IRFA Staff and Board Members
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association was formed in 2002 to represent the state’s biodiesel and ethanol producers. The trade group fosters the development and growth of the renewable fuels industry in Iowa through legislative and regulatory efforts, education and promotion, and infrastructure development.
Board of Directors
Officers
President
Mike Jerke, Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy
Vice President
Devin Mogler, Green Plains
Treasurer
Al Giese, Quad County Corn Processors
Secretary
Brad Wilson, Western Iowa Energy
Past President
Derek Winkel, Renewable Energy Group
At-Large
Rick Schwarck, Absolute Energy
Mathew Driscoll, Homeland Energy Solutions
Eamonn Byrne, Lakeview Plymouth Energy, LLC
Board Members
Chris Riley, ADM
Pat Edmonds, Big River Resources
Chris Boshart, Corn, LP
Nick Bowdish, Elite Octane
Jerry Calease, Golden Grain Energy
Bill Couser, Lincolnway Energy
Daryl Haack, Little Sioux Corn Processors
James Broghammer, Pine Lake Corn Processors
Bob Van Gelder, Siouxland Energy Cooperative
Tom Brooks, Western Dubuque Biodiesel, LLC
IRFA Staff
Monte Shaw, Executive Director, mshaw@IowaRFA.org
Lisa Coffelt, Marketing Director, lcoffelt@IowaRFA.org
Cassidy Walter, Communications Director, cwalter@IowaRFA.org
Nathan Hohnstein, Policy Director, nhohnstein@IowaRFA.org