The 2025 Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation annual auction was a tremendous success, raising over $29,000. This year, the auction featured a record number of 74 items donated by Clean Fuels Alliance of America members and Foundation supporters. “Funds raised from the auction will play a vital role in supporting our educational activities for the upcoming year,” said Tom Verry, Executive Director of the Clean Fuels Foundation.

Verry says a critical mission of the Foundation is education. “We have a great partnership with folks like Iowa Renewable Fuel Association and they have a tour every summer where they visit farms and biodiesel plants,” said Verry. “Then we do, we do three tours around the country, West Coast, East Coast, and in the middle where we also show them where the fuel is made, distributed and used.”

The Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation Board of Directors also recently welcomed a new Director. Ezra Finkin is the Director for Corporate Affairs and Development with Chevron Renewable Energy Group, a business unit of Chevron producing biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel.

In addition to Finkin, biodiesel industry leaders currently serving on the Foundation’s Board are:
Mark Caspers, Chairman (Nebraska Soybean Board)
Dave Walton, Vice Chairman (Iowa Soybean Association)
Chris Hill, Treasurer (American Soybean Association)
Colin Huwyler, Secretary (CEO, Optimus Technologies)
Michael Dolch, Director (AGP)
Rob Shaffer, Director (American Soybean Association)

Learn more about the Foundation in this interview with Verry from last week’s Clean Fuels Conference.

Clean Fuels interview - Tom Verry, Clean Fuels Foundation (2:56)