Argus North American Biofuels, LCFS & Carbon Markets Summit

Richard has many years of experience in the air pollution field and has been with the California Air Resources Board for more than 30 years. His team of over 1,700 professional managers and staff are responsible for a broad range of programmes including those concerning fuels, climate, incentives and air toxics. Some of the key programmes that his team is responsible for implementing include the low-carbon fuel standard, cap-and-trade regulation, measures and incentives to reduce emissions from a variety of goods movement sources, including port trucking, transport refrigeration units, cargo handling operations, maritime operations, rail-related goods movement and measures to reduce emissions from stationary and portable diesel engines, as well as a number of strategies to reduce toxic air contaminants from a wide variety of sources. Richard has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Toxicology and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Davis. Read less

Appointed by California governor Gavin Newsom in January, Jared has more than 25 years of environmental policy and management experience. He served under former president Barack Obama as regional administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency for the Pacific Southwest region and was director of San Francisco’s Department of Environment. Before government service, Jared led international campaigns for non-governmental organisations, including the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Natural Resource Defense Council. He graduated from the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology and has law degrees from the University of London and University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Jared also hosts an award-winning podcast on environmental topics called Podship Earth. Read less

Rajinder Sahota is the deputy executive officer, climate change and research, with the Air Resources Board whose primary portfolio of responsibilities includes management of the Cap-and-Trade Program, development and implementation of the State's AB32 Scoping Plan, and Energy Policy. Due to the global nature of climate change and interest in CA's programs, the role requires coordination and collaboration with subnational and national governments pursuing climate change mitigation action. Other climate programs within the division include the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, methane reduction strategies, and fuels initiatives. Prior to this position, Rajinder managed the design and implementation of the Cap-and-Trade Program, including its linkage with Quebec's program. She holds a BS and MS in Atmospheric Sciences from UC Davis. Read less

Cory-Ann Wind works for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality as the Oregon Clean Fuels Program Manager. Cory has worked for ODEQ for over 28 years, the last 11 in fuels, transportation, and climate policy. Cory holds a B.S. in BioResources Engineering from Oregon State University.. Read less

Michael Rensing is the Director of the Low Carbon Fuels Branch of the Environment Ministry. He moved to the Ministry of Energy and Mines in 2007 to develop policies and legislation for renewable and low-carbon fuels after joining the British Columbia public service in September 2003 to work in the Air Protection Section of the Ministry of Environment. Michael has a PhD in physics from the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Read less

Paola Mellow is the Executive Director of the Clean Fuels Standards team at Environment and Climate Change Canada, where she is responsible for developing and implementing the Clean Fuel Standard regulations, a key part of the Government of Canada’s Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. Prior to taking over responsibility for the development of the Clean Fuel Standard regulations, Paola has been responsible for developing number of other key climate change policies as Director of the Electricity and Combustion Division, including greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations that will accelerate the phase-out coal-fired electricity in Canada by 2030, regulations for natural gas-fired electricity, and output-based standards for electricity under the federal carbon pricing system. Paola graduated from the University of Victoria with a Masters degree in Economics, and combines a strong analytical background with people management excellence to advance Environment and Climate Change Canada’s reputation as a world class regulator. Read less

Bill focuses on climate change policy analysis, research, planning, and outreach. He is currently implementing the cap and invest emission trading system that was passed into law this year. Bill has also recently worked on the hydrofluorocarbon transition, Washington’s clean electricity standard, and establishing guidelines for greenhouse gas analysis of major new projects in Washington. Read less

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Sam Wade serves as the Director of State Regulatory Affairs at the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas. Previously Mr. Wade worked as Chief of the Transportation Fuels Branch at the Californian Air Resources Board, where he oversaw the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program for four years. In other roles at CARB, Mr. Wade served as Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, developed the Cap-and-Trade rule, and authored portions of California’s first Greenhouse Gas Scoping Plan. He’s also worked in energy policy at Pacific Gas and Electric and with a bioenergy/biochar start-up. Sam holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Davis, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawaii, and an M.P.A in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University.” Read less

Shelby Neal serves as Vice President for Renewables and Energy Policy at Darling Ingredients, Inc. Before joining Darling, Shelby served as the Director of State Governmental Affairs at the National Biodiesel Board and as a policy advisory to three Members of Congress and a state governor. Shelby is currently a member of the board of directors for Renewable Industries Canada and vice chair of the California Advanced Biofuels Alliance. Read less

