Board of Directors

Todd Becker has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2009 and was appointed as a director in March 2009. Mr. Becker has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a director, of the general partner of Green Plains Partners LP since March 2015. Mr. Becker served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from October 2008 to December 2008. He served as Chief Executive Officer of VBV LLC from May 2007 to October 2008. Mr. Becker was Executive Vice President of Sales and Trading at Global Ethanol from May 2006 to May 2007. Prior to that, he worked for ten years at ConAgra Foods, Inc. in various management positions including Vice President of International Marketing for ConAgra Trade Group and President of ConAgra Grain Canada. Mr. Becker has over 28 years of related experience in various commodity processing businesses, risk management and supply chain management, along with extensive international trading experience in agricultural markets. Mr. Becker served on the board of directors, including its audit and compensation committees, for Hillshire Brands Company from 2012 to 2014. Mr. Becker has a master’s degree in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a Finance emphasis from the University of Kansas.

Clay Killinger was appointed a member of the board of directors of our general partner in August 2015. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and serves on the Conflicts Committee. Mr. Killinger became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CST Brands, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer of CrossAmerica Partners LP in March 2015. On June 28, 2017, CST Brands was successfully merged with a subsidiary of Circle K. He has served on the Board of Directors of the general partner of Cross America Partners since October 2014 until June 28, 2017. Mr. Killinger joined CST Brands, Inc. in January 2013 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer after more than 11 years of service with Valero, including as Senior Vice President and Controller. Before that, Mr. Killinger was a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP, where he worked from 1983 through 2001. Clay is a Certified Public Accountant, with his B.B.A in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Michelle Mapes assumed the role of Chief Legal and Administration officer in January of 2018, responsible for all legal affairs, compliance and regulatory matters, board liaison and corporate secretary duties, insurance, government relations, organizational development and strategic compensation initiatives. Ms. Mapes served as Executive Vice President – General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from November 2009 to January of 2018. Prior to joining Green Plains in September 2009 as General Counsel, Ms. Mapes was a Partner at Husch Blackwell LLP, where for three years she focused her legal practice nearly exclusively in renewable energy. Prior to that, she was Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel for HDM Corporation. Ms. Mapes served as Senior Vice President – Corporate Services and General Counsel for Farm Credit Services of America from April 2000 to June 2005. Ms. Mapes holds a Juris Doctorate, a master’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Finance, all from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

Jerry Peters joined our parent Company as Chief Financial Officer in June 2007 and retired in September 2017. He is a member of the board's Audit and Conflicts Committees. Mr. Peters served as Senior Vice President - Chief Accounting Officer for ONEOK Partners, L.P. from May 2006 to April 2007, as its Chief Financial Officer from July 1994 to May 2006, and in various senior management roles prior to that. ONEOK Partners is a publicly-traded partnership engaged in gathering, processing, storage, and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids. Prior to joining ONEOK Partners in 1985, he was employed by KPMG LLP as a certified public accountant. Mr. Peters has a Masters degree in Business Administration from Creighton University with a Finance emphasis and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

Brett Riley was appointed a member of the board of directors of our general partner in April 2016 and serves as the Chairman of the board's Conflicts Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Riley led the strategy and mergers and acquisitions activities for Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. , a publicly traded Master Limited Partnership, from June 2003 until April 2016. From 2007 to April 2016, Mr. Riley served as senior vice president, business development for Magellan GP, LLC, the general partner of Magellan Midstream Partners. Prior to joining Magellan GP, Mr. Riley served as director, mergers and acquisitions and director, financial planning and analysis for a subsidiary of The Williams Companies, Inc. Before that, he held various finance and business development positions with MAPCO Inc. and The Williams Companies, Inc. Mr. Riley received his Bachelor of Business Administration in management from Pittsburg State University and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Tulsa.

Patrich Simpkins was appointed to Chief Transformation Officer in October of 2022. Before that, he had served as Chief Financial Officer since May 2019. Mr. Simpkins previously served as Chief Development Office since October, 2014, also previously serving as Chief Risk Officer from October 2014 through August 2016. Prior to joining Green Plains in May 2012 as Executive Vice President – Finance and Treasurer, Mr. Simpkins was Managing Partner of GPS Capital Partners, LLC, a capital advisory firm serving global energy and commodity clients.From February 2005 to June 2008, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of SensorLogic, Inc., and as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Risk Officer of TXU Corporation from November 2001 to June 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Simpkins served in senior financial and commercial executive roles with Duke Energy Corporation, Louis Dreyfus Energy, MEAG Power Company and MCI Communications. Mr. Simpkins has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Economics and Marketing from the University of Kentucky.