Advisory Council

Liam Leightley — Chairman
Executive Director
Institute of Advanced Learning and Research
Danville, VA
Sumesh Arora
Director
Strategic Biomass Solutions
Mississippi Technology Alliance
Ridgeland, MS		 John Clark
Board of Directors
South Carolina Biomass Council
Columbia, SC
Steve Flick
Founder
Show Me Energy Cooperative
Centerview, MO		 Timothy D. Hughes
Director
Division of Biofuels
Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence
Frankfort, KY
Gary W. McChesney
Chief Technology Officer
FutureFuel Chemical Company
Batesville, AR		 Nathan McClure
Chief Forester
Forest Utilization and Marketing
Georgia Forestry Commission
Dahlonega, GA
John McMillan
Commissioner
Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries
Montgomery, AL		 Timothy Rials
Director
Research and Development
Office of Bioenergy Programs
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Timothy J. (Tim) Theiss
Interim Laboratory Relationship Manager; Biomass Program
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Knoxville, TN		 Stephen Smith
Executive Director
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Knoxville, TN
Richard P. Vlosky
Director
Louisiana Forest Products Development Center
Baton Rouge, LA		 Kelly Zering
Associate Professor
Department of Agriculture & Resource Economics
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Non-Voting Members
Brent Bailey
Southeast Facillitator
25 x ’25
Canton, MS		 John Bonitz
Farm Outreach & Policy Advocacy
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Pittsboro, NC
Glen Zorn
Deputy Commissioner
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries
Montgomery, AL