Global
Clean Energy Holdings Appoints Dr. Mark A. Bernstein, the Director of USC’s
Energy Institute and Internationally Renowned Energy Expert, to it’s Board of
Directors.
LOS
ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: GCEH)
announced today that it has appointed Dr. Mark A. Bernstein Ph.D. to its Board
of Directors. Dr. Bernstein is a teaching professor at The University of
Southern California, where he also serves as the Managing Director of USC’s
Energy Institute. Dr. Bernstein is an internationally recognized expert on
energy policy and alternative energy technologies. Dr. Bernstein has held
influential research and policy positions in the White House where he provided
guidance in the public, private and academic sectors. He has been helping to
shape energy and environmental policies for the past twenty years.
Prior
to
becoming a professor at USC Dr. Bernstein was a Senior Policy Researcher for
The
Rand Corporation, He also served as the Energy Advisor to the Speaker of the
California State Assembly. Prior to joining Rand, Dr. Bernstein served as Senior
Policy Analyst for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
(OSTP), where he was responsible for energy and environmental issues,
interfacing between OSTP and the Council of Economic Advisors. He developed
a
public-private partnership for improving the quality of housing, supported
the
President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, worked with the
Department of Energy and USDA on biomass energy and assisted with the
development of a climate change technology strategy. Dr. Bernstein was Principal
Energy Policy Analyst, where he was responsible for assisting the Department
of
Energy with broad energy policy issues.
“I
am
pleased to welcome such a highly respected and accomplished professional in
the
energy field to Global Clean Energy’s Board at such an opportune time in our
growth,” said David Walker, Chairman of Global Clean Energy Holdings. “Dr.
Bernstein’s experience with energy technologies and their integration into the
public and private sectors makes him a key addition to our board as we
transition from a development-stage company to a commercial provider of Jatropha
oil and other bio-feedstocks.”
“I
am
very excited about joining Global Clean Energy’s Board at critical time in the
world’s energy future,” said Dr. Bernstein. “The solution to our global oil
dilemma and environmental issues will be solved by innovation and well thought
through strategies. I am very impressed with Global’s approach and progress
to-date in developing non-food based biofuels feedstocks, which has the
potential to play a significant role in our overall alternate energy solution”
Dr.
Bernstein was Acting Chairman, Graduate Program in Energy Management and
Environmental Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and Assistant Professor,
Department of City and Regional Planning and Director, The Center for Energy
& Environment. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Energy Management and Policy from
the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters in Mathematics from The Ohio State
University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from The State University of New York
at Albany.
About
Global Clean Energy Holdings
Global
Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. is an emerging renewable energy company focused
on
the production of non-food based feedstocks used for the production of biofuels.
More information regarding Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. can be found
at
www.gceholdings.com.
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Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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statements in this press release about Global Clean Energy Holdings
expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or
performance are not historical facts and are forward-looking statements for
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looking statements include statements regarding the timing, design, scope,
and
anticipated results of its efforts to plant, harvest, and commercialize
feedstock oil from Jatropha curcas. For additional information about risks
and
uncertainties Global Clean Energy Holdings faces, see the documents that Global
Clean Energy Holdings has filed with the SEC. Global Clean Energy Holdings
claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements under
the Act, and assumes no obligation and expressly disclaims any duty to update
any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the
date
of this news release or to reflect the occurrence of subsequent events.
Contact:
CEOcast,
Inc. for Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc.
Gary
Nash, 212-732-4300
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