People: Rentech Inc (RTK)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Halbert Washburn	52	2011	Independent Chairman of the Board
Dennis Yakobson	75	2011	Chairman Emeritus
D. Hunt Ramsbottom	55	2005	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Dan Cohrs	60	2010	Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer
Harold Wright	47	2007	Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Colin Morris	40	2011	Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
John Diesch	55	2011	Senior Vice President - Operations
John Williams	69	2009	Director
Michael Burke	49	2007	Independent Director
Wesley Clark	68	2010	Independent Director
Michael Ray	59	2005	Independent Director
Ronald Sega	59	2007	Independent Director
Edward Stern	53	2006	Independent Director
Julie Dawoodjee			Vice President - Investor Relations and Communications

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Biographies

Name	Description
Halbert Washburn	Mr. Halbert S. Washburn is Independent Chairman of the Board of Rentech Inc., since June 2011. He is director of Rentech in December 2005. In July 2011, Mr. Washburn was appointed as a director of Rentech Nitrogen GP, LLC, the general partner of Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P. Mr. Washburn has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry. Since April 2010, Mr. Washburn has been the Chief Executive Officer of BreitBurn GP, LLC, the general partner of BreitBurn Energy Partners LP. From August 2006 until April 2010, he was the co-Chief Executive Officer and served on the board of directors of BreitBurn GP, LLC. In December 2011, he was reappointed as a member of the board of directors of BreitBurn GP, LLC . He has served as the co-President and a director of BreitBurn Energy Corporation since 1988. He also has served as a co-Chief Executive Officer and a director for Pacific Coast Energy Holdings, LLC (formerly BreitBurn Energy Holdings, LLC) and as co-Chief Executive Officer and a director of PCEC (GP), LLC (formerly BEH (GP), LLC). Mr. Washburn previously served as Chairman on the Executive Committee of the board of directors of the California Independent Petroleum Association. He also served as Chairman of the Stanford University Petroleum Investments Committee and as Secretary and Chairman of the Wildcat Committee.
Dennis Yakobson	Mr. Dennis Lubin Yakobson is Chairman Emeritus of Rentech Inc. Mr. Yakobson has served as a director of Rentech since 1983 and is one of its founders. He served as the Chairman of the Board until June 2011. He was employed as Vice President of Administration and Finance of Nova Petroleum Corporation, Denver, Colorado, from 1981 to 1983. From 1979 to 1983, he served as a Director and Secretary of Nova Petroleum Corporation. He resigned from those positions in November 1983 to become a Director and assume the presidency of Rentech. From 1976 to 1981, he served as a Director, Secretary and Treasurer of Power Resources Corporation in Denver, a mineral exploration company, and was employed by it as the Vice President-Land. From 1975 to 1976, he was employed by Wyoming Mineral Corporation in Denver as a contract administrator. From 1971 through 1975, he was employed by Martin Marietta Corporation, Denver, as marketing engineer in space systems. From 1969 to 1971, he was employed by Martin Marietta in a similar position. From 1960 to 1969, he was employed by Grumman Aerospace Corporation, his final position with it being contract administrator with responsibility for negotiation of prime contracts with governmental agencies. He is a director of GTL Energy Pty Ltd., a private company based in Adelaide, Australia.
D. Hunt Ramsbottom	Mr. D. Hunt Ramsbottom is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Rentech Inc. Mr. Ramsbottom was appointed President and as a director of Rentech in September 2005, and he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Rentech in December 2005. Mr. Ramsbottom had been serving as a consultant to Rentech since August 2005 under the terms of a Management Consulting Agreement Rentech entered into with Management Resource Center, Inc. Mr. Ramsbottom has over 25 years of experience building and managing growth companies. Prior to accepting his position at Rentech, Mr. Ramsbottom held various key management positions including: from 2004 to 2005, as Principal and Managing Director of Circle Funding Group, LLC, a buyout firm; from 1997 to 2004, as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of M2 Automotive, Inc., an automotive repair venture; and from 1989 to 1997, as Chief Executive Officer of Thompson PBE, a supplier of paints and related supplies, which was acquired by FinishMaster, Inc. in 1997. On April 17, 2005, M2 Automotive, Inc. completed an assignment for the benefit of its creditors pursuant to a state law insolvency proceeding. Mr. Ramsbottom holds a B.S. degree from Plymouth State College. In July 2011, Mr. Ramsbottom was appointed Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Rentech Nitrogen GP, LLC, the general partner of Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P. (NYSE: RNF). Rentech Nitrogen GP, LLC.