In his 30-plus-year tenure at Citigroup, David has helped corporate clients raise more than $40bn of tax-exempt and taxable municipal bonds for infrastructure projects primarily on a project finance basis. He is a specialist in financing circular economy and waste-to-value projects, having led more than 40 waste-to-value tax-exempt financings. Most recently, he managed Gevo’s dairy manure-to-RNG project, three financings for CalPlant’s rice straw-to-MDF facility and AMG’s spent residual catalyst-to-vanadium project. David has a BSc in Civil Engineering from Brown University, and was a registered Professional Engineer. Read less

Katie serves as Managing Director of IETA, the global multi-sector business voice for the intersection of markets and climate change. On behalf of IETA’s 150+ corporate members, Katie leads efforts to inform market solutions to address environmental challenges across the Americas and globally. She also manages IETA’s growing climate finance, aviation and digital innovation sustainability initiatives. Katie currently sits on the Global Steering Committee for the World Bank’s Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC), Boards of the Climate Action Reserve (CAR) and the International Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Knowledge Centre, and Advisory Panels for Canada’s Institute for Clean Growth & Climate Change, the Ivey Foundation, and Blockchain for Climate Foundation. Prior to IETA, Katie worked as a Senior Consultant at ICF International. In 2019, Katie was recognized as a Clean16 and Clean50 award recipient for contributing to Clean Capitalism Leadership in Canada. Read less

Jamie is a senior strategist on GM’ global public policy team, where he leads regulatory efforts and external stakeholder engagement to support commercialisation and market development for GM’s electric vehicles portfolio. Jamie is responsible for policy considerations affecting the development and deployment of advanced technology vehicles such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV, with a primary focus on infrastructure considerations and vehicle-grid integration. He works closely with GM’s technical teams, policymakers, and industry stakeholders and is active in state and national organisations such as the Alliance for Transportation Electrification. Read less

Nancy N. Young is the Vice President of Environmental Affairs at Airlines for America® (A4A). An environmental attorney, Ms. Young directs A4A’s environmental sustainability programs. She serves on the steering group and as sustainability co-lead of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative® (CAAFI), which is working to hasten the deployment of commercially viable, environmentally preferred alternative jet fuels, and the Advisory Committee of the Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment (also known as the “Aviation Sustainability Center” or “ASCENT”). In addition, she participates in the working groups under the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection and serves on the Board of the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG). Read less

Alex leads LanzaJet’s global policy and regulatory engagement, with a focus on developing policies to catalyse the sustainable aviation fuel industry. Before joining LanzaJet, Alex was the Federal Affairs Manager at Neste and Director of Environmental Affairs at Airlines for America. Read less

Graham Noyes has worked in the low carbon fuels industry for almost 20 years. Graham is the Executive Director of the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition (LCFC), a technology-neutral non-profit dedicated to the support and expansion of low carbon fuel policies. The LCFC is coordinating a national campaign to establish clean fuels programs in multiple states. As part of this campaign, Graham recently developed a Model Clean Fuels Statute for the Governors’ Biofuels Coalition. Graham is also the Managing Attorney of Noyes Law Corporation. His legal practice focuses on fuel regulations, greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs, and environmental attributes. Graham represents low carbon fuel producers, project developers, and fuel distributors on state and federal policy campaigns, administrative rule makings, credit generation strategies, and regulatory compliance analysis. Read less

Adam Langton is the Energy Services Manager for BMW of North America, LLC. In this role, Adam develops digital energy products related to BMW’s electric vehicle program, including smart phone functionality, data tools, and fleet management services. Adam heads a BMW team implementing a pilot project to test advanced smart charging functionality using BMW’s vehicle telematics system as the basis communicating smart charging messages. Prior to joining BMW, Adam worked at the California Public Utilities Commission, supporting the state’s development of electric vehicle programs and developing the state’s carbon cap-and-trade program. He graduated from UC-Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, where his studies focused on energy and environmental policy issues. Adam is based at BMW’s Mountain View Tech Office in Silicon Valley. Read less

