National Biodiesel Board Welcomes Two Governing Board Members
Board Elects Producer Members and New Officer in Diverse Board

WASHINGTON, D.C.– The biodiesel industry, at its meetings ending today, elected two new governing board members to its 15-member governing board. The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has chosen biodiesel producers Greg Hopkins of US Biofuels and Scott Johnson of GEN-X Energy Group. They replace two other biodiesel producers departing the board.

Hopkins, CEO of US Biofuels, has 35 years of combined experience in the biodiesel and chemical engineering fields, and is involved in several chemical production associations. US Biofuels, a multi-feedstock biodiesel producer, is based in Rome, Ga.

Johnson, president & CEO of GEN-X, has had extensive experience in the food processing industry in capacities ranging from operations to quality assurance. GEN-X is a multi-feedstock producer based in Burbank, Wash.

The governing board elected one of its members, Jim Conway, Griffin Industries, Cold Spring, Ky., as secretary.

The outgoing board members are Graham Noyes, outgoing secretary, Imperium Renewables, Grays Harbor, Wash.; and Jake Stewart, Organic Fuels, Houston.

The governing board consists of biodiesel and feedstock producers. This is the first year elections in November were held under NBB’s newly adopted structure to guarantee more biodiesel producers seats on the governing board.

Based in Jefferson City, Mo., the NBB is dedicated to coordinating the biodiesel industry and educating the public about the fuel. Its membership is comprised of biodiesel producers, state, national, and international feedstock and processor organizations; fuel marketers and distributors; and technology providers.

Biodiesel is a cleaner-burning alternative fuel that can be made from any fat or oil, such as recycled cooking or soybean oils. For every unit of energy it takes to make biodiesel, 3.5 units are gained; and biodiesel has a 78% life cycle CO2 reduction.

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