Dan Cohrs	Mr. Dan J. Cohrs is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer of Rentech, Inc. Mr. Cohrs was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rentech in October 2008. Mr. Cohrs was also Treasurer of Rentech from October 2008 until November 2009 and was re-appointed Treasurer in October 2010. Mr. Cohrs has more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance, strategy and planning, and mergers and acquisitions. From April 2008 through September 2008, Mr. Cohrs served as Chief Development and Financial Officer of Agency 3.0, LLC, a private digital advertising and consulting agency in Los Angeles, California and he was a Partner and a Board Member of Agency 3.0, LLC until September 2009. From August 2007 through September 2008, he served as Chief Development & Financial Officer of Skycrest Ventures, LLC, a private investment and consulting firm in Los Angeles that was related to Agency 3.0, LLC. From November 2005 to March 2006, Mr. Cohrs served as a Visiting Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management in the area of corporate governance. From May 1998 to June 2003, Mr. Cohrs served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Global Crossing Ltd. Prior to being employed at Global Crossing Ltd., Mr. Cohrs held senior positions in finance and strategy at Marriot Corporation, Northwest Airlines, Inc. and GTE Corporation, a predecessor of Verizon Communications, Inc. Mr. Cohrs earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in finance, economics and public policy from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and a B.S. degree in Engineering from Michigan State University. Mr. Cohrs was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Rentech Nitrogen GP, LLC, the general partner of Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P., in July 2011.
Harold Wright	Dr. Harold A. Wright is Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Rentech Inc., since March 2007. Mr. Wright served as Vice President of Technology for Eltron Research & Development, a technology research and commercialization company headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, from June 2005 until February 2007. From 1991 to 2005, Mr. Wright worked at ConocoPhillips, during which time Mr. Wright served in various capacities including Director of Gas-To-Liquids, or GTL, Research and Development from February 2004 to June 2005 and director of Synthesis Gas Development from July 2000 to February 2004. In these positions, Mr. Wright was responsible for synthesis gas technology development, GTL commercial reactor design, directing GTL catalyst development and product upgrading technology development. Mr. Wright oversaw all aspects of the company’s scale-up of GTL technology, which resulted in a 400 barrel per day demonstration plant in Ponca City, Oklahoma. With 30 United States patents issued to his credit, Mr. Wright is also a registered patent agent and is authorized to practice patent law before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Wright received a B.S. in chemical engineering, cum laude, from the University of Missouri in 1986 and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Purdue University in 1991.
Colin Morris	Mr. Colin M. Morris is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Rentech, Inc., since October 2011. From June 2006 to October 2011, Mr. Morris served as the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rentech. Mr. Morris practiced corporate and securities law at the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins LLP from June 2004 to May 2006. Mr. Morris practiced corporate and securities law at the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins LLP from June 2004 to May 2006. From September 2000 to May 2004, Mr. Morris practiced corporate and securities law in the Silicon Valley office of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati. Prior to that Mr. Morris practiced corporate and securities law in the Silicon Valley office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Mr. Morris received an A.B. degree in government from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. Mr. Morris was appointed Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Rentech Nitrogen GP, LLC, the general partner of Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P., in October 2011, and from July 2011 to October 2011, Mr. Morris served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.
