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OUR TEAM

Brent Baker, Chief Executive Officer Brent is a pioneer of the biodiesel movement and has been a biodiesel entrepreneur, educator and producer of biodiesel fuel since the fuel emerged in the United States about 15 years ago. Brent founded Tri-State Biodiesel in 2004 after working for years as the Executive Director of Biotour.org, a non-profit organization that specialized in global warming, sustainability, and biodiesel education. Under Baker's leadership, TSB has become the first, most well-known and biggest biodiesel company in the region, and a national pioneer in urban, sustainable biodiesel. Brent is a nationally known spokesman on biodiesel and related issues and has educated hundreds-of-thousands of Americans about the dangers of global warming and the benefits of biodiesel fuel. Brent and Tri-State has been the subject of numerous print articles, radio and television programs including the New York Times, National Public Radio, ABCs Business Week Weekend and PBS News Hour, which called him a “Johnny Appleseed of biodiesel”. Mr. Baker is currently advising members of the New York State Assembly and the New York City Council on biodiesel policy. He is also featured in the award-winning documentary “Fuel”. Mr. Baker, who has met with Al Gore and biodiesel superstar Willie Nelson, is called upon regularly to be interviewed or speak at biodiesel industry and environmental forums. More recently, Brent was awarded Social Venture Network’s Innovators Award for his work at Tri-State Biodiesel. Email Brent
Dehran Duckworth, Fuel Sales Manager – Dehran has been with Tri-State Biodiesel as a partner/ member since 2006, on the board of directors since 2008, and is currently head of the fuel sales division. Dehran brings a forward thinking and innovative approach to the marketing of biodiesel and the public education of its benefits and easy implementation. He is responsible for acquiring and maintaining biodiesel accounts in all applicable sectors including truck fleet sales, bioheat sales, and marketing through filling stations, as well as administering company public outreach efforts around the tri-state area. Email Dehran
Greg Norwood, Procurement Manager — A native of Brooklyn, Greg Norwood began working with TSB as a BioHeat sales recruiter, now he oversees the entire TSB sales team and all new restaurant accounts in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. As a true environmentalist – he does his best to refrain from supporting companies like Haliburton, BP, and Exxon that steal Mother Earth’s resources. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and his two kids. Email Greg
Norman Felsen, *Controller* – Norman Felsen, Controller – Norman manages the accounting needs of Tri-State Biodiesel. A CPA, he brings over twenty five years of financial and human resource experience to Tri State Biodiesel. His background includes many years in corporate accounting for various businesses. He was the controller at Air Industries Machining Corp for many years, which grew from a small disadvantaged business into a publicly traded corporation. Prior to that he was at Toshiba America Inc. a holding company established by Toshiba Corp. He has his degree from the C.W. Post School of Professional Accountancy. Email Norman
Joshua Sabo, Chief Counsel – With his professional legal experience in energy and technology projects, Joshua brings a high level of legal expertise to the Tri-State Biodiesel team. As Tri-State's legal counsel, he writes business contracts and other documents, advises on strategy, and oversees our general activities to insure against for future litigation. Joshua's experience in Albany and Washington, D.C., leaves him well suited to advise Tri-State on lobbying and public partnership issues. He holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He is special counsel to the Green Island Power Authority and is experienced in litigation and appellate work in State and Federal Courts throughout New York State. Email Joshua
Kip Moncrief, Operations Manager- Connecticut BioFuels – Kip has been with the TSB team since early 2007. He helped in the launch of Connecticut BioFuels and is also a partner. Connecticut BioFuels is a division of TSB and collects waste cooking oil in Connecticut offering the same great, timely, and professional service as TSB. Kip is no stranger to biodiesel or the machines fueled by it. In the early 1980’s Kip’s father was making his own biodiesel and running it in the family Peugeot diesel station wagon. Kip himself is the first man to race an international car race on only waste cooking oil. This was done during the 2008 La Carrera Panamericana in his 59’ Mercedes 190d. On most weekends you can find kip competitively racing at some road course or circle track in New England. Kip received a BA in Economics from Hobart College in 2006. Email Kip
Boss Williams, Fleet Supervisor — Boss Williams has worked at Tri-State Biodiesel since August of 2009. From 1995-2009, he worked at DHL Delivery Company where he was responsible for ensuring prompt package delivery times. At TSB, he manages drivers’ daily schedules, waste cooking oil collection, and daily driver duties. Boss has worked his way through the ranks at TSB, starting as a fuel driver, and then a Waste Cooking Oil (WCO) driver, before becoming the newest fleet supervisor.

CORPORATE ADVISORS

Ethan Garber, Board Member
—Ethan Garber is Chairman & CEO of Convoy Solutions, LLC, d/b/a “IdleAir”. IdleAir is the nations largest truckstop electrification provider with anti-idling operations currently in 9 states. Garber has an extensive background in trading and restructuring distressed debt situations, is a founding partner of Lakewater Capital, and a corporate advisor to Euro-Pro – WalMart’s 2011 Softlines Supplier of the year. Garber is also a founding investor and active board member of several environmentally targeted startups including TSB and Thermal House, a New England building performance and renewable energy contractor. Prior to becoming CEO of Convoy Solutions, Garber was a senior counterparty negotiator in the liquidation of the derivative portion of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy estate. From 2001 thru 2008 Garber ran proprietary credit arbitrage portfolios for Credit Suisse and Bear Stearns. Prior to that, Garber was an award-winning distressed debt analyst at several firms including Lehman Brothers (2001 Institutional Investor All Star), Jefferies and Chase Manhattan Bank. Garber graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in Religious Studies.

Richard Klein, Board Member — Richard Klein is the President and Founder of Quixotic Systems Inc., Richard is also a seed- and early-stage investor in alternative energy technologies and service companies. He has successfully guided nine start-up companies on advancing their technologies, identifying markets and managing their growth. Mr. Klein holds a BA in philosophy from Colgate University and pursued postgraduate studies in mathematics and physics at Columbia University. He has a certificate in boilers and plumbing studies from New York City College of Technology and he studied solar design in Colorado at Solar Energy International in 1997. Mr. Klein is member of the New York State Solar Energy Association and other related professional organizations. He is fluent in German and French and proficient in Italian.

Tri-State Biodiesel, LLC

531 Barretto Street
Bronx, NY 10474
800-571-7171

info@tristatebiodiesel.com

TSB has operations based in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut.

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