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HomeMy WebLinkAbout35- Public Comment For Fuel Freedom, Inc.'" ORIGINAL 'J II��g .rr ��•>�11 A Corn Growers Proposal Participation in an Oil Independence Strategy Both Economically and Environmentally Viable Method to convert Corn Stover& Crop Compost into Environmentally-safe Alternative Vehicle Fuels Stephen L. Rush, CEO For Fuel Freedom, Inc.TM Entereq Into Rec. at MCC CDC Mfg: Y/w q by: Agenda Be No: 3S by: City CIerk�CD Secretary © 2008,Fuel Freedom'"'—Corn Growers Proposal I City of San Bemardino For Fuel Freedom, Inc."' Table of Contents Executive Summary Why Cellulosic Ethanol 3 Proprietary Yield 4 Com Ethanol Conversion 5 Super-Cellulosic"' Ethanol Opportunity 6 Appendix Legal Disclaimers 7 Super-Cellulosic Ethanol P1antTM Sample Schematic 8 For Fuel Freedom, Inc.TM —a�L TM ©2008,Fuel Freedom`—Com Growers Proposal 2 For Fuel Freedom, Inc." EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For Fuel Freedom, Inc. ("Fuel FreedomT""" or"the Company") is a development stage company formed to profitably transform corn stover, compost, waste, and greenhouse gases into usable products such as ethanol. They intend to modify and assist in the operation of existing ethanol plants that already utilize fermentation technologies where vehicle fuel ethanol and other by- products have been produced at a loss or close to breaking even until now. In the United States, corn kernel is used as a material source for ethanol production. Today, corn is not considered profitable because of grain economics and taking more energy to produce fuel than what is gotten out of it. But Fuel FreedomTM believes that discarded plant stalk and organic debris are profitable for making ethanol with a new technological breakthrough. The Company's proprietary process expands the mass of the feedstock to create as much as 270% ethanol yield. Why Cellulosic Ethanol U.S. Senators have long since debated subsidies for bio-fuels because Corn Ethanol must be produced at a substantial cost,both economic and environmental. Corn only produces 354 gallons of ethanol per acre compared to 662 for sugarcane, and 1,154 for switchgrass. Substantial fossil fuel is also spent to produce corn, comprising 77%of its total energy cost (History Channel, "Renewable Energy", 2006). Now, corn stover might be the solution to help close this production gap. Currently, corn producers do not harvest the stalk, husk, cob, and silk for ethanol. A portion of crops like corn stover can be processed for their fermentable sugars to be profitably sold as ethanol. All vegetation contains at least about 1/3 sugar, deep in their cell structure. Ethanol derived from sugars inside these cells are called "cellulosic ethanol" and requires an extra process than using corn kernels. Cellulosic sugars are made up of both fermentable and non-fermentable sugars. These two types must be separated prior to fermentation in order to get the best yield. Cellulosic plant sources could be exploited to generate significant quantities of ethanol fuel. Cellulose in biomass can be broken down into fermentable sugars by hydrolysis. Most competitors use acid in their hydrolysis, which is not environmentally safe and reduces ethanol yield when its sugars are destroyed. However,Fuel FreedomTM has a new proprietary blend of"bugs"that will more effectively break open the outer cell tissue in a hydrolysis-type process with extraordinary yield. Without a proprietary process, cellulosic ethanol will only produce 2/3 as much as corn. The organic breakdown of cell tissue with Fuel Freedom's proprietary system, and the resulting breakthrough in its yield, is an important step toward financial freedom for corn growers. ©2008,Fuel Freedom'—Corn Growers Proposal 3 For Fuel Freedom, Inc." Proprietary Yield Output is basically a question of how much sugar exists in cellulose. Most plants and certain microbes contain about 1/3 sugar. The idea behind Fuel Freedom's patent pending process converts the 2/3 of the plant that does not ferment into sugars. This is possible because instead of using acid in its hydrolysis to access the sugars, Fuel FreedomTm uses a proprietary and patent pending blend of organisms to consume parts of the cell wall and create more sugar from it. These organisms contain 1/3 sugar themselves, and when multiplied by the 2/3 unusable plant material, they produce an additional 22% in sugar. Fuel FreedomTM starts with 55% usable cellulosic sugar, whereas competitors try to ,y squeeze