Board of Directors
Chairman
Tom Brooks
Tom Brooks currently serves as the General Manager of Western Dubuque Biodiesel, a 36-million-gallon production facility located in Farley, Iowa owned by 557 local Iowa investors. He has served as their GM/COO for the past 16.5 years. Tom came to the biodiesel industry after 5 years with Perdue Farms, before which he served 9 years active duty as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force in 1984 and 13 years in the Reserves. Tom has twenty-nine plus years’ experience in the refinement and value adding of animal fats and oils, and recently served as a governing board member for the National Biodiesel Board and Member of the IBB (Iowa Biodiesel Board) Governing Board. He also serves as a Board member for the IRFA (Iowa Renewable Fuels Association).
Vice Chairman
Mike Reed
Mike is a successful start-up, turnaround, and growth leader with over 30 years of progressive management experience in midstream, renewable-transition energy, and carbon capture use and sequestration (CCUS). In January 2022, Mike Reed was named CEO of Renewable Biofuels Inc. (RBF), a privately held operating company serving the renewable biofuels market that owns and operates the largest biodiesel production facility in the United States. Located on the US Gulf Coast, RBF produces high-quality, low-carbon, low-cost sustainable biofuels for the domestic transportation market. He's also the founder of Spectrum Midstream LLC, a midstream energy company focused on passive and active investments and consulting in the traditional and transitional energy sector.
Treasurer
Ron Lutovsky
Ron Lutovsky was appointed COO/CFO of Iowa Renewable Energy in August 2012. Prior to that, Ron served in various Senior Management capacities in Accounting, Distribution, Finance, Lean Manufacturing, and Operations for various manufacturing companies, including Cargill, HNI Corporation, and Modine Manufacturing Company. Ron received his Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1995.
Secretary
Patton Collie
Patton Collie currently works as a renewables and carbon trader for Musket Corporation, managing Musket’s renewable diesel business and helping optimize supply for Musket’s parent company, Love’s Travel Stops. He also trades California LCFS for Musket and its sister company Trillium, as well as other regulated (Cap and Trade) and voluntary carbon. Patton received a Bachelor’s of Science in biochemical engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 2017 with a specialty in biochemical processes.
Membership Committee Chair
Roy Strom
Roy Strom is the President and CEO of W2Fuel LLC, a producer of biodiesel and other specialty chemicals based in the Great Lakes region that serves customers nation-wide. Roy is an experienced financial manager with an extensive background in manufacturing and retail, and has served in his role with W2Fuel since 2014. Prior to this, he served as the Vice President Finance and Administration for Sheridan Books, and Director of Finance for automotive supplier L&W Engineering's Jaytec Division.
Brad Adams
Brad Adams is a Greenville-based plant manager for Scott Petroleum, Inc., managing all activities at a 20 million-gallon-per-year biodiesel refinery and fuel terminal (gasoline, ethanol, diesel fuel, and JetA), overseeing everything from environment and safety compliance to sale of coproducts to logistics and more. Brad has held his role with Scott Petroleum since 2008 and has spent 25-plus years in quality management and/or production management, with previous experience managing operations at Jesco Resources and Platte Chemical Company.
Jed Smith
Jed Smith currently serves as COO for Rio Valley Biofuels, the first commercial producer of biodiesel in the state of New Mexico, distributing biodiesel blends as well as ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD), gasoline, glycerin, Matter Organic Non-Glycerol (MONG), and feedstocks for biodiesel production throughout the Southwest and into California, Nevada, and Mexico. Jed has over 10 years experience in all aspects of biodiesel manufacturing and distribution, and has managed operations for Rio Valley Biofuels since its founding in 2006. The company has expanded operations to include a 15MGPY biodiesel production facility in El Paso, Texas.
Andrew Davison
Andrew Davison is the co-founder and -owner of Cape Cod Biofuels, Inc. as well as co-owner of Brodeur and Sons, Inc. Launched in 2008 as a small plant, Cape Cod Biofuels now operates its third site, a 12,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art recycling and production facility in Sandwich, Massachusetts, collecting 1,000,000 gallons of local cooking oil annually and recycling it into biodiesel. Andrew is a Graduate of Norwich University the Military College of VT ('94) and a veteran of the United States Coast Guard. He has worked previously as a licensed general contractor, a licensed stock broker, and former Firefighter/EMT.