John Diesch	Mr. John Howard Diesch is Senior Vice President Operations of Rentech Inc. From April 2006 to January 2008, Mr. Diesch served as President of Rentech Energy Midwest Corporation and Vice President of Operations for Rentech. From April 1999 to April 2006, Mr. Diesch served as Managing Director of Royster-Clark Nitrogen, Inc., and previously served as Vice President and General Manager of nitrogen production and distribution for IMC AgriBusiness Inc., an agricultural fertilizer manufacturer. In 1991, he joined Vigoro Industries Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of potash, nitrogen fertilizers and related products, as North Bend, Ohio Plant Manager after serving as Plant Manager, Production Manager and Process Engineer with Arcadian Corporation, a nitrogen manufacturer, Columbia Nitrogen Corp., a manufacturer of fertilizer products, and Monsanto Company, a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. Mr. Diesch is a former member of the board of directors of the Gasification Technologies Council and previously served as director of the Fertilizer Institute and with the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce, and was recently management Chairman of the Board for the Dubuque Area Labor Management Council. Mr. Diesch was appointed President and a member of the board of directors of Rentech Nitrogen GP, LLC, the general partner of Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P., in July 2011.
John Williams	Mr. John A. Williams is Director of Rentech Inc., since November 2009. Mr. Williams has over 40 years of business experience, principally in the real estate and banking industries. Since January 2004, Mr. Williams has served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Managing Member of Corporate Holdings, LLC, a diversified holdings company, and since November 2004, he has served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member of Williams Realty Advisors, LLC, a real estate fund advisor to over $3 billion in assets. Mr. Williams is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., a new real estate investment trust. In 1970, Mr. Williams founded Post Properties, Inc., a developer, owner and manager of upscale multifamily apartment communities in selected markets in the United States. Mr. Williams served as Chief Executive Officer of Post Properties from 1970 until 2002, and he served on its board from inception until 2004. Mr. Williams served as Chairman for Post Properties from inception until February 2003 and Chairman Emeritus from February 2003 until August 2004. Mr. Williams currently serves on the board of directors of the Atlanta Falcons of which he is also a minority owner. Mr. Williams previously served on a variety of boards of directors, including those of NationsBank Corporation, Barnett Banks, Inc. and Crawford & Company.
Michael Burke	Mr. Michael S. Burke is Independent Director of Rentech Inc., since March 2007. He was appointed as a director of Rentech Nitrogen GP, LLC in July 2011. Mr. Burke was appointed President of AECOM Technology Corporation, or AECOM, on October 1, 2011. AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to government and commercial clients. From December 2006 through September 2011, Mr. Burke served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of AECOM. Mr. Burke joined AECOM as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy in October 2005. From 1990 to 2005, Mr. Burke was with the accounting firm, KPMG LLP, where he served in various senior leadership positions, most recently as a Western Area Managing Partner from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Burke also was a member of the board of directors of KPMG from 2000 through 2005. While on the board of directors of KPMG, Mr. Burke served as the Chairman of the Board Process and Governance Committee and a member of the Audit and Finance Committee. Mr. Burke also serves on the boards of directors of various charitable and community organizations. Mr. Burke received a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Scranton and a J.D. degree from Southwestern University.
