Graham Noyes – Sustainable Aviation Fuel for the Southeast
Graham Noyes is the Managing Attorney of Noyes Law Corporation (NLC). For the past fifteen years, Graham has worked in commercial and legal roles in the low carbon fuels industry. Through NLC, Graham represents producers, developers, marketers, and distributors of solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels based in the US and abroad on fuel, energy, and carbon law issues. He is a recognized authority regarding the nature and value of environmental attributes, particularly RINs under the Renewable Fuel Standard, and credits under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). Graham closely tracks state and national policy trends and developments relating to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction. Graham is particularly known for his work before the California Air Resources Board (ARB), the California Energy Commission (CEC), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In 2014, Graham co-founded the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition (LCFC). The presentation highlights his involvement in California’s LCFS and the experienced gained through that effort. The potential for similar regulation in the southeastern U.S. is also discussed, as well as the value it adds in advancing the prospect of sustainable aviation fuels in the region. (https://fuelandcarbonlaw.com)
Wendy Tate – Connecting Stakeholders Across the Supply Chain
Dr. Wendy Tate is a Professor of Supply Chain Management in the College of Business, Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management at the University of Tennessee. She teaches undergraduate, MBA, Executive and PhD students Strategic Sourcing and Sustainability. Wendy has an interest in the financial impacts of business decisions across the supply chain.
Joel M. Murdock – Strategic Projects FedEx Express Air Operations
Joel Murdock, Managing Director, Strategic Projects, FedEx Express Air Operations. As a major consumer of jet and diesel fuel, FedEx Express is working with industry to facilitate the development and commercialization of sustainable alternative fuels using a phased approach in conjunction with the FAA/A4A CAAFI (Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative) program. Joel will discuss ongoing efforts toward commercialization, including SAF Research & Development, Fuel Qualification/Approval, and Off-Take Agreements. He will also discuss the SAF challenges, such as the total cost of ownership and the logistics, that require unique or tailored solutions to deploy SAF at US airports.