Board Of Directors

The Board of Directors of Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. currently consists of ten members, divided into three groups. One group of Directors is elected at each annual meeting of shareholders for a three-year term. Each year a different group of Directors is elected on a rotating basis. Jim Anderson, Wayne Hoovestol and Michael McNicholas were elected at the 2011 Annual Meeting, serving until the 2014 annual meeting. The terms of James Crowley, Gordon Glade and Gary Parker will expire at the 2013 annual meeting. The terms of Jim Barry, Todd Becker, Brian Peterson and Alain Treuer will expire at the 2012 annual meeting.

WAYNE HOOVESTOL — Chairman of the Board

Wayne Hoovestol has served as a Director since March 2006 and as Chairman of the Board since October 2008. Mr. Hoovestol served as Chief Operating Officer from January 2007 to February 2007, and as Chief Executive Officer from February 2007 to December 2008 (he resigned from this position effective January 1, 2009). He was appointed as Chief Strategy Officer in March 2009. He resigned as Chief Strategy Officer in November 2009 and is no longer an employee of the Company. Mr. Hoovestol began operating Hoovestol Inc., a trucking company, in 1978. He is also President of Lone Mountain Truck Leasing, which he founded in 2005. Mr. Hoovestol became involved with the ethanol industry as an investor in 1995, and has served on the boards of two other ethanol companies. Mr. Hoovestol also served on the board of CapSource Financial, Inc., a truck trailer sales and leasing company, from May 2005 to March 2007. The Board concluded that Mr. Hoovestol should serve as a Director because of his former leadership as chief executive officer, as well as the business perspective he brings to the Board through his ownership of other entities and investments in other ethanol companies.

TODD BECKER — President, Chief Executive Officer & Director

Todd Becker was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on January 1, 2009, and was appointed as a Director on March 10, 2009. Mr. Becker served as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer from the closing of the VBV merger transaction on October 15, 2008 to December 31, 2008. Mr. Becker had served as Chief Executive Officer of VBV since May 2007. Mr. Becker was Executive Vice President of Sales and Trading at Global Ethanol from May 2006 to May 2007. He had responsibility for setting up the commercial operations of the company. Prior to that, he worked for ten years with ConAgra Foods in various management positions including Vice President of International Marketing for ConAgra Trade Group and President of ConAgra Grain Canada. Mr. Becker has over 20 years of related experience in various commodity processing businesses, risk management and supply chain management. In addition, he has extensive international trading experience in agricultural markets. Mr. Becker has a Masters 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.

JIM ANDERSON — Director (1, 2)

Jim Anderson has served as a Director since October 2008, also serves on the Board’s Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Anderson joined The Gavilon Group, LLC in March 2010 as Chief Operating Officer, Fertilizer. Mr. Anderson served United Malt Holdings (“UMH”), a producer of malt for use in the brewing and distilling industries, as Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors from September 2006 to February 2010. Prior to that, beginning in April 2003, he served as Chief Operating Officer / Executive Vice President of CT Malt, a joint venture between ConAgra Foods and Tiger Brands of South Africa. Mr. Anderson’s experience in the agricultural processing and trading business includes serving as Senior Vice President and then President of ConAgra Grain Companies. His career also includes association with the firm Ferruzzi USA and as an Operations Manager for Pillsbury Company. Mr. Anderson has a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Finance emphasis from the University of Wisconsin Platteville. The Board concluded that Mr. Anderson should serve as a Director because of his commodity experience and agribusiness knowledge, which provides the Board with a relevant depth of understanding of the Company’s operations.

JIM BARRY — Director (2, 3) C

Jim Barry who was appointed to the Board of Directors on October 15, 2008 as a part of the VBV merger transaction, also serves as Chairman of the Board’s Nominating Committee and serves on the Compensation Committee. Mr. Barry was named as Chief Investment Officer of the renewable power investment team within BlackRock, Inc. in February 2011 after serving as Assistant Chief Executive and General Manager, Development. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer of NTR plc from June 2000 to February 2011. Prior to joining NTR plc, he worked with Bain and Company, a global consulting firm, and in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley International. Mr. Barry is on the Council of Patrons of Special Olympics Ireland and is a board member of The Ireland Funds. He also sits on a number of Advisory Boards related to activities at Harvard Business School and University College Cork. Mr. Barry has a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Cork.

