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Gevo Announces Appointment of Todd Werpy to Board of Directors

  • Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) appointed Todd Werpy, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors effective August 20, 2026.
  • Werpy brings over three decades of executive leadership experience in sustainable technologies, R&D, manufacturing operations, & enterprise transformation.
  • He previously served as Chief Science Officer & Executive Committee member at Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM), where he built a technology pipeline & led modernization programs involving automation & advanced process controls.
  • Werpy holds a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Michigan State University, is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Executive Leadership Program, & holds 36 U.S. patents plus over 100 global patents.
  • He is a recipient of the American Chemical Society's Green Chemistry Award & a co-author of the U.S. Department of Energy report on Top 12 Value-Added Chemicals from Biomass.
  • Gevo CEO Paul Bloom stated Werpy's expertise in scaling technology, modernizing operations, & transforming manufacturing organizations will strengthen the Board & guide Gevo's next phase of value creation.
  • Werpy expressed honor at joining the Board to support Gevo's continued growth & long-term success in addressing market challenges.
  • Gevo operates as a diversified energy company producing renewable products including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), motor fuels, chemicals, & renewable natural gas (RNG).
  • Gevo owns an ethanol plant with an adjacent carbon capture & storage (CCS) facility, a Class VI carbon-storage well, & one of the largest dairy-based RNG facilities in the U.S.
  • The company developed the world's first production facility for alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuels & chemicals since 2012 & is currently developing the world's first large-scale ATJ facility in North Dakota.
  • Gevo's Verity subsidiary provides supply chain transparency, accountability, & efficiency in tracking sustainability attributes through a "pay-for-performance" model.