Company: AMTX
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-010522
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Company: AEMETIS, INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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 the Department of Energy and NARUC, founding member of the Call to Action National Gas Pipeline Safety Taskforce with the U.S. Department of Transportation, and member of the National Petroleum Council. Mr. Simon serves on the Western Regional Board of Liberty Utilities, a subsidiary of Algonquin (NYSE: AQN) and the U.S. Department of Energy Electric Advisory Council. Prior to his CPUC appointment, Mr. Simon served as Appointments Secretary in the Office of the Governor. He also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Golden Gate University School of Law and the University of California College Law, San Francisco. Before public service, Mr. Simon was an in-house counsel and compliance officer with Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and the Robertson Stephens investment bank. In 2013, Mr. Simon created TAS Strategies as an attorney and consultant on utility, infrastructure, financial services, and broadband projects. He is a frequent public speaker, expert witness, and panelist on energy and infrastructure. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors for the California African American Chamber of Commerce. He is currently a Trustee on the University of San Francisco Board of Trustees, Chair of the North American Energy Standards Board Advisory Council, and a member of the National Bar Association, Energy Bar Association, Saint Thomas More Society, and the National Board of Directors for the American Association of Blacks in Energy. Mr. Simon received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of San Francisco (Distinguished Alumni) and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California Law, San Francisco. He is an active member of the State Bar of California.

Committees of the Board of Directors

The Board has three standing committees: (1) Audit Committee, (2) Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee ("GCN"), and (3) Pricing Committee. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Audit and GCN Committees, copies of which are located on the Governance page of the Investor Relations section of our website at www.aemetis.com. The Board of Directors has determined that all members of these two committees are independent under the applicable rules and regulations of NASDAQ and the SEC, as currently in effect. The following table details the current membership of each committee:

| Name              |     | Audit     
 Committee |     | Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee |     | Pricing   
 Committee |
| Eric A. McAfee    |     | -         |     | -                                                 |     | M         |
| Francis P. Barton |