PBEA Board of Directors

In November 2011, PBEA constituted its Board of Directors. The PBEA Board is comprised of businesses and organizations that are engaged in: production of biomass feedstocks, designing and manufacturing thermal biomass systems, biomass project financing, biomass project development, sustainable forestry management, and biomass education.

The PBEA Board of Directors include:

• Jay Clark, AFS Energy - PBEA President
• Karen Smeltz, Harman Home Heating - PBEA Vice President
• Dan Arnett, Ernst Conservation Seeds - PBEA Treasurer
• Dan Wilson, Wilson Engineering - PBEA Secretary
• John Burrows, Energex
• Jennifer Hopkins, Sustainable Energy Fund
• Mike McCaskey, EnergyWorks BioPower

Ex-Officio Directors

• Joel Morrison, West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund
• Mike Palko, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
• Charles Ray, The Pennsylvania State University – College of Agricultural Sciences

Our mission:

• Promote and support the use of Pennsylvania’s sustainable biomass feedstocks,
• Promote and provide guidance on clean, efficient, biomass heat and CHP technologies and installations, and
• Educate end users and policy makers on how biomass can be used to meet the heat and power needs of Pennsylvania in a cost effective, environmentally responsible manner.