Alicia Koch joined the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) this week as its new director of global ethanol export development. As director, Koch will be based in the Council’s Washington, D.C. headquarters and oversee the development and execution of the Council’s global ethanol program including program implementation, public affairs and strategic partnerships.
Koch previously served as executive director at Pivot Clean Energy Co., a nonprofit biofuels industry coalition and spent more than nine years across a variety of roles at POET, the world’s largest biofuels producer.
“Alicia’s wealth of experience in the U.S. ethanol industry will be an outstanding benefit to the Council’s ethanol market development efforts, especially at a key time when additional biofuel applications like sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and clean cooking are becoming more prevalent,” said Ryan LeGrand, USGC president and CEO.
Please join the Council in welcoming Alicia!
About The U.S. Grains Council
The U.S. Grains Council develops export markets for U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and related products including distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and ethanol. With full-time presence in 28 locations, the Council operates programs in more than 50 countries and the European Union. The Council believes exports are vital to global economic development and to U.S. agriculture’s profitability. Detailed information about the Council and its programs is online at www.grains.org.