Harrison works within Mercuria’s energy transitions team, with a focus on the company’s efforts to produce and sell renewable natural gas (RNG) (or biomethane) and other biofuels derived from the anaerobic decomposition of organic waste. Harrison has also served as president of Clean Energy Renewable Fuels, the largest RNG vehicle fuel seller in North America, until its acquisition by BP in March 2017. In 2013, Clean Energy Renewable Fuels became the first RNG producer to deliver RNG to the California CNG transportation fuel market and generate renewable identification numbers (RINs) and Low Carbon Fuel Standards credits. Read less

Grant is chief executive of Amp Americas, which builds and operates on-farm renewable natural gas (RNG) projects, sources and markets RNG to supply fuel to some of the country’s largest fleet customers and partners with dairy farmers across the US to bring more ultra-low CI gas to market. Before joining the company, Grant was an associate principal at McKinsey & Company in its global energy and materials and corporate finance practices. He began his career at Enron and the Enron bankruptcy estate in commercial and finance roles. Zimmerman has a BBA and MPA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA with high honours from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Read less

Craig Ebert serves as the President of the Climate Action Reserve where he is responsible for ensuring that the organization’s activities meet the highest standards for quality, transparency and environmental integrity. He oversees the organization’s continued leadership and commitment to ensuring offsets are a trusted and powerful economic tool for reducing emissions. In his role, he also leads the organization in identifying and entering into other opportunities that build upon its knowledge and expertise and further its work under its mission and vision. This includes the Climate ForwardTM program, encouraging companies to earn ex ante credits by mitigating emissions today from any future investments. Another major initiative Craig oversees is the Reserve’s Climate Impact ScoreTM program, which quantifies the climate impact of financial investments. During his career, Craig has helped create the foundations for international, national and state policies to address climate change. He supported U.S. negotiations on international climate change agreements, including negotiations leading up to the creation and signing of the Kyoto Protocol, and helped develop the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) provisions under the protocol. Craig’s work also involved pioneering efforts on carbon accounting principles and methodologies. He served as the technical director of Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, which was adopted by the IPCC as its GHG Inventory Programme, and was a key architect behind the development of the official U.S. national GHG inventory to meet commitments under the UNFCCC. Prior to joining the Reserve, Craig advised the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) and served at ICF for nearly 34 years. Read less

Monique Nobert has an extensive career in the oil refining business working for Suncor Energy in several of their refineries and offices located throughout Canada. Her experience includes roles in various production engineering, production control, business planning and strategic business development. Wanting a change the pace, Monique moved over into a sales organization role with the management of a regional liquid asphalt sales and her last assignment included the handling of the Canadian sales portfolio of petrochemical products for Suncor. Monique began her involvement in environmental commodities for Suncor in 2013 with the Cap & Trade program in Quebec and now manages all the commercial activities where Suncor has a carbon obligation including British Columbia’s LCFS on transportation fuels and Alberta’s OBA program for its Oils Sands mining, upgrading and oil refining assets. She is responsible for developing and applying the appropriate acquisition tactics to meet the various compliance obligations. Monique’s educational background includes a bachelor in chemical engineering from the University of Alberta and an Executive Masters’ degree in Business Administration through the Queen’s University national program. She is also a registered professional engineer in the province of Quebec. Passionate about boating, you are certain to find Monique and her husband on their trawler, Spirit Wolf, also referred to as her floating office, during the short Canadian summers navigating the Great Lakes located within Ontario, Michigan and Wisconsin. Read less

Michael is a Managing Director and Head of Origination at ClearBlue Markets. He has over 15 years of experience in carbon markets, in particular, carbon pricing, strategy development and implementation, offset development and trading. Michael has executed thousands of carbon market product deals, structuring transactions for offsets, allowances, and allowance related products in the primary and secondary carbon markets in over fifty countries. Michael is currently actively supporting compliance entities regulated under the WCI Cap & Trade system and the different carbon pricing programs across Canada with the development of compliance management strategies, market analysis, procuring compliance units and assessing the carbon value of existing activities for offset development potential. Michael assists entities in the lobbying for benchmarks, allowance allocation and presenting unique facility and production cases to regulating officials that allows industry to make effective investments to reduce emissions. Michael leads the ClearBlue team in providing insight and market analysis in the WCI Cap & Trade market, Canadian Federal Backstop and the EU-ETS by presenting ClearBlue’s pricing and supply and demand forecasts. He further provides his expertise on the WCI Cap & Trade market and other carbon pricing programs in Canada and the EU by facilitating workshops on market and regulatory updates for clients, industry associations, and market players Read less