more out of the existing 33%. When one factors in organism reproduction, recycling, rt+ and other proprietary processes, the result can be as much as 144% the original sugar content. For Fuel Freedom,Inc.is diligent about filing patents,trademarks and copyrights and will enforce its claims in this area vigorously. These patents together are part of a process called Organic HydrolysisTM that utilizes a technology called Expansive Feedstockrm . Organic HydrolysisTM has potential,as shown by this fundamental calculation of relative yields and basic assumptions of approximate ethanol yields: Table 1 Production Yield Assumptions Dry Barrels Gallons Tons Daily Daily Monthly Monthly Avail) Tons (Fuel) (Fuel) day Barrels Gallons Bartels Gallons Com Ethanol <1 0.05 1.48 Com Ethanol(in tons) 1 3.81 120 612.3 2,333 73,471 70,961 2,235,000 Cellulosic Ethanol 1 2.38 75 612.3 1,457 45,920 44,328 1,396,875 Fuel rN t According to the above table, the Company estimates that one large Cellulosic Ethanol Mill j operating at full capacity can produce 1,457 barrels per day (18,625 tons/30.42 days). So while Corn Ethanol typically produces about 1.6 times as much as a Cellulosic Ethanol process, by comparison Fuel Freedom's Super-CellulosicTm process yields almost 4.4 times more. In addition, both the kernel and the corn stover can be sold for profit separately in non-competing markets at competitive prices or processed together for additional ethanol product. Super- CellulosicTm appears to be the best value and is carbon-negative and oil independent capable. I ©2008,Fuel Freedom' —Com Growers Proposal 4 For Fuel Freedom, Inc.rM Corn Ethanol Conversion The opportunity then, is to convert existing Corn Ethanol mills in favor of this new yield. The ethanol mill can be converted in stages to keep the integrity of the original mill,if desired. A corn or other grain ethanol mill cannot simply process any vegetation and make ethanol out of its plant fibers profitably. It requires modification to process the cellulose within the cell tissue, to make it a Cellulosic Ethanol plant. Other modifications may also be employed, depending on the original equipment installed and its location. The total conversion merely adapts the Corn Ethanol mill into a Cellulosic Ethanol plant, also with modification for the company's proprietary hydrolysis. The first stage requires minor modification to the slurry tank for hydrolysis and then rerouting the product conveyor between liquefaction and mash cooling in order to add a Sugar Separation unit, if not already in use. Sugar Separation is required because cellulose contains a significant amount of non-fermentable sugars as well as those can be used to make ethanol. The industry standard for Cellulosic Ethanol only produces 2/3 as much as Corn, about 70 to 75 gallons per ton of feedstock without Fuel Freedom's proprietary hydrolysis. To get more yield than Corn Ethanol, an additional three types of conversion are needed to convert a mill into Fuel Freedom's Super-Cellulosic Ethanol P1antTm. The proprietary and patent pending three phases are Organic HydrolysisTM, Additional Biomass, and Recycled Organics. Fuel Freedom's Organic HydrolysisTM aids in the production of ethanol between 104% to 171% compared to corn. That is equivalent to 125 to 205 gallons of ethanol per ton of biomass. This method replaces the use of acid to breakdown the exterior cell tissue. Although this makes Fuel Freedom's Organic HydrolysisTM profitable, this output is not believed to be sufficient to meet U.S. fuel demands so two more phases have been designed. The second stage will employ the proprietary construction of reactors for bio-diesel algae and connection to the network of CO2, sugar, water, and pulp. Additional Biomass is a proprietary and patent pending system that happens to be integrated in the performance of the ethanol mill, so that it breeds algae for the expressed purpose of utilizing its cellulosic properties. This component converts non-fermentable sugar and carbon dioxide into additional biomass to be reintroduced into the ethanol process, about another 60 gallons —with oxygen and bio-diesel as by-products. The third stage entails extensive modification to install patent pending carbon dioxide capture technology to the cooker and fermentation tanks, as well as adding additional lines to recycle wastewater, non-fermentable sugar, and pulp. Recycled Organics captures the remaining pulp and exchanges its useless matter for cellulose, resulting in 60 to 63 gallons