Joanne Ivancic, has lived and worked in the Washington, DC, area for 30 years. She graduated from George Washington University National Law Center, worked for Senator Charles Grassley under his chairmanship of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and has served as a lobbyist for Atlantic Biomass Conversions, Inc., promoting advanced biofuels research and production on Capitol Hill and with executive agencies. She has observed the development of advanced biofuels research and financing for about ten years. In April 2008 she co-founded Advanced Biofuels USA to promote the understanding, development and use of advanced biofuels.