Wesley Clark	General (Retired) Wesley K. Clark is Independent Director of Rentech, Inc., since December 2010. General Clark is a businessman, educator, writer and commentator. In 2003, General Clark founded the strategic consulting firm of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, where he currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. From June 2000 through March 2003, General Clark was a managing director at Stephens, Inc., an investment banking firm based in Arkansas. Prior to that, from June 1966 through June 2000, General Clark served in the United States Army where he held numerous staff and command positions and rose to the rank of 4-star general. He served as NATO Supreme Allied Commander and Commander in Chief of the U.S.-European Command from July 1997 through May 2000. General Clark serves on the board of directors of AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V., a global producer of specialty metals and metallurgical vacuum furnace systems; BNK Petroleum Inc., an energy company focused on the acquisition, exploration and production of oil and gas reserves; Bankers Petroleum Ltd., a Canadian based oil and gas exploration and production company; Juhl Wind Inc., a wind energy provider; Prysmian S.r.L., a provider of high-technology cables and systems for energy and telecommunication; Amaya Gaming, a Canadian company in the electronic gaming industry; Rodman & Renshaw, an investment banking firm; and is a partner in United Global Resources, LLC; a U.S. broker dealer focused on project development. General Clark previously served on the board of directors of Argyle Security, Inc., a provider of security solutions; NutraCea, a processor of rice-bran based products; and EWT, N.V., a producer of wind farms. General Clark graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1966. He received degrees in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University (B.A. and M.A.) where he was a Rhodes Scholar from 1966 to 1968.
Michael Ray	Mr. Michael F. Ray is Independent Director of Rentech Inc., since May 2005. He is director of Rentech Nitrogen GP, LLC in July 2011. Mr. Ray founded and, since 2001, has served as President of ThioSolv, LLC. ThioSolv, LLC is in the business of developing and licensing technology to the refining and chemical sector. Also, since May 2005, Mr. Ray has served as General Partner of GBTX Leasing, LLC, a company that owns and leases rail cars for the movement of liquid chemicals and salts. Since 2008, Mr. Ray has served as a member of the board of directors and the Technology Committee for OCM Cyanco Holdings, LLC, a producer of sodium cyanide in the Western United States, and a subsidiary of Oaktree Capital Management, which holds a controlling interest in the company. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Ray served as Vice President of Business Development for the Catalyst and Chemicals Division of The Coastal Corporation, a company that principally gathered, processed, stored and distributed natural gas. Mr. Ray served as President (from 1990 to 1995), Vice President of Corporate Development and Administration (from 1986 to 1990) and Vice President of Carbon Dioxide Marketing (from 1985 to 1986) of Coastal Chem, Inc., a manufacturer of dry ice and solid carbon dioxide. Mr. Ray served as Regional Operations Manager (from 1981 to 1985) and Plant Manager (from 1980 to 1981) of Liquid Carbonic Corporation, a seller of carbon dioxide products. Mr. Ray previously served as a member of the board of directors of Coastal Chem, Inc., Cheyenne LEADS and Wyoming Heritage Society. Mr. Ray also served on the Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Ad Hoc Committee, the University of Wyoming EPSCOR Steering Committee and Wyoming Governor’s committee for evaluating state employee compensation.
Ronald Sega	Dr. Ronald M. Sega, Ph.D., is Independent Director of Rentech, Inc., since December 2007. Currently, Dr. Sega serves as Vice President and Enterprise Executive for Energy and the Environment at both Colorado State University, or CSU, and Ohio State University, or OSU. He is the Woodward Professor of Systems Engineering, Director of Graduate Studies in Systems Engineering and serves as chair of the Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Advisory Committee at CSU. Dr. Sega also serves on the President’s and the Provost’s Council on Sustainability at OSU. Since 2008, Dr. Sega has served as a member of the board of directors of Woodward Governor Company, a company that designs, manufactures and services energy control systems and components for aircraft and industrial engines and turbines. Dr. Sega also serves on the Advisory Board of Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation. From August 2005 to August 2007, Dr. Sega served as Under Secretary for the United States Air Force. In that capacity, he oversaw the recruiting, training and equipping of approximately 700,000 people and a budget of approximately $110 billion. Designated as the Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space, Dr. Sega developed, coordinated and integrated plans and programs for space systems of all Department of Defense space defense acquisition programs. From August 2001 until July 2005, Dr. Sega was Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Office of the Secretary of Defense. Dr. Sega worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, from 1990 until 1996 and made two shuttle flights during his career as an astronaut at NASA. Dr. Sega received a B.S. in mathematics and physics from the United States Air Force Academy in 1974, a M.S. in physics from OSU in 1975, and a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1982.
