Monte Shaw has worked on behalf of the biofuels industry for over 20 years, serving as the Executive Director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) since 2005. Working with a team of three colleagues to pursue IRFA’s mission of fostering the development and growth of the renewable fuels industry, Mr. Shaw is responsible for the management, policy and political agenda, and trade efforts of IRFA. Mr. Shaw was raised on a corn and soybean farm just outside of the southwest Iowa town of Shenandoah.