Board of Directors

Ron Lutovsky was elected chair of the Iowa Biodiesel Board in 2026. He has served as COO/CFO of Iowa Renewable Energy since 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,...

Pat Woerner serves as Vice Chair of the Iowa Biodiesel Board.  Pat is a biodiesel and renewable fuels leader at Cargill, serving as a key commercial figure in the company's agricultural supply chain and bioindustrial operations.  

Brad Wilson is Treasurer of the Iowa Biodiesel Board. He serves as President and General Manager of Western Iowa Energy, LLC, a biodiesel producer based in Wall Lake, Iowa. An accountant by trade, Wilson spent several years as a financial auditor. He became president and general manager of WIE in...

Reo Menning serves as President & CEO of RINAlliance in Urbandale, Iowa. RINAlliance provides a software platform and expertise to help companies comply with the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard. 

Tom Brooks is general manager of Western Dubuque Biodiesel, a 30 Million gallon production facility located in Farley, Iowa. He is a past chair of the Iowa Biodiesel Board.  Brooks was hired by Griffin Industries in 1993 and served as a general manager for several locations within Florida before accepting...

Edgar Castro serves as the General Manager of Operations for Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel at Chevron. In this role he oversees a global portfolio of biorefineries that includes eight biodiesel plants located across the U.S. and Germany, as well as one renewable diesel plant located in the Gulf region.  ...

Nathan Nolte of AGP is Past Chair of the Iowa Biodiesel Board. At AGP, he serves as Sales Manager of Renewable Fuels. He has worked with AGP since 2010. 

Jeff Ellis is an Iowa soybean farmer from Donnellson, Iowa. He represent the Iowa Soybean Association.

Cooper Carlson is a Commodity Economics Analyst with StoneX Commodity Solutions, where he covers renewable fuels on the Fats, Oils, and Greases team. Cooper helps StoneX clients across the biofuel value chain, from feedstock suppliers to biofuel producers, understand their market risk. His work turns feedstock economics, production margins, and...

Grant Kimberley serves as the Senior Director of Market Development for the Iowa Soybean Association. After completing his B.S. and Master’s degrees at NW Missouri State and Drake University, respectively, Grant worked for Monsanto before beginning his work at ISA. Kimberley has been with ISA for over 24 years and...