Bob Dinneen's Email & Phone

Bob Dinneen is the President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), the leading trade association for America's ethanol industry. Collectively representing the majority of U.S. ethanol industry leaders and supporters, RFA's mission is to increase the production and use of renewable fuels and to create a dynamic, robust ethanol industry. As the ethanol industry's lead lobbyist before the Congress and Administration, Bob has been instrumental in advancing policies that protect the environment, strengthen the U.S. economy, and promote energy independence. In both 2008 and 2009, Bob was named a top lobbyists? by Capitol Hill's must-read newspaper, The Hill. A noted expert on energy and environmental policy and issues affecting the U.S. ethanol industry, Bob regularly testifies before federal agencies and congressional committees. His views and expertise have been solicited by top policymakers in the Bush (41), Clinton, Bush (43), and Obama Administrations, including Secretaries of Energy, Agriculture, Treasury, and Commerce, the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency. Bob has represented the U.S. ethanol industry at state, national, and international forums and addressed major gathering of international leaders in Europe and South America. For more than two decades, Bob's advocacy and leadership have helped to move RFA and the ethanol industry forward. In 1988, he joined RFA as Legislative Director and assumed the role of President in 2001. Bob's successful coalition-building efforts have paved the way for industry growth and directly resulted public policy achievements such as the expansion of the historic Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to 36 billion gallons by 2022 and the passage of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC). In addition to his work at RFA, Bob serves on the DOE/USDA Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee. A frequent speaker on ethanol-related issues, Bob has been featured in top print, broadcast, and online media outle ts, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Associated Press, Reuters, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, FOX, and a wide variety of regional and trade publications. Additionally, Bob is a featured contributor on The Huffington Post,? the web's most widely read blog for political news. Prior to joining RFA, Bob worked in the U.S. Congress for various Representatives and congressional committees. Bob graduated from the Catholic University of America with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science.