Speaker Biographies (Arranged Alphabetically) Contents Keynote Speakers Austin Brown .................................................................................................................................. 7 Vann Bush ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Adam Cohen ................................................................................................................................... 9 The Honorable Chuck Fleischmann.............................................................................................. 10 David Friedman ............................................................................................................................ 11 Renato Domith Godinho ............................................................................................................... 12 The Honorable Marcy Kaptur ....................................................................................................... 13 Jan Koninckx ................................................................................................................................ 14 Jonathan Male ............................................................................................................................... 15 Dennis McGinn ............................................................................................................................. 16 Rueben Sarkar ............................................................................................................................... 17 Bernardo Silva .............................................................................................................................. 18 James J. Spaeth ............................................................................................................................. 19 Dr. Cathie Woteki ......................................................................................................................... 20 Plenary and Breakout Speakers, Including Session Moderators Carol Babb .................................................................................................................................... 22 Bryan Bals ..................................................................................................................................... 23 Andrea Bailey ............................................................................................................................... 24 Amanda Barry ............................................................................................................................... 25 Brian Baynes ................................................................................................................................. 26 Jacques Beaudry-Losique ............................................................................................................. 27 Tim Bearnes .................................................................................................................................. 28 Mary Biddy ................................................................................................................................... 29 Dr. Adam Bratis ............................................................................................................................ 30 Nate Brown ................................................................................................................................... 31 Matthew Carr ................................................................................................................................ 32 Dr. Joel Cherry .............................................................................................................................. 33 Bioenergy 2016 | July 12–14, 2016 | Mobilizing the Bioeconomy through Innovation 2 | Page R. Brooke Coleman ....................................................................................................................... 34 Kevin Comer ................................................................................................................................. 35 Bill Crump .................................................................................................................................... 36 Steve Csonka ................................................................................................................................. 37 Maggie Davis ................................................................................................................................ 38 Cora Dickson ................................................................................................................................ 39 Jeffrey Dietrich ............................................................................................................................. 40 Sheila Dillard ................................................................................................................................ 41 Jim Dooley .................................................................................................................................... 42 Deepak Dugar ............................................................................................................................... 43 Jennifer Dunn ................................................................................................................................ 44 Laurence Eaton ............................................................................................................................. 45 Mark Elless ................................................................................................................................... 46 Doug Elliott ................................................................................................................................... 47 Bob Emory .................................................................................................................................... 48 Dr. Burton English ........................................................................................................................ 49 Dr. Christine M. English ............................................................................................................... 50 Brent Erickson .............................................................................................................................. 51 Julie Felgar .................................................................................................................................... 52 Daniel Fishman ............................................................................................................................. 53 Brian Foody .................................................................................................................................. 54 Matt Garcia ................................................................................................................................... 55 Dan Goodwin ................................................................................................................................ 56 Alison Goss Eng ........................................................................................................................... 57 Valerie Harmon ............................................................................................................................. 58 Dr. Michael R. Hilliard ................................................................................................................. 59 Joe Hrdlicka .................................................................................................................................. 60 George Huber ................................................................................................................................ 61 Jeffrey M. Jacobs .......................................................................................................................... 62 K’Lynne Johnson .......................................................................................................................... 63 Kristen Johnson ............................................................................................................................. 64 Bioenergy 2016 | July 12–14, 2016 | Mobilizing the Bioeconomy through Innovation 3 | Page Stacy Jordahl ................................................................................................................................. 65 Wes Jurey ...................................................................................................................................... 66 Virginia Klausmeier ...................................................................................................................... 67 Keith Kline .................................................................................................................................... 68 Jan Koninckx ................................................................................................................................ 69 Borislava Kostova ......................................................................................................................... 70 Devinn Lambert ............................................................................................................................ 71 Matthew Langholtz ......................................................................................................................