Dinneen Reappointed to Biomass Advisory Committee

RFA President Bob Dinneen has been reappointed to the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee for a term of three years.

Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner and Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman today announced the appointment of six new members and the reappointment of seven members to serve on the committee.

Newly appointed members are:
Gil Gutknecht, Co-Chair, Consultant, Rochester, Minn.; Richard Hamilton, CEO, Ceres, Inc.; Jay Levenstein, Deputy Commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture; Shirley J. Neff, Association of Oil Pipe Lines; Tom Simpson, Railway Supply Institute; Richard Timmons, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association.

Other reappointed members include:
Douglas Hawkins, Rohm and Haas Company; Charles Kinoshita, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Eric Larson, Princeton University; James Martin, Omni Tech International; Scott Mason, Director, ConocoPhillips Petroleum Company; Edwin White, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.