of ethanol per ton. The resulting output should be near 325 gallons per ton of biomass. ©2008,Fuel Freedom'—Com Growers Proposal 5 I For Fuel Freedom, Inc.T"' Super-CellulosicTM' Opportunity Fuel FreedomTM anticipates that its technology will position itself to generate three distinct revenue streams: (a) revenue from the sale of the end product ethanol, (b) captured CO2 emissions from the cooker and carbon atmosphere combined with non-fermentable sugars as a rich environment where algae can thrive and be used to turn into bio-diesel, (c)nominal revenues from the sale of by-products such as pulp can refined into glass aggregate to be used in asphalt, backfill,pipe bedding, sand blasting,traction grit, and pool filters. A fanner could make money off of both the com and stover,but will make more revenue for less biomass per acre from the stover ethanol and cellulosic by-products than from the com ethanol: For Fuel Freedom, Inc. Comparing Super-Cellulosic' to Common Practice Com Ethanol Production Common Super TM Practice CellulosicTM Difference Gross Revenue $86,000,000 $99,616,760 $13,616,760 Gross Revenue Per Acre $870.75 $5,885.38 $5,015 Acres Needed For Production 98,765 16,926 (81,839) Tonnage of Biomass Left In The Field 1,434,074 122,884 (1,311,190) Tonnage of Biomass Left In The Field/acre 14.52 7.26 7.26) By-product$/Gallon of Ethanol Produced $0.40 $0.55 $0.15 Government Incentive Per Gallon $0.51 $0.51 $0.00 For 8- 13%of its original cost, a mill can be upgraded to expand feedstock production by 270%: Description Phase I Phase II Phase III Feedstock Expanded 104-171% 171-221% 221-271% Yield/Ton (gallons) 125-205 205-265 265-325 To dispel concerns resources might be better used for genetic or other yield research,risk can minimized to a real extent. First, this plan calls ha s for harvesting the com stover for its cellulosic ethanol value so farmers can also sell their grain to market and .� thereby not incur extensive loss during manufacture and construction. Second,the cellulosic industry has proven its output levels,and any production over and above grain ethanol standards is a bonus. Now,depletion of existing stored grain in silos can be scheduled to coincide with manufacturing and arrival of cellulosic material to maximize sale of grain by-products, since those revenue streams will not exist once Organic HydrolysisYm is introduced. ©2008,Fuel Freedom' —Com Growers Proposal 6 For Fuel Freedom, Inc.TM APPENDIX Legal Disclaimers This Plan has been prepared to assist the Company in its own strategic planning and analysis and does not purport to be all-inclusive. In all cases, the recipient should conduct its own investigation and analysis of the Company and the data contained herein, including projections and assumptions on which projections are based. The Company does not make any representation, guaranty or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of this Plan and shall not have any liability for any representation (express or implied) contained in, or for any omissions from, this Plan or any other written or oral communications transmitted to the recipient in the course of its evaluation of the Company. This Plan is speculative and is subject to completion and amendment. This Plan contains certain statements, estimates and projections provided by the Company with respect to the anticipated performance of the Company. Such statements, estimates and projections reflect various assumptions made by the Company concerning anticipated results, which assumptions may or may not prove to be correct. No representations are made as to the accuracy of such assumptions, statements, estimates and projections. This Plan includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements and should be read with caution. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update the Plan, including any forward-looking statement, to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. This Plan is the confidential and proprietary information of the Company. By accepting this Plan, the recipient agrees to keep permanently confidential all information contained herein or made available in connection with any further investigation of the Company. This Plan shall not be photocopied, reproduced or distributed (in whole or in part) without, in each instance, the prior written consent of the Company. Upon request, the recipient agrees to promptly return all material received(including this Plan) without retaining any copies thereof. This Plan has been