Tyson is an entrepreneur who built a biodiesel business from scratch. In 2003, Tyson started with one truck, developed the market, raised capital, built a cooking oil collection network, built a refinery to transform it into ultra-low carbon biodiesel, plus a network of biodiesel fuel stations to sell it. In 2005, SeQuential opened its first station selling biodiesel to the public and partnered with Pacific Biodiesel to open its first refinery. SeQuential has grown to be a premium biodiesel brand in the Pacific northwest with $60mn in sales, 200+ people in 12 locations and 85 retailers with industry leading profit margins. Tyson has played the lead role in the post-acquisition integration of former company SeQuential and acquiring company Crimson in California and the Pacific northwest. Crimson Renewable Energy Holdings currently produces over 45mn USG/yr of biodiesel and is one of the most profitable biodiesel businesses in the country on a per gallon basis. Tyson has been a member and chair of the board of directors of the California Advanced Biofuels Association since 2016 and a member for rendering industry on the advisory board of the California Department of Food and Agriculture in 2016-21. Tyson has a BSc in public planning, policy and management from the University of Oregon. Read less

Chelsea is Managing Director of Global Markets and Strategy at market insights company Radicle. She has 14 years of experience in commodity markets, investments and trading. Chelsea’s areas of focus include environmental commodity trading, carbon market design and hedging strategy development and execution. Read less

Justin Goldstein has been with Goldman Sachs for 18 years with a focus on public and project finance in the infrastructure and energy sectors in the US. Justin specializes in private projects that qualify for US tax-exempt debt financing, such as solid waste recycling facilities and wastewater treatment facilities. His recent experience successfully raising capital for projects in this space include renewable jet and diesel, renewable natural gas, and waste pulp and paper facilities. More broadly, Justin has provided financing solutions to a wide array of clients including developers, new and established companies, project companies, state governments, state authorities, higher education and health care institutions, counties and municipalities, special districts, public insurance and reinsurance companies, and other governmental issuers. In addition to the solid waste sector, Justin’s project experience includes public and private financings in a variety of sectors, including power, water storage and treatment, wastewater, toll roads and bridges, airports, and leisure projects such as arenas and convention centers. Justin handles a range of financing transaction types, including tax-exempt and taxable debt, private placements, loans, equity, M&A, and derivatives. Read less

Clayton Munnings is the West Coast Representative of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) where he advocates for cap-and-trade programs in California, Oregon, and Washington. Before joining IETA, Clayton served as an economist at the California Air Resources Board and spent five years at Resources for the Future as a Senior Research Associate analyzing climate and transportation policies. He received his B.S. in Science of Natural and Environmental Systems from Cornell University. Read less

Roxby Hartley, Ph.D. is a Senior Regulatory Consultant and Team Lead for Compliance Management at EcoEngineers. He holds expertise in biofuel production, carbon capture and sequestration, and sustainable program development. Dr. Hartley has nearly a decade of scientific research, development, and management experience in biomass-based diesel fuels, and works to support the efforts of biodiesel, renewable diesel, and renewable jet fuel producers across the industry. Dr. Hartley holds a bachelor’s degree in geology and a doctorate in geophysics from Oxford University. Read less

Doug Hooper is the Director of Policy & Regulation for Advanced Biofuels Canada. ABFC is Canada’s national industry voice for the low carbon biofuels sector. ABFC represents industrial-scale advanced biofuel producers and distributors across Canada, and provides expert advice to governments on fuel regulations, carbon pricing systems, and clean growth programs. Doug has been a leading industry voice for biofuels in Canada since 2005, covering all major provincial and federal initiatives from BC to Quebec, and working collaboratively across the full biofuels supply chain and with Canada’s clean energy and climate action stakeholders. Read less

