URBANDALE, Iowa - Ed Ulch, a director for the Iowa Soybean Association from Solon, Iowa, has been elected treasurer of the National Biodiesel Board. Ulch was elected on Wednesday during the National Biodiesel Board annual meetings in Washington, D.C.

Ulch represents the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) on the National Biodiesel Board (NBB). He has served on NBB’s governing board for three years and was a director for the Iowa Soybean Promotion Board from 2000-2005, serving as treasurer in 2003. He has been an ISA director since 2005.

“I am very pleased with my new position and I look forward to working with the other board members to confront the challenges faced by the biodiesel industry,” says Ulch.

NBB is the national trade association representing the biodiesel industry as the coordinating body for research and development in the United States. It was founded in 1992 by state soybean commodity groups, including ISA. Since that time, the NBB has developed into a comprehensive industry association, which coordinates and interacts with a broad range of cooperators including industry, government, and academia. NBB’s membership is comprised of state, national and international feedstock organizations, biodiesel suppliers, fuel marketers and distributors and technology providers.

The mission of NBB is to advance the interests of its members by creating sustainable biodiesel industry growth. NBB serves as the industry’s central coordinating entity and will be the single voice for its diverse membership base.

To learn more about ISA or about soy biodiesel, visit ISA’s Web site at www.iasoybeans.com or to learn more about the National Biodiesel Board, log on to www.biodiesel.org.