(Photo description) From left: Todd Good and Joe Shanle
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Nebraska Ethanol Board (NEB) welcomes two Nebraska ethanol producers to the NEB’s newly-created ethanol producer advisor roles. Todd Good from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) joins as the advisor representing producers with an annual cumulative production capacity above 100 million gallons, and Joe Shanle from Trenton Agri Products (TAP) joins as the advisor representing producers with an annual cumulative production capacity below 100 million gallons. Good and Shanle were confirmed in their new roles by a Board vote at the August NEB meeting.
“We’re very excited to welcome Todd and Joe to their new advisory roles,” NEB Executive Director Reid Wagner said. “They both bring tremendous experience and knowledge of the ethanol industry in Nebraska. Their voices will be crucial to the NEB moving forward.”
Todd Good is the plant manager at ADM Corn Processing in Columbus. With 22 years of ethanol and oilseeds industry experience, Good has worked in several roles at ADM, including plant engineer, extraction superintendent, and plant superintendent, before assuming his current role in July 2019. Good is highly respected in the Nebraska ethanol industry for his expertise and leadership. He grew up on his family’s farm in Indiana and holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
“I’m excited to be joining the NEB as an advisor,” Good said. “I am passionate about supporting corn producers by bringing additional value to their corn and the ethanol it produces. The NEB plays an important role to ensure that Nebraska corn growers and ethanol producers can benefit from the opportunities now and in the future, and I plan to use my experience to help shape the conversation.”
Joe Shanle is the vice president of operations at TAP in Trenton. Shanle has significant experience in ethanol plant management, including past roles as production manager at Flint Hills Resources and senior plant manager at Midwest Renewable Energy before joining TAP as plant manager in 2020 and promoting last year to vice president of operations. Shanle is held in high regard in the Nebraska ethanol industry, including in the Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) community. Shanle holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Hastings College.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the NEB as an advisor,” Shanle said. “This industry provides many benefits to our state, and the NEB has been involved in much of its development. My experience in ethanol will help the NEB by providing insights to the relevant issues producers face, and ensuring that producer interests are properly voiced. I look forward to working with the Board to ensure the ethanol industry continues to lead the way in a changing economy.”
The NEB has seven members, the majority of which are farmers. In May of this year, the Board approved new agency policy for the appointment of two ethanol producer advisory member positions. Advisory members have long been integral contributors to the NEB, spearheading high-impact research projects, advising the Board on the feasibility of new projects and technologies, helping the Board engage with important stakeholders in Nebraska and nationally, and ultimately serving as go-to resources for NEB members, staff, and the broader industry.
Good and Shanle join University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chemical Engineering Professor Dr. Hunter Flodman, the Board’s technical advisor, as the three advisors serving as non-voting members of the NEB.
The Nebraska Ethanol Board works to ensure strong public policy and consumer support for biofuels. Since 1971, the independent state agency has designed and managed programs to expand production, market access, worker safety and technology innovation, including recruitment of producers interested in developing conventional ethanol, as well as bio-products from the ethanol platform. For more information, visit www.ethanol.nebraska.gov.
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