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Derek Six joined ClimeCo in 2015 after serving as CEO of Environmental Credit Corp. He has been working in environmental markets since 2006. Derek has been deeply involved in Cap and Trade policy and Offset policy, including co-founding the Carbon Offset Provider’s Coalition (COPC) and participating in the Compliance Offset Developer’s Association (CODA), the Verified Emission Reduction Association (VERA), the Climate Action Reserve ODS workgroup, and many other policy and trade associations. He has produced several research studies, articles, and blogs involving climate change policy, cap-and-trade design, and the roles of voluntary and compliance offsets, and writes ClimeCo’s Monthly Market update. He leads ClimeCo’s ODS Destruction program and has completed more than 30 ODS Destruction projects. Derek is also the Managing Director of the ClimeCo Environmental Fund I, L.P., an environmental private equity fund managed by ClimeCo. Read less

An alternative asset management firm focused on sustainability, Vision Ridge manages $2.5bn across private market funds and associated investments. Mary joined Vision Ridge in summer 2019 and focuses on energy and agriculture. She previously spent four years with Equilibrium Capital Group, where she led underwriting and due diligence for a real asset fund focused on organic waste, wastewater and waste-to-energy facilities. Before this, she spent eight years as a public finance investment banker. Mary holds a master’s from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in New York state. Read less

Glenn has more than 35 years of experience in the biotech/chemical global regulatory arena. At Nuseed, he heads up the deployment of the new energy cover crop, carinata, for use in renewable fuels. He also serves as ICAO CAEP observer and board member of the Advanced Biofuels Association and is a board member of the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition. Before joining Nuseed, Glenn was the executive director of regulatory affairs for Agrisoma Biosciences, where he steered carinata through international biofuels policies. Glenn has also served as vice-president of regulatory affairs for Gevo, where he helped establish a pathway for the fuel isobutanol with US EPA policy makers and established the ASTM specification for Alcohol to Jet and butanol blending with gasoline. Read less

Gary Grimes, director of sustainability and technology at World Energy, is focused on environmental issues, carbon neutrality, green energy innovation, and impacting positive change for corporate leaders committed to net-zero goals. In his role, Gary helps World Energy solve for carbon, innovate further, integrate new ways to drive down the carbon score and take the risk on the front side of technology. Before World Energy, Gary worked for the oil refiner predecessors at Paramount for 27-years in various capacities, including as a representative to CEC and CARB. During this time, he played a significant role in developing the small refiner provisions of the CARB diesel and LCFS regulations. Read less

Mike Taylor is President of Emission Advisors, a leading brokerage and consulting firm in Environmental Credits including Carbon Cap and Trade, LCFS, Emission Reduction Credits, RINS, CSAPR NOx and SO2, and RECs. Emission Advisors was named Emissions House of the Year 2019 by Energy Risk. Mike has over nineteen years in the industry and has transacted over a billion dollars’ worth of environmental credits. He is an #1 Best Selling Author with the book: “Reduce Carbon Compliance Costs: Strategies for California and Quebec Facilities”. Read less

Jessica has been with Argus since October 2011. She started in the company’s London office and is currently the US west coast bureau chief, based in San Francisco. She has reported on west coast refined products, biofuels and biomass, low-carbon fuel standard programs and emissions markets. Jessica holds degrees from the London School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley. Read less

Jacqueline Reigle has been with Argus since October 2016. She is editor of Argus Americas Biofuels and manages the company's biofuels coverage for North America, including price assessments for ethanol, biodiesel and RIN credits. Jacqueline has also covered crude oil markets in the US west coast and Latin America. Prior to joining Argus, Jacqueline worked in transfer pricing, analyzing intercompany transactions for companies in industries such as oil and gas. Jacqueline holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Duke University. Read less

Michael Ball is editor of Argus Air Daily, the leading source of pricing, news and analysis for the North American environmental markets. Michael joined Argus in 2003 and has been editor of Air Daily since 2012. He has covered wide range of state and federal environmental issues, including the development of California’s AB 32 legislation, US Environmental Protection Agency regulations such as the Clean Power Plan, and Clean Air Act cases before the US Supreme Court. Read less

Paul has over 27 years of experience in biofuels and alternative fuel development. His broad knowledge of biofuel economics – including RFS, RINs and LCFS – has kept refiners, biofuels producers, automakers and government agencies informed of alternative fuels markets and policies. He pioneered biodiesel sales for major oil companies such as Hess, Gulf and Irving Oil, and has consulted for Chevron, US DOE, USDA, Phillips 66, Nissan, Toyota, Hess, Petrobras, the Government of Zimbabwe and UOP Honeywell. Paul is an alumnus of Yale University where he studied astrophysics. Read less