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General Manager/CEO
Scott Mundt
Scott joined Dakota Ethanol in 2005 as our General Manager and has been our Chief Executive Officer since 2007. Prior to joining Dakota Ethanol Scott spent 5 years with Fey Industries as their Vice President of Manufacturing and 17 years with 3M Company in various engineering and management positions. Scott is a graduate of North Dakota State University. |
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Lake Area Corn Processors Membership Coordinator
Alan May
Alan was born and raised on a farm in South Dakota. After working for cooperatives for 27 years Alan has worked at Dakota Ethanol, LLC since the beginning in 2001. Alan is also the Dakota Ethanol, LLC EHS Coordinator |
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Chief Financial Officer
Robbi Buchholtz
Rob joined Dakota Ethanol at startup in 2001 as our Controller and has been our CFO since 2007. He manages the accounting and financial reporting along with IT and human resources. Prior to joining Dakota Ethanol, Rob worked in public accounting for 8 years. Rob is a graduate from the University of South Dakota and has earned his CPA certification in South Dakota. |
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Grain Accountant
Lois Nebben
Lois was raised on her family farm in the local area. She has been with Dakota Ethanol since plant startup in 2001. Lois brings a combined 15 years of experience in the grain accounting industry with Colman Farmers Elevator and Colton Farmers Elevator to Dakota Ethanol. |
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Plant Accountant
Rochelle Nowstrup
Rochelle grew up in rural South Dakota. She joined the Dakota Ethanol team in 2003 as the Receptionist and was promoted to Plant Accountant in 2004. Rochelle is a graduate of the University of South Dakota with a B.S. in Business Administration – Accounting. |
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Commodities Manager
Paul Geraets
Paul is a Dell Rapids, SD native raised on his family’s crop & livestock farm. A graduate from SDSU with a B.S. in Mechanized Agriculture with minors in Soils & Agronomy after graduation he returned to the family farm. In 1994, he began an eight year career with Cargill as a facility manager and in 2001 Paul joined Dakota Ethanol as the Commodities Manager. |
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Merchandising Assistant
Andrea Eddy
Andrea grew up in southwest Wisconsin on her family grain & cattle farm. She started with Dakota Ethanol in 2002 as the Receptionist and was promoted to Merchandising Assistant in 2003. Since then she has been involved in establishing and continuing to develop Dakota Ethanol’s modified distillers market and grain procurement. Andrea is a graduate of University of Wisconsin – Platteville with a B.S. in Business Administration – Marketing. |
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Commodities Assistant/Scale Operator
Jennie DeVaney
Jennie joined the Grains Department at Dakota Ethanol in July of 2005 as the Commodities Assistant & Scale Operator. Jennie coordinates grain storage and manages truck traffic of inbound and outbound commodities, as well as ensuring that the grain quality reaches standards required of Dakota Ethanol. |
