Kelly Takaya King

Vice President and Co-Founder

Pacific Biodiesel

Kelly King is Vice President of Pacific Biodiesel Technologies, LLC, a renewable energy company she co-founded with her husband Robert King in 1995. Well known as an industry pioneer, Pacific Biodiesel was created to alleviate the disposal of waste cooking oil at Maui’s landfill and became the first commercial biodiesel company in the U.S. Pacific Biodiesel has built 13 biodiesel plants in the U.S. and Japan and its community-based biodiesel model has become a standard for the sustainable renewable fuel industry.

Lizzie Reinholt

Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Sustainability, & Marketing

Summit Utilities Inc.

Lizzy Reinholt currently works as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Sustainability & Marketing at Summit Utilities Inc., where she oversees the development and implementation of the company’s long-term sustainability vision along with community and public relations, government affairs, corporate communications, and marketing across all company assets. In addition, she serves  on the board of Maine Rural Development Authority and Rangeley Health and Wellness, along with various other nonprofit boards. Before joining Summit, Lizzy spent much of her career in government affairs, political strategy, and communications for various elected leaders, energy, and social justice clients. Lizzy is a graduate of Emerson College and is currently enrolled in UNC Kenan Flagler’s Executive MBA program.

Molly Ross

LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT

SENATOR SUSAN M COLLINS’ OFFICE

Molly Ross (formerly Molly Ryan) is a Maine native with extensive experience in government affairs. For seven years, she worked as a staffer for Senator Collins, focusing on energy, environment, agriculture, fisheries, and forestry issues. Molly is a graduate of Bates College. She currently lives in Washington, DC, with her husband David.

MICHAEL DEVINE

PRESIDENT

NATIONAL OILHEAT RESEARCH ALLIANCE

On March 1st, 2022, Michael Devine became the President of the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA). As a government-sanctioned “check-off” program, NORA is funded by an excise tax on every gallon of heating oil sold and that money is carefully reinvested in research and education programs. Michael oversees the operations of NORA, which include Consumer & Professional Education, Energy Efficiency & Safety, and Research & Development. As the liquid heating fuel sector continues to evolve, Michael will help shepard the transition to increasing the usage of renewable fuels as more impactful approach to reducing the country’s dependence on foreign energy resources, lowering carbon emissions, providing comfort, and securing domestic jobs. As the NORA President, Michael hopes to help shape the future of the liquid heating fuels industry, giving homeowners wise choices for how to heat their homes.

Michael comes to NORA after having served as part of the Senior Management Team at World Energy, where he developed key national accounts including FedEx, UPS, Chevron, Ryder, The Union Pacific Railroad, and many others. Prior to his time at World Energy, Michael was the CEO of Earth Energy Alliance, which he founded in 2009, to assist the petroleum industry in reducing the carbon footprint of petroleum based fuels by increasing the use of renewable liquid fuels. His company worked closely with renewable energy wholesalers, Bioheat distributors and the National Biodiesel Board (now Clean Fuels Alliance of America).

Michael has deep roots in the oilheat industry. He began his career in his family’s heating oil business in Norwalk, Connecticut and over time began transitioning the heating oil business by blending biodiesel into heating oil in the early 2000’s and gaining national media recognition as an early adopter and pioneer of Bioheat. Michael served as a member of the NORA Board of Directors and additionally served as a member of the Governing Board of the Clean Fuels America Alliance, and he has been a positive and active voice in supporting the oilheat and liquid heating fuels industry for decades.

Doug Marcello

Shareholder

Saxton & Stump

Doug Marcello, a shareholder with the law firm of Saxton & Stump and Chief Legal Officer of Bluewire, is a trucking defense attorney with a CDL. He had represented trucking clients across the country, having been specially admitted for cases in 35 states. Doug received the 2018 Leadership Award of the ATA Safety Council. He has served on the advisory board of the American Trucking Research Institute. Doug is a member of numerous trucking organizations, including a board member of the PA Motor Truck Association and member of the American Trucking Association Safety Council as well as trucking law organizations including TIDA and Transportation Lawyers. He has written numerous articles concerning trucking safety and defense. You can also find his interviews and presentation on his Youtube channel and podcast, “TransportCenter”, on iTunes as well as the Saxton & Stump YouTube channel.

Danny Silverman

Vice President, Sales

Angus Energy

Danny Silverman joined Angus Energy in 2006 and has since been an integral member of the Angus Energy management team. Prior to joining Angus Energy, Mr. Silverman was a partner in a mortgage banking firm where he specialized in marketing products and services as well as developing benchmarking data for the mortgage industry on a national level. Mr. Silverman now represents Angus Energy to clients throughout the United States. He consults with Angus clients on Marketing, Business Intelligence, Analytics and Operational Efficiency. Mr. Silverman has 35 years of experience consulting in these arenas. Mr. Silverman is an Executive Board Member of the National Energy & Fuels Institute (NEFI) and chairs their Public Communications Committee. He has also a Board Member of the National Propane & Gas Association (NPGA) and has been actively involved in their Conventions Committee and Member Services Committee. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Columbia University as well as an MBA in Marketing from Baruch College.