NCERC welcomes Dillenberger as new Policy and Business Development Specialist
News Release
Contact: Claire Weinzierl
[email protected]
Office: 618-659-6737 ext. 260
EDWARDSVILLE – The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (NCERC at SIUE) recently hired Aimee Dillenberger as its new Policy and Business Development Specialist.
Dillenberger, from Waterloo, Ill., earned her Master’s in Business Administration last month from the University of Mississippi where she graduated with her Bachelor's of Arts and Sciences in 2019. Dillenberger majored in Public Policy leadership and minored in Spanish, and even studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain.
“NCERC is a shining example of a Public/Private Partnership success story. Public, meaning NCERC was created by Congress in the 1996 Farm Bill. The efforts of the United States Congress were complimented by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Illinois General Assembly. The Illinois General Assembly recognizes NCERC as a Biorefining Center of Excellence. The efforts by Congress and the General Assembly were to drive private sector companies to the NCERC for proof of concept, validation and technology scale up. For nearly 17 years, NCERC has been the leading example of how Public/Private Partnerships should work,” said NCERC Executive Director John Caupert.
“With the onset of COVID-19, and the subsequent downturn in the economy, it became increasingly important for NCERC to have someone on staff who can work both public policy and business development, simultaneously. NCERC found that individual in Aimee Dillenberger. Aimee’s undergraduate degree in Public Policy, complimented by her MBA, made her the perfect candidate to handle the dual responsibility of policy and business development. We are thrilled to have Aimee on board as our Policy and Business Development Specialist.”
In her new position, Dillenberger will be responsible for developing internal business development plans for external sales of NCERC’s analytical, consulting, fermentation and pilot plant services. She will also develop programs to engage stakeholders and prospective clients about contractual research and collaboration opportunities with NCERC. Another primary responsibility of Dillenberger’s position will be to assist with biorenewables public policy and outreach to academic institutions, trade associations, and the private sector.
About the NCERC
The NCERC is a nationally recognized research center dedicated to the development and commercialization of biofuels, specialty chemicals and other renewable compounds. The Center’s fully functional dry grind pilot plant and laboratories are equipped with advanced biofuels capabilities including corn fractionation, pretreatment, and a fermentation suite with 5, 30, 150 and 1500L scale-up. Facilities are staffed by industry veterans with more than 100 years of collective experience in fermentation and biofuels production. This knowledgeable team has the flexibility and expertise to design and carry out projects in any region of the advanced biofuels or specialty chemicals space. For more information contact Claire Weinzierl at [email protected], or visit www.ethanolresearch.com.
