J. Alan Weber

Mr. Alan Weber is a founding partner of MARC-IV, a consulting company that fosters the development of bio-based innovations that benefit agriculture and enhance the environment. Active with biodiesel commercialization activities since 1991, Weber assisted with the establishment of the National Biodiesel Board's (NBB) Washington, DC office in 2006-07 and continues to provide economic & technical support to their efforts. He was appointed by the U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture and Energy to serve on the Biomass Research & Development Initiative Technical Advisory Committee in 2012. In addition to his activity with MARC-IV, Weber operates and manages his family's farm in central Missouri. He completed his undergraduate and graduate training in agricultural economics at the University of Missouri.