Ryland Utlaut is a founding member of the Mid-Missouri Energy Board of Directors and has served as President from 2002 to present. Since graduating from the University of Missouri with a B.S. in Agriculture Business, he has operated farms in Saline and Lafayette Counties along with his brother. Mr. Utlaut has served as President and Chairman of the Board for the National Corn Growers Association. In addition, he has served on the European-U.S. Consultative Forum, USDA Agriculture Policy Advisory Committee and for Missouri Corn Growers as Vice-President of the Board and as Chairman of the Corn Merchandising Council. He and his wife, Joey, reside in Alma, Missouri.

Patty has been with Mid-Missouri Energy since its inception and before. Previously the Director of Carrollton Area Chamber Commerce and Economic Development, Patty was key to the organization of the successful equity drive and then served as the Project Coordinator for Mid-Missouri Energy.

Art received his BS degree in Economics from Washington University and his MS degree in Economics from Southern Illinois University. Art has also passed all four sections of the CPA exam. He joins Mid-Missouri Energy after serving as accountant and operations leader for Builder's Bloc in Chesterfield, MO.

Chris is a graduate of Truman State University at Kirksville, MO with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a Chemistry minor. He has served many roles in the ethanol industry, including construction site and start-up supervision prior to joining the MME team as Plant Manager in 2004.

Carl and his wife Kim come to MME from Northwest Iowa. Carl has 30 years of experience in grain merchandising and in May 2004 passed the Series 3 license test to broker commodity futures and options. Carl received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

Matthew began college at Truman State University Majoring in Chemistry, but later graduated from Missouri Valley College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and a Business minor with a focus in Accounting. He worked mostly construction prior to his MME hire in 2004 as Accounting/IT clerk.