Mr. Jeff Broin serves as the President and Executive Chairman of Poet and Poet, LLC. Mr. Broin serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Broin Companies consisting of Broin and Associates, Inc., Broin Management, LLC and Broin Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Broin has been instrumental in the construction and management of ethanol plants in the Midwest and in ethanol and co-product marketing since 1987. Mr. Broin has been instrumental in creating and developing a "turnkey" concept for the development, design, construction, engineering, management and marketing of 19 ethanol projects in the United States. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Poet, LLC and Poet until April 04, 2012 for 25 years. He serves as Vice Chairman of Northern Lights Ethanol LLC. Mr. Broin serves as the Manager of Northern Lights Ethanols of Northern Growers LLC. He served as Manager of the Board for Great Plains Ethanol LLC from 1996 to May 23, 2006 and was integrally involved in its early planning stages. Mr. Broin serves as Secretary and Director of the Renewable Fuels Association. He serves on the boards of sixteen ethanol plants operated and managed by the Broin Companies. He served on the Board of the American Coalition for Ethanol since 1990. He serves as an Associate Member of the South Dakota Corn Growers Association. Mr. Broin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business from University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin in 1987.

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