Board of Directors

Paul Harrison, President

Paul owns and operates Prairie View Farm, a 500 acre cash grain enterprise. Paul is an avid proponent of no-till. Paul has served on the president of the board of directors for the North Central Soybean Research Program, president of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board, and chair of the Agribusiness Council of the Greater Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce.

Steve P. Myers, Vice President

Mr. Myers also currently serves as President of Capitaline Advisors, LLC, a private equity investment management firm specializing in renewable energy investments and one of our principal shareholders. Prior to serving as President, Mr. Myers served as Managing Director of Capitaline Advisors from 2003 to December 2005. Mr. Myers also serves as President of Myden Co., a holding company that owns real estate and other investments, a position he has held since 1996.

Mr. Myers has over 30 years of commercial finance and investment experience. Before joining Capitaline, Steve directed merger & acquisition activities at First Midwest Financial in Storm Lake, Iowa. Prior to FMF, he was President of Brookings Federal Bank which he took public and subsequently negotiated its sale to FMF. Mr. Myers has also been Trust Dept Head at First National Bank in Brookings, South Dakota and VP Trust Officer at First Trust Company in York, Nebraska where he built key client relationships and was responsible for investment management activities.

Mr. Myers serves on several community, non-profit and church boards. Steve is currently the Secretary of the Brookings Utility Board and is a Board Member of the East Central Multi District Advisory Board, Junior Achievement, and St. Thomas More Finance Committee. Steve received his B.S. in Business Management from the University of South Dakota. He is also a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

Ray Dreger, Secretary/Treasurer

Ray is the secretary and treasurer of the Co-op. He operates a 420-acre crop farm and is CEO of Seeds & Stuff Farm Market in Colfax, Wisconsin. He is a board member of Dairyland Power Cooperative and Secretary/Treasurer of Dunn Energy Board of Directors. Ray is a certified Professional Agronomist and Certified Crop Advisor and holds a MS in Agronomy and Plant Genetics from the University of Minnesota.

Dick Bauer, Director

Richard farms 760 acres in Pepin County, growing corn and soybeans, rye and hay. He has served on the board of directors of the Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board, Pepin County Human Services, and Farm Credit Services. Richard has served on the school board of his local parish school and was selected the Pepin County Farm Management Club Outstanding Farmer of the Year for 2001.

Nick Bowdish, Director

Nick became involved with the ethanol industry as an investor in locally owned plants and later joined the project development team at Fagen Incorporated. Nick works with both operating and development stage projects in the ethanol, power, wind, and industrial process industries. Nick grew up in the grain industry with several years of experience at a privately owned grain elevator in south central Wisconsin. Nick has education in business and economics and a Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Business Management from The University of Wisconsin - Madison. Nick was born and raised in the agricultural community of Monroe, Wisconsin.

Luther Grohn, Director

Luther has farmed since 1967, and currently raises crops on 2,500 acres. He spent 12 years on the Elk Mound School Board, including serving as the board's treasurer. He holds a BS in Science and Agriculture from the UW-River Falls.

Lawrence Lagowski, Director

Mr. Lagowski serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Indeck Energy Services, Inc.

Michael Nelson, Director

Michael is the fifth generation raised on the family farm in the town of Sand Creek with his two younger sisters. His wife Kelly Esterby is a graphic designer for Target Corporation. They have two children - Zoe, 3 and Noah, 1.

He attended UW-River Falls majoring in Ag Engineering Technology. While there, he became a member of Delta Theta Sigma and now is currently the alumni president. After milking cows through college he took a job with Schottler Pumping upon graduation in 1993. He was involved with the design, manufacturing and operation of manure handling equipment over a four state area.

Michael then went onto Farmers Cooperative in Baldwin, working in the agronomy department. Farmers merged and moved to New Richmond where they became Precision Ag. He started farming small acreage after that and is currently running about 1,700 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and cattle with his Dad, Kenny, in the northeast corner of Dunn County.

Michael feels that this is an exciting time in the ethanol industry and farming in general.

Robert Wright, Director

Mr. Wright has served as the president, chief executive officer and a principal shareholder of Murex N.A. since May 1992. Murex is a marketer of gasoline "blendstocks," such as fuel grade Ethanol, MTBE, Toluene, Methanol and Alkylate, to independent and major refiners in the United States. Mr. Wright is a graduate of Ohio State University with a degree in chemical engineering and the University of Toledo with a masters in business administration.