Edward Stern	Mr. Edward M. Stern is Independent Director of Rentech, Inc., since December 2006. He has more than 25 years of experience in development, financing and operation of energy and infrastructure projects. Mr. Stern is the President and Chief Executive Officer of PowerBridge, LLC and under his guidance, Neptune Regional Transmission System, LLC, a PowerBridge company, has developed, constructed and, since 2007, has operated the Neptune Project, a 660 MW, 65 mile long, high-voltage, direct current, or HVDC, undersea and underground electric transmission system that interconnects the PJM market at Sayreville, New Jersey with Long Island, New York. Through PowerBridge, Mr. Stern is also the development of other undersea and underground HVDC transmission projects, including the 8 mile long 660 megawatt Hudson Project, which is under construction and will interconnect the PJM market with Manhattan. Mr. Stern is also the development of several other transmission and renewable energy projects domestically and abroad. From 1991 through 2003, Mr. Stern was employed by Enel North America, Inc. (a subsidiary of Enel SpA, an Italian electric utility company) and its predecessor, CHI Energy, Inc., an energy company that owned or operated nearly one hundred power plants in seven countries, specializing in renewable energy technologies including hydroelectric projects and wind farms. While at Enel North America, Inc. and CHI Energy, Inc., Mr. Stern served as General Counsel and, commencing in 1999, as President, Director and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Stern currently serves on the board of directors of Deepwater Wind Holdings, LLC, an offshore wind energy developer and Capital Access Network, Inc., a small business lender. Mr. Stern also serves on the Advisory Board of Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC, a private equity firm specializing in energy and infrastructure investments.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Halbert Washburn	--
Dennis Yakobson	1,187,900
D. Hunt Ramsbottom	3,031,530
Dan Cohrs	1,806,520
Harold Wright	452,950
Colin Morris	1,173,340
John Diesch	--
John Williams	--
Michael Burke	--
Wesley Clark	--
Michael Ray	--
Ronald Sega	--
Edward Stern	--
Julie Dawoodjee	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Halbert Washburn	0	0
Dennis Yakobson	0	0
D. Hunt Ramsbottom	0	0
Dan Cohrs	0	0
Harold Wright	0	0
Colin Morris	0	0
John Diesch	0	0
John Williams	0	0
Michael Burke	0	0
Wesley Clark	0	0
Michael Ray	0	0
Ronald Sega	0	0
Edward Stern	0	0
Julie Dawoodjee	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
STERN EDWARD M	16,126	$1.30
STERN EDWARD M	28,490	$1.12
STERN EDWARD M	16,126	$0.56
RAY MICHAEL F	16,126	$0.56
RAY MICHAEL F	16,126	$1.30
YAKOBSON DENNIS L	20,000	$2.04
RAMSBOTTOM DONALD HUNT JR	25,000	$2.34
MORRIS COLIN M	15,000	$2.40
BURKE MICHAEL S	16,126	$2.50
BURKE MICHAEL S	15,329	$2.63
RAY MICHAEL F	16,126	$2.50
COHRS DAN J	397,812	$0.00
COHRS DAN J	189,268	$3.07
DIESCH JOHN HOWARD	190,000	$0.00
DIESCH JOHN HOWARD	79,526	$3.07
SPAIN JEFFREY RICHARD	95,000	$0.00
MORRIS COLIN M	190,000	$0.00
WRIGHT HAROLD A	60,514	$3.07
MORRIS COLIN M	71,157	$3.07
SPAIN JEFFREY RICHARD	35,701	$3.07
RAMSBOTTOM DONALD HUNT JR	380,937	$3.07
RAMSBOTTOM DONALD HUNT JR	800,625	$0.00
WRIGHT HAROLD A	190,000	$0.00
RAMSBOTTOM DONALD HUNT JR	25,000	$2.70
MORRIS COLIN M	25,000	$2.65

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