Growth Energy

“Founding members (the two founding companies), producer members (ethanol plants), associate members (any other organization).”

“Founding members may appoint their respective ceo's or other senior executive employee to the board of directors. Founding members also have the right to vote to elect or remove other directors from the board. Producer members in good standing have the right to vote to elect or remove directors representing producer members to or from the board. Members have no other voting rights as members.”

“There are no committees that have authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“A draft copy of the form 990 is delivered to the organization's controller. The controller along with the ceo perform a detail review of the draft form 990. A final draft is provided to the full board for their review prior to filing.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy covers officers and employees. Disclosure is requested at every board meeting. It is the responsibility of each covered person to disclose any transaction or relationship that reasonably could be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest to the chief operating officer and/or the controller, or, if an executive officer, to the board of directors, who shall be responsible for determining whether such transaction or relationship constitutes a conflict of interest. A record of all reports received will be provided to the audit committee each fiscal quarter.”

“In order to establish the compensation of the ceo, a committee of the board of directors compares ceo and other top management official salary data to similar organizations. The compensation is then approved by a board committee. Documentation of these decisions are kept at the principal executive office as well as copies of records of all proceedings of the board and board committees. This process was most recently undertaken in 2015.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public upon request. The organization does not make its conflict of interest policy available to the public.”

“Consulting 1,810,596. Other 868,736.”