Kay Martin, Ph.D.

Dr. Martin is Vice-President and a member of the Board of Directors of the BioEnergy Producers Association, a coalition of private companies dedicated to the development of renewable sources of power, fuels, and chemicals from agricultural, forestry and urban biomass, and plastic wastes.

She is a leading proponent for the national bioenergy initiative, and has been instrumental over the past several years in the development of state initiatives to commercialize new biomass conversion technologies and to expand markets for biobased products.

Dr. Martin serves on the boards of national, state and local organizations promoting bioenergy development, including the New Uses Council and the California Biomass Collaborative.  Prior to her retirement from the County of Ventura, she was the Director of the Environmental and Energy Resources Department from 1987-2004.

Dr. Martin is an honors graduate of the State University of New York and California State University, and holds advanced degrees in both anthropology and public administration.  She is the author of several books and articles, and a regular contributor to professional journals on the subject of bioenergy and biomass conversion technologies.