VanGenderen Joins PureVision Business Advisory Board
October 14, 2009PureVision Technology, a biofuels technology development company based in Fort Lupton Colorado, announced today that Heidi VanGenderen has joined their Business Advisory Board. "Heidi VanGenderen is one of the top advocates and leaders of the clean energy economy, and we are thrilled that she has agreed to advise PureVision's executive team as we bring our technology to market," said Ed Lehrburger, President and CEO. "Heidi brings a wealth of experience, market awareness, and personal relationships to PureVision, and our entire team will benefit from her guidance. Her experience in energy, government policy, governance and finance will be invaluable as we commercialize our second-generation biofuels equipment." Heidi VanGenderen currently serves as a Senior Energy Advisor for the Worldwatch Institute in Washington D.C. She recently completed a Chevening Fellowship with the U.K. Foreign Office and British Council International Fellowship on "Finance and Investment in a Low-Carbon Economy," including work with F&C Investments in London in the Governance and Sustainable Investments group. VanGenderen served as Colorado's first gubernatorial climate advisor to Governor Bill Ritter, overseeing the creation of Colorado's first Climate Action Plan. For eight years she served as Senior Associate to the Wirth Chair in Environmental and Community Policy at the University of Colorado at Denver's Graduate School of Public Affairs. Heidi holds a Bachelor of the Arts in Political Science from Carleton College.
"I am very excited to serve on the Business Advisory Board for PureVision," stated VanGenderen. "We have learned so much through the trials and travails of the corn-based ethanol interim; PureVision represents the next ready wave of truly sustainable biofuels production."
About PureVision
PureVision is a privately held Colorado corporation headquartered in Fort Lupton, Colorado. PureVision is scaling up a patented biorefinery technology to transform many different types of cellulosic biomass into higher value products including second-generation biofuels like cellulosic ethanol. The company recently completed the installation of a half-ton per day capacity continuous pilot plant at their Colorado headquarters and is working with many companies to scale up the technology for biofuels applications. During the third quarter of 2009, PureVision Technology, Inc. established a Business Advisory Board and a Technical Advisory Board, comprised of seasoned individuals with a wide range of expertise that will advise PureVision senior management.