delivered to the recipient for informational purposes as described above and upon the express condition that the recipient will use it accordingly- (D 2008,Fuel FreedomTm—Corn Growers Proposal 7 For Fuel Freedom, Inc.'" Super-Cellulosic Ethanol P1antTM Sample Schematic Fo4i lave Ehiecl Algae Mold.l#rrdralyrsis Jet Cooker Licluclaclion Halle r•Mill & Pulp ISurryTrwQ & CO2 % :• (0.18FS) �, . lGrinder) (ProNrlNlarV1 {Prupriet0rl+) Calrture �;-. -. , V0'rr frrreean4a![on IChrorrratvprphlc +JI-' /^�y�!6 •r�. � CoL 1 `CUCFl2VdtrO11 C,-)M re NLT!h tpOnnv � rUljrjCt'3TyJ (Pulp swafle) Xyhol � ralJrietaryl 3isllllation ; '%� '.': ''•.A" (Tfbgrrrk9l .. ,f ..131/ Colruersrarq �%f" 3, ``'"� ele-uleseJ I� X FueJ Sdaragr Roedors (Proprkelmy) 1 • ©2008,Fuel Freedom`"—Com Growers Proposal 8 Bio fuels and Bioremediation _+ Community Revitalization AL I am Stephen L. Rush, CEO of For Fuel Freedom, Inc. and I am here with Gilbert Serrano today. Both of us are locals and have lived in the Region all our lives. Gilbert lives in Ward 6 and I graduated from Eisenhower High School, San Brdo Valley and Crafton Hills College, and onto Cal Poly Pomona. Our company For Fuel Freedom is established here in the West. When we come into a community,we make cities self sufficient with local dollars that for the most part remain local, provide surplus for civic improvements and city services, create jobs and respect for the community, benefit local business economic development and bring affordable health benefits, encourage educational vision and advances in science, as well as raise the standard of hope and excellence in families, media, and society, for lasting community transformation. We do that with our hybrid ethanol & bio-diesel renewable fuel system, restoring the atmosphere of the community through economic and environmental change. Each part of the process has been independently proven and the calculations for the combined process has been verified to yield ethanol from vegetation over twice as much as switchgrass and sugarcane, 3 times over and above com, and 4 times more than other cellulose technologies. Simply put,we use the energy from the ethanol distillery to grow algae that in turn will double the output of ethanol, and then we use organisms in the process of breaking down that material, in a way that also can be recycled into ethanol as well. There should be enough renewable fuel each year to power 204,000 cars, 37,000 trucks, and 1,265 hours of flight while diverting 307,000 tons from local landfills and polluting farm waste or forestry shipped by rail line, using at least 23 million gallons of wastewater, and harnessing 10% million metric tons of CO2 emissions from surrounding counties, while our hybrid plant itself will only produce 5 Tons Per Year(tpy) of Volatile Organic Compounds and can either be designed to have Zero-liquid Discharge or provide clean water to parks and eco-systems. This should create 12,723 jobs and improve 4 square miles of infrastructure around the SB Int'l Airport. After the Investors and Credit Unions are paid, the net profit will be shared between the city, the community of Serrano Indians, and our Company. A likely scenario would divvy up $13 million per year. We are asking the city to commit to this endeavor by resolving to convert the city's fleets to bio-fuels over a period of 3 - 5 years, Waiving all Fees & Permits, including the Business License, and Environmental Impact Report, including assisting with this Plan and Development, as well as commit to issuing City Bonds & petitioning for unused Recovery Act state monies for whatever remainder of funding not covered by Community minded groups & Local private investors Area Credit Unions & Carbon Tax Credit Members of the Community - such as Serrano Indians We believe this project will encourage the Indians to bring their Influence & Investment, generate Economic Development through ongoing Tax Revenue, Enhanced City Image using the Wealth and Political Power of San Brdo., Enhance the Quality of Life with the advent of jobs & Programs, advance Economically and Environmentally conscious Development Projects, and Beautify the Community through influx of Revenue. (702) 463-2976 • 1675 6' oFinandy ?Oay • Wende"", (JZ('O 89014 Subject: Proposal for California Growers Dear Grower, A representative of a group of growers in Monterey contacted us about whether we would be able to help food growers in California. We are able to help growers recover and we have a proposition for your organization. We