Doyal Named RFA Chairman

STREATOR, Ill. (DTN) -- The Renewable Fuels Association elected Randall Doyal as its new chairman of the board at its annual meeting Wednesday, Oct. 1, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Doyal is general manager and CEO of Al-Corn Clean Fuel, a 50 MMGY ethanol plant in Claremont, Minn.

Doyal's career in the ethanol industry began in 1982 at Mountain Development Corp. In addition to Al-Corn Clean Fuel, he serves as chairman of the board of Guardian Energy, LLC and Renewable Products Marketing Group. Doyal previously served as vice-chairman and treasurer of the RFA.

"It is truly an honor to be selected by my peers to head the Renewable Fuels Association," Doyal said. "The RFA has the technical knowledge, political influence, and market acumen to positively impact today's ethanol industry, which will in turn help bolster biofuels production and consumption across the nation."

Also elected Wednesday were vice-chairman Mick Henderson, general manager of Commonwealth Agri-Energy in Hopkinsville, Ky.; treasurer Walter Wendland of Golden Grain Energy, LLC in Mason City, Iowa; and president Bob Dinneen, CEO of the RFA in Washington, D.C.

The RFA is a trade association for the U.S. ethanol industry.

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