JAMES CROWLEY — Director (1) C

James Crowley who was appointed to the Board of Directors as a part of the VBV merger transaction on October 15, 2008, also serves as Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee. Mr. Crowley has been the Chairman and Managing Partner of Old Strategic, LLC since July 2006. His previous experience includes service as Chairman and Managing Partner of Strategic Research Institute, which he co-founded in 1993, President of Global Investment and Merchant Banking at Prudential Securities, and investment banking at Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co. He currently serves on the board and is audit committee chair of Core Molding Technologies and has served on a number of educational and not-for-profit boards. Mr. Crowley has a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Wharton Graduate School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Villanova University.

GORDON GLADE — Director (1, 3)

Gordon Glade who has served as a Director since December 2007, also serves on the Board’s Audit and Nominating Committees. For more than the past five years, Mr. Glade has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AXIS Capital, Inc., a commercial equipment leasing company. In addition, he is a current investor in several other ethanol companies. Mr. Glade also serves as Vice President and a director of the Edgar Reynolds Foundation and as a director of the Brunswick State Bank. Mr. Glade has a Bachelor of Science degree in both Accounting and Finance from Texas Christian University.

GARY PARKER — Director (2, 3)

Gary Parker who has served as a Director since November 2007, also serves on the Board’s Compensation and Nominating Committees. Mr. Parker is the President, Chief Executive Officer and owner of GP&W Inc., d/b/a Center Oil Company, of St. Louis, Missouri, which he founded in 1986 to market gasoline and other petroleum products. Mr. Parker is also the founder of Center Ethanol Company LLC, which owns a 54 million gallon ethanol plant with rail and barge access on the Mississippi River, located in Sauget, Illinois. He also serves on the board of Reliance Bancshares Inc., a publicly-traded bank holding company. Mr. Parker has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Wichita State University.

BRIAN PETERSON — Director (1)

Brian Peterson who has served as a Director since 2005, was named to the Board’s Audit Committee in March 2009. Mr. Peterson also served as Executive Vice President in charge of site development from 2005 to October 2008. Mr. Peterson was the sole founder and owner of Superior Ethanol LLC, which was acquired by the Company in 2006. For last twenty-three years, he has owned and operated grain farming entities which now include acreages in Iowa, Arkansas and South Dakota. Additionally, he built, owns and operates a beef feedlot in northwest Iowa. Mr. Peterson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business from Dordt College.

ALAIN TREUER — Director (2) C

Alain Treuer who was appointed to the Board of Directors as a part of the VBV merger transaction on October 15, 2008, also serves as Chairman of the Board’s Compensation Committee. Mr. Treuer was a co-founder of VBV, which was formed in 2006. Mr. Treuer is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tellac Reuert Partners (TRP) SA, a global Investment and Financial Consulting firm. He was appointed Chief Executive in 2004 and became Chairman in 2005. Mr. Treuer has also controlled Wilon Holdings S.A. since 2006. Prior to joining TRP SA, he was Chairman of TIGC, a global telecommunications company that he founded in 1992 and sold in 2001. Mr. Treuer has a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University in New York and a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

MICHAEL MCNICHOLAS - Director

Michael McNicholas was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of NTR plc, a leading international environmental and renewable energy company, in June 2011 after serving as NTR’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer since February 2011 and Chief Operating Officer from April 2010 to February 2011. Prior to joining NTR, Mr. McNicholas was Executive Director of ESB Energy International, the international investment arm of the Irish energy company, where he served as an employee from August 1982 to March 2010. He has over 25 years of experience in the Irish and international energy industries where he has held senior positions with responsibility for general management, delivery of major capital projects, funding, international energy project investment, managing regulatory environments and competing in open energy markets. Mr. McNicholas serves as a director of NTR and a NTR subsidiary. Mr. McNicholas has a Degree in Engineering from University College Galway. The Board concluded that Mr. McNicholas should serve as a director because his diverse leadership experience in energy industries would be an asset to the Board.

Member of (1) Audit Committee (2) Compensation Committee and/or (3) Nominating Committee.  C indicates Committee Chair.