federal and international scientific committees and task forces. Dennis is also a Senior Fellow at IATP and the Department of Soil, Air and Water in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Joe Outlaw- Dr. Joe Outlaw is a Professor and Extension Economist in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. He also serves as Co-Director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University. Dr. Outlaw led the team of Texas A&M economists who received awards in excellence for their 2002 farm bill education efforts from the American Agricultural Economics Association, the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, the National Public Policy Education Committee, USDA-FSA, and the Vice Chancellor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University.
Robert King - Mr. King is the President and founder of Pacific Biodiesel. Robert is a respected expert and pioneer in the biodiesel industry and is credited with opening the first retail biodiesel pump in the United States.
Larry Mitchell - Mr. Mitchell is the C.E.O of the American Corn Growers Association. he is a long time advocate of sustainable farming practices and supporter of community based agriculture.
David Schaller - David Schaller is the Sustainability Development Administrator for the city of Tuscon, and was formerly an EPA Sustainable Development and Climate Change Coordinator in Denver, Colorado.
Chris Garth - Operates Carolina Management System Services. Mr. Garth is a long time supporter of biodiesel and biofuel development. He is a Quality (including BQ9000), Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Auditor and Management System Consultant.
Netaka White - Netaka White is the Executive Director of the Vermont Biofuels Association (a VSJF grant recipient in 2006) and has been instrumental in shepherding the development of Vermont’s emerging biofuels sector.
Dr. K. Shaine Tyson - is Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Biodiesel Consulting, From February 1997 to May 2004 she directed the U.S. Department of Energy's Biodiesel Program at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and for the last eight years she used her position and strategic business skills to work with the National Biodiesel Board, DOE, USDA, EPA, state agencies, and emerging developers to help craft the growing industry.
Suzanne Hunt - Formerly with the Worldwatch Institue. She has been an advocate of environmental and social causes for many years. Suzanne has been involved with the SBA since 2007.