had just heard about the drought and the court ordered water restriction the same day. We understand there is a 19% drop in production from last year, at least 18.23% loss in yield overall already, not including the 33.9%that was not able to be planted. We heard that there is 40% unemployment among growers in the Central Valley. So, we are responding to this cause. Not just to the growers that contacted us, but we are responding to all growers associations in California's Heartland. We are a bio-fuel company and can process the non-consumable food and compost into ethanol and bio- diesel. Our economics are different because our patented technology produces more fuel from the cellulose of various types of organic bio-matter than what can be fermented from corn kernels. With such economics, agricultural business can recover from food rotting in the field, compost, manure, and double- cropping methods. Presently, we do not have a fuel facility in California. We are therefore proposing a partnership with your association of growers to secure sufficient funding using your creditworthiness, investors, and access to grants, lobbyists/political influence. The funding amount would cover the cost of the facility, harvesting, rail transport, and 3 months operations. Approximately 33%of net profit will pay back money borrowed, leaving a sizable chunk to split between the growers and our company for the life of the contract. Because the cost of harvest will be included in the amount borrowed, growers will not be strapped for cash and can get back to work with money in their pockets today. All this means, if the value of production lost was$647.7 million and the current amount of rot is 5.08 million tons, growers should recover$373.4 million under perfect circumstances with our process (57.65%). It is expected to take 6 years to process all the food waste from this year alone, not including future non-consumables, compost, bumper crops, and weeds. Even across 6 years, recovering over half will put food on their table for the next several years. We believe this offer solves this Western dilemma and your crisis. You can pass the word along that there is hope, there is help, there is an answer. Please call for details and to discuss how For Fuel Freedom, Incorporated can help you put food back on your table. Faithfully Your Advocate, Stephen L. Rush, CEO (702) 750-6655 FuelFreedomlnc@aol.com For Fuel Freedom, Inc. Sample Modeling based on Wise Landfill's Proprietary System Process Estimated Cellulosic Ethanol Capital Costs (USD) & Annual Production Assumptions For 2009 Super Cellulosic" Size (in Million Gallons Per Year) 31x101 MGPY Breakdown of Costs &Income: TM / Gallon T'" /Month TM /Year Est. Denatured Ethanol Capacity 1 8,093,292 97,119,500 Expected Source Stock (ton) 0.0032 25,857 310,286 Time to Construct (minimum) 28.5 months z 385 years Projected Capital Expenditures 4.1859 28,726,045 352,731,015 Projected Sales Price Ethanol $1.76t $213# $2.86" /Gal 1.7600 14,244,193 170,930,321 Bio-Diesel $2.46 /Gal t 0.4436 3,590,402 43,084,820 Jet Fuel(bio-oil) $2.20 /Gal* 0.1164 941,729 11,300,746 Glass Agregate $0.70 /Unit 0.0014 11,663 139,960 t Whlse $Retail 'Energy Equiv in Gasoline$ 2.3200 18,776,324 225,455,846 Materials & Utility unit Cost Feed Transport $30.63 /Ton (Food Waste) 0.0979 792,065 9,504,779 2 Enzymes $0.48 /Ton 0.0017 13,650 163,806 Yeast $3.96 /Ton 0.0141 113,755 1,365,066 Organilles $215 /Culture 0.7794 6,307,744 75,692,931 Electric GS2" 0.0261 211,252 2,535,019 Thermal Sludge (COz Filters) 0.0001 1,139 13,665 H2O(Dry Mill) $0.0979 /Gal 0.0703 569,100 7,580,417 Water(Gallons) 224.85 Avg/Tn 0 5,814,110 69,769,319 0.8149 6,595,601 96,855,682 Gen Admin Costs 0.7627 6,173,014 74,076,165 Sales & Proprietary Expenses 1.8321 14,827,509 6,998,266 Income (A Likely Scenario) EBIT (Earn Before Incm Tax) 0.4894 3,960,478 47,525,733 Bank / Investment .066/30yr 0.2755 2,229,501 26,754,006 Taxes Incurred 33.45% 0.0715 579,012 6,948,143 Net Earnings (After Tax) 0.1423 1,151,965 13,823,584 Net% (NetEarn/Sales) 6.14% 6.14% 6.13% Est ROI (Return On Investmnt) 3.40% 3.40% 3.40% Copynght 0 2008,For Fuel Freedom,Inc. 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U d O O W « V � O m N U N LL L (1 Q O NO w 0 O O C G �, 0 0 j nw c' U 0f o 0 L m 'O 2 p m m '2Ip Q m Cl) N d m Y T T« C V (O Oy p V V aN+ G « of N m ❑ ` ` O i O O V 1: O C v 0 U N N m J3 .. >.