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Biofuels Digest - October 11, 2010 -

Congressman Bilbray has been included in Biofuels Digest's latest list of the top 100 people in the world on bioenergy development, issues and advocacy. Earlier in 2010, Biofuels Digest named Bilbray one of the top 10 people in Washington working on bioenergy legislation. 

The List:

1. Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture

2. Jeff Broin, CEO, POET

3. Bob Dinneen, President, Renewable Fuels Association

4. Miguel Soldateli Rossetto, CEO, Petrobras Biocombustiviles

5. Jonathan Wolfson, CEO, Solazyme / Harrison Dillon, PhD, CTO

6. Steven Chu, US Secretary of Energy

7. Marcos Lutz, CEO, Cosan

8. Alan Shaw, PhD, CEO, Codexis

9. Marcos Jank, President, UNICA

10. Vincent Chornet, CEO, Enerkem / Esteban Chornet, CTO

11. Steen Riisgaard, CEO / Steen Skjold-Jørgensen, VP for R&D Biofuels, Novozymes

12. Philip New, CEO, BP Biofuels / Sue Ellerbusch, President, BP Biofuels America

13. Brent Erickson, VP Industrial Biotechnology, BIO

14. Jason Pyle, CEO, Sapphire Energy, Cynthia (C.J.) Warner, President

15. Mike McAdams, President,  Advanced Biofuels Association

16. Vinod Khosla, Managing Partner, Khosla Ventures

17. Jay Keasling, PhD, Professor,  UC Berkeley

18. Patricia Woertz, CEO, Archer Daniels Midland

19. John Melo, CEO, Amyris / CTO Neil Renninger

20. Paul Woods, CEO, Algenol Biofuels

21. Pat Gruber, PhD, CEO, Gevo / Jack Huttner, EVP Corporate Development and Public Affairs

22. Bruce Dale, PhD, Michigan State University

23. Jim Sayre, Senior MD, Cargill Ventures / Ian Purtle, Director of Sustainable Energy

24. Rich LaDuca, Genecor / Bjarne Adamsen, Danisco

25. Joe Skurla, CEO, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol

26. Rob Vierhout, Secretary General, EBIO

27. Valerie Reed, DOE Biomass Program / Paul Bryan

28. Lee Edwards, CEO, Virent / Randy Cortright, PhD, CTO, Virent Energy Systems

29. Bill Sims, CEO, Joule Unlimited

30. Collin Peterson, Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin, Earl Pomeroy, US House of Representatives

31. Mary Rosenthal, Exec Director, Algal Biomass Organization

32. Bill Haywood, CEO, LS9

33. Chuck Grassley, John Thune, Jeff Bingaman, Tim Johnson, US Senators

34. Lisa Jackson, US EPA Administrator

35. Ray Mabus, US Secretary of the Navy

36. Barry Cohen, Executive Director, National Algae Association

37. Chris Somerville, PhD, Professor,  UC Berkeley Director, EBI

38. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, Lanzatech / Sean Simpson CTO, founder

39. Joe Jobe, CEO, National Biodiesel Board

40. Rich Altman, Exec Director, CAAFI

41. Wesley Clark, Co-chairman, Growth Energy / Tom Buis, CEO

42. Jim Stewart, Chairman, Bioenergy Producers Association

43. Hugh Grant, CEO, Monsanto

44. Lee Lynd, PhD, Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth College

45. Alwin Kopse, Exec. Director, Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels

46. Dan Adler, California Clean Energy Fund

47. Arnold Klann, CEO, Bluefire Ethanol

48. Nancy Young, VP, Environmental Affairs, Air Transport Association / John Heimlich Chief Economist

49. Riggs Eckelberry, CEO, OriginOil / Brian Goodall, PhD, CTO

50. Jose Olivares, PhD, Director, National Alliance For Advanced Biofuels and Bio-Products

51. Craig Venter, PhD, CEO, Synthetic Genomics / Emil Jacobs, VP R&D, ExxonMobil

52. Jim Dumesic, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

53. Jim Matheson, General Partner, Flagship Ventures / David Berry, PhD, Partner

54. Richard Hamilton, CEO, Ceres

55. John Doerr, Managing Partner, Kleiner Perkins

56. Steve Burrill, Managing Partner, Burrill & Co / John Hamer, PhD, Managzing Director / Roger Wyse, Managing Director / Greg Young, Managing Director

57. Bill Roe, CEO, Coskata / Wes Bolsen, CMO Coskata

58. Doug Cameron, CEO, Alberti Advisors

59. Tom Foust, PhD, NREL; Director,  National Advanced Biofuels Consortium

60. Al Darzins, PhD, NREL / Philip Pienkos, PhD

61. Robert Brown, PhD, Professor,  Iowa State University

62. Kristina Burow, Partner, ARCH Venture Partners / Bob Nelsen

63. Ganesh Kishore, PhD, CEO, Malaysian Life Sciences Fund

64. Stephen Mayfield, PhD, Professor,  UCSD

65. John McCarthy, CEO, Qteros / Kevin Gray, CTO

66. Javier Salgado, CEO, Abengoa Bioenergy

67. Fred Cannon, PhD, CEO, KiOR

68. Bill Glover, MD, Environmental Strategy Boeing

69. Tom Baruch, CEO, CMEA

70. Heather Brodie, CEO, Biofuels Association of Australia

71. David Aldous, CEO, Range Fuels

72. Jim Imbler, CEO, ZeaChem

73. Bryan Willson, CTO Solix / Doug Henson CEO

74. Bill Brady, CEO, Mascoma

75. Bill Lese, MD, Braemar Energy Ventures

76. Rick Wilson, CEO, Cobalt Technologies

77. Matti Lievonen, CEO, Neste Oil

78. Pramod Chaudhari, Executive Chairman, Praj Industries

79. Jack Oswald, CEO, SynGest

80. Bill Hagy, Director, USDA Director of Alternate Energy Policy / Dallas Tonsager, USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development

81. Lonnie Ingram, PhD, Professor,  University of Florida

82. Sean O’Hanlon, Executive Director, American Biofuels Council

83. Kirk Haney, CEO, SG Biofuels

84. Joanne Ivancic, Exec Dir, Advanced Biofuels USA

85. John Scott, CEO, PetroAlgae

86. Todd Taylor, Partner, Fredrickson & Byron

87. Rafaello Garofalo, Secretary General, European Biodiesel Board

88. Bliss Baker, MD, Global Renewable Fuels Alliance

89. Tim Cesarak, MD, Organic Growth Group, Waste Management

90. Philip Wolfe, CEO, UK Renewable Energy Association

91. Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee / Kelly Tiller, CEO Genera Energy, Tim Rials, University of Tennessee

92. John Benemann, PhD, CEO, Benemann Associates

93. Brian Bilbray / Harry Teague  / Jay Inslee  / Dave Reichart / Mary Bono Mack, US House of Representatives

94. Bill Holmberg, ACORE Biomass Coordinating Council

95. Charles Wyman, Professor, UC Riverside

96. Gary Luce, CEO, Terrabon

97. David Tilman, PhD, Professor,  University of Minnesota

98. Michael Wang, Argonne National Laboratory

99. Hunt Ramsbottom, CEO, Rentech

100. Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen

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To view the list on the Biofuels Digest website, please click here: http://bit.ly/aJRG4N

 

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