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Reid Detchon is the Executive Director of the Coalition. He is also Vice President for Energy and Climate at the United Nations Foundation. He previously served as Director of Special Projects in Washington for the Turner Foundation, managing a portfolio of major grants aimed at increasing the effectiveness of environmental advocacy and encouraging federal action to avert global climate change. He also spent six years at Podesta Associates, a government relations and public affairs firm in Washington, D.C., where he was a Principal. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Detchon served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Previously he was Principal Speechwriter for Vice President George H. W. Bush. Mr. Detchon worked for five years in the U.S. Senate, advising Senator John Danforth of Missouri on energy and environmental issues and serving as his Legislative Director. He was a reporter for the Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune from 1974 to 1980. He is a graduate of Yale University.

Recent Comments by Reid Detchon

• "The real question is how to get from here to there. The benefits of high-octane biofuels are manifest - they enable engine manufacturers to increase c"
  Increasing U.S. Energy Security and Reducing Greenhouse Gases in the Transportation Sector: Electricity vs. Biofuels
• "The price of food is very strongly correlated with the price of oil, as is (less strongly) the price of ethanol.  More importantly, the use of ethanol"
  Does the Renewable Fuel Standard Raise Food Prices?