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
Eamonn Byrne, Plymouth Energy, LLC
Vice President
Bill Howell, POET Biorefining Coon Rapids
Treasurer
Derek Winkel, Renewable Energy Group
Secretary
Eric Hakmiller, Lincolnway Energy
Past President
Tom Brooks, Western Dubuque Biodiesel, LLC
At-Large
Rick Schwarck, Absolute Energy
Board Members
Chris Riley, ADM
Pat Edmonds, Big River Resources
Brad Davis, Corn, LP
Jerry Calease, Golden Grain Energy
Devin Mogler, Green Plains
Mathew Driscoll, Homeland Energy Solutions
Daryl Haack, Little Sioux Corn Processors
James Broghammer, Pine Lake Corn Processors
Al Giese, Quad County Corn Processors
Bob Van Gelder, Siouxland Energy Cooperative
Mike Jerke, Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy
Brad Wilson, Western Iowa Energy
IRFA Staff
Monte Shaw, Executive Director, mshaw@IowaRFA.org
Lucy Norton, Managing Director, lnorton@IowaRFA.org
Cassidy Walter, Communications Director, cwalter@IowaRFA.org