— .. m .. u — E E to Q Z 7 V N O N N Of 7 7 0 7 N O `w m Z Zen V) < U) NQ: UTJ UiOMQU) � r :- .Wi jFor 3Fuel t � reedom *i y Incorporated To Whom It May Concern: We would like to thank you for your interest in being environmentally conscientious about how we can produce ethanol at oil independent capacity. Simply, For Fuel Freedom has succeeded in designing a profitable method for a Carbon-negative and Zero-liquid Discharge ethanol process. The basic concept behind a Super-cellulosic EthanolTm plant is to pull carbon dioxide from the air and its own processes as part of generating additional biomass for ethanol production. This CO'utilization is done in three ways: CO'scrubbers and recapture technologies, modified Combined Heat and Power(CHP), and Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers(RTO). The first component takes measurable exhaust from internal processes and outside pollutants to nourish organisms used by the process. The modified CHP takes biodiesel from an internal system to feed in-line generators. The RTO's will reduce carbons not captured for organism growth. It is expected for each 1 million gallons ethanol, there would be a maximum of 5.05 Tons Per Year (tpy)of Volatile Organic Compounds(Voc), 3.16 (tpy)of Carbon Monoxide(Co), 0.71 (tpy) of Particulate Matter(Pm), 0.39(tpy)of Probable Carcinogens, and 0.28 (tpy) of Nitrogen Oxides (Nox). Plant life used in our process will consume our measly 9.6 tons per year,whereas a typical ethanol plant can pollute more than 192 tpy's for each million gallons of fuel produced. This serious environmentalism is possible because Organic HydrolysisTm helps to reduce pollutants in the water as well as the air. Our proprietary blend of micro-organisms does the work typically performed by acid and other harsh chemicals used in the pretreatment of cellulose. Mist ChemicalsTm prevents bacterial build-up, so harsh cleaning solvents are not needed for tank maintenance. This design uses an ionic chromatographic bed, and a combination of oil press and dryers, plus a packed sieve filtration with Cyclone Evaporation System. Because the Zero-liquid Discharge recycles the water,the only expected accidental contaminates are: Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) is less than 300, Ethanol seepage ends up being less than 1%, and there are no chlorides and no acids. Only a Plasma Pyrolysis System designed for medical bio-hazard material and Haz Mat solid waste is more effective in treating water. The energy produced relative to units of fossil fuel energy expended for our process is 20— compared to 1.1 for corn ethanol,2.0 for cellulosic, and 32 for switchgrass. It is understandable when people get excited. Additional information is available on our website. Sincerely, 1.4�A_� 'e. /ZZ Stephen L. Rush,CEO For Fuel Freedom, Inc. Henderson,NV 89014 slrush @ForFuelFreedom.com UKIUK L 2009 6W� Protecting Women's Rights in a Tough Economy Women's Business Networking Equal Pay & Access Accessing Business Capital Economic Freedom—Starting your own Business-..,, Competing in the Job Market September 18, 2009 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM a z Lewis Library & Technology Center 8437 Sierra Avenue Fontana, CA 92335 -- v Please RSVP to Karen Serrano, Virginia Marquez or Beverly Thomas at 909-885-2222 OR via email at karen.serrano @mailhouse.gov *FREE* ,0009 Gk� ao �e The conference theme is "Protecting Women's Rights in a Tough Economy". Congressman Baca as been a long-time advocate of women's rights especially as it relates to equality and fairness in the workplace. He is personally responsible for get- ting several pieces of legislation passed regarding equal pay, equal access and pro- fessional advancement. During this turbulent time, we are experiencing a large in- crease in employment. A large number of these unemployed individuals are women, many of whom are mothers caring for under-age children. It is our hope that this con- ference will provide hands-on tools to assist women in understanding and coping with this current climate and to develop tools and skills to compete for current jobs. This is a great time to begin the process of "thinking outside the box" with respect to re- training, job creation and entrepreneurship. Guest Speakers include: Gillian Zucker, President, The Auto Club Speedway Michelle Skiljan, Director, Inland Empire Women's Business Center Hilda Kennedy, Executive Director, AmPac TriState Robin De-Ivy Allen, Founder, Necessary Nutrition Peggy Long, Director, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union. This conference has been designedwt'th you in mind