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Eric M. Bowen, President and CEO, Tellurian Biodiesel, Inc Mr. Bowen is President and CEO of Tellurian Biodiesel, a leading biodiesel marketer and distributor that has partnered with national fast food supply chain and rendering companies to produce biodiesel from animal fat and used cooking oil with the goal of becoming the leading low cost, high quality U.S. biodiesel producer. Mr. Bowen is a nationally recognized expert in biodiesel tax strategy, incentives, finance and production. Eric Bowen co-founded and is Chairman of the California Biodiesel Alliance. Mr. Bowen has also been instrumental in the City of San Francisco's nationally recognized biodiesel programs including: San Francisco's biodiesel fuel purchasing contract, Mayor Gavin Newsom's biodiesel executive order, creating the San Francisco Biodiesel Taskforce and serving as its Chairman, creating the San Francisco Department of Environment biodiesel environmental justice program and creating the San Francisco "Greasecyle" program to collect used cooking oil and make them available for biodiesel production. Mr. Bowen also serves on Mayor Newsom's Clean Technology Advisory Council, was the founding President of the San Francisco Biofuels Cooperative and assisted in the Sustainable Biodiesel Summit creation. Prior, Mr. Bowen was a Managing Director with San Francisco Biodiesel and before that, was Vice President, Energy and Director, Biofuels at the investment banking firm Sigma Capital Group where he specialized in biodiesel project finance. Mr. Bowen was a corporate attorney at the Heller Ehrman Venture Law Group in Silicon Valley where he managed complex transactions and assisted dozens of companies with capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings. Mr. Bowen was also an attorney at the Venture Law Group. Mr. Bowen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon and earned his J.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law - Boalt Hall. |
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Ben Jordan Benjamin P. Jordan, P.E., Technical Consultant, provides civil engineering expertise for sustainable ecological design projects including water conservation, biodiesel production and permaculture education. He has extensive experience in the design and construction of municipal and residential utility infrastructure, biodiesel market development in San Francisco and sustainable community development projects. Before establishing an ecological design and education firm, Mr. Jordan worked for four years for private engineering consultants and has certifications in green design, composting education and tank inspection. Mr. Jordan holds a California Professional Civil Engineering License and a B.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan. He is the founder of Healthy Fuels, a non-profit organization that promotes sustainable and environmentally sound biofuels. |
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Melissa Moss Melissa found herself suddenly immersed in the biodiesel movement when she became Community Coordinator for the Pacifica based Livability Project . Part of her job was buying and selling biodiesel for their co-op EcoDiesel. Quickly learning about biodiesel in the Bay Area and beyond, Melissa used her "connect the dots" approach along with her community building skills to grow the co-op. While attending the Sustainable Biodiesel Summit in Texas Melissa realized her own frustrations of the complexities of biodiesel on a small scale played out in the entire industry. Her first fill up on B99 in her '84 MB proved to be a spiritually altering experience propelling Melissa into "right" intentions in the world of Biodiesel. Melissa hopes the success of the BRC will increase local production improving biofuel accessibility and the viability of co-ops small and large while enhancing awareness about the vast potentials of biodiesel. In April 2008 Pacifica Gardens, a program of The Livability Project, broke ground on a mini-urban agricultural education center. This unique community project features permaculture, mini biointensive food production and community beds. Melissa firmly believes healthy change in our world will rise from local communities and its grass root efforts. |
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Eric Smith Eric "Doc" Smith is a musician and recording engineer who has worked with the likes of Brian Eno, Madonna, Warren Zevon, and Mickey Hart among others. In 1995, Smith designed and built his critically acclaimed musical instrument, "The Drummstick". Smith is a consultant for Waste Solutions Group and helped to successfully convert the SF Bay Railroad's locomotives to using biodiesel. He is also the director of Green Depot, a non-profit, public benefit corporation, funded by an environmental justice grant from the SF Department of the Environment. It's mission is to bring the economic, health, and environmental benefits of biodiesel to San Francisco residents, focusing on some of the neighborhoods hardest hit by toxic diesel pollution - Bayview Hunters Point and Potrero. He drives a 2001 VW Beetle that runs exclusively on biodiesel. |
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Wayne Veatch Wayne Veatch is an electrical engineer and retired attorney, an inactive member of the California State Bar, with more than thirty years of experience in litigation, dispute resolution, high technology support and business transactions. He has been house counsel to several San Francisco and Silicon Valley software companies, including Macromedia, BroadVision and ASK, where he created business relationships and resolved business disputes. He is interested in efficient technology and furthering the use of renewable fuels. |
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