Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced that Dr. Theodore M. Crosbie has been elected to serve on the company's Board of Directors. Most recently, Crosbie was the research and development lead for the Integrated Farming Systems platform for Monsanto from 2010 until his retirement in March 2014. Crosbie's term of office expires at the company's 2015 annual meeting of stockholders. Prior to joining Monsanto, Crosbie was the President and Chief Executive Officer of ICI Seeds, USA from 1990 to
1995 after spending most of his career in plant breeding research as a graduate faculty member of Iowa State University's Agronomy Department.