Cynthia J. (CJ) Warner

Renewable Energy Group (REG)

President & CEO

CJ Warner is the President and Chief Executive Officer for Renewable Energy Group, Inc., a leading provider of cleaner, lower-carbon-intensity products and services. REG is an international producer of biomass-based diesel and North America’s largest producer of advanced biofuel. For more than 35 years, Ms. Warner has held executive positions in the energy sector in operations, business development, strategy, technology development, and environment, health, and safety. She has led operations globally for large refiners including Andeavor and BP as well as scale-up and development efforts in novel renewable energy technologies. Prior to REG, Ms. Warner was the Executive Vice President of Operations for Andeavor (formerly Tesoro), after serving as Andeavor’s Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. Earlier roles include Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sapphire Energy, where she led the development and scaled demonstration of the end-to-end algae to oil process; and Group Vice President of Global Refining for BP, plc. Ms. Warner serves as a member of the Board of Directors for IDEX Corporation. She is also a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni.