Michelle Mapes

Michelle Mapes currently serves as the Chief Legal & Administration Officer at Green Plains Inc., a position held since September 2009, where responsibilities include serving as EVP-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior experience includes a partnership at Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP from September 2006 to September 2009, and serving as SVP-Corporate Services & General Counsel at Farm Credit Services of America from 2000 to 2005. Michelle Mapes began a partnership at Kutak Rock, where tenure lasted from 1991 to 2000. Educational qualifications include a JD/MBA in Business Law from the University of Nebraska College of Law (1987-1991) and completion of the Women's Director Program at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University in 2015.