– A registered Capitol Hill lobbyist (40+) years– Co-founder of the Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition, a Washington DC advocacy organization promoting alternative fuels, renewable chemicals, biobased products and sustainable aviation fuels with 150+ member companies employing more the 600,000 people and generating $350+ billion per year in revenues– Founder and managing director of American Diversified Enterprises, a holding company under which 9 companies operate, including Project Financing Assistance LLC, 3rd Party Services LLC, Due Diligence & Analysis LLC, American Diversified Energy LLC, CJ Evans LLC, Fresh-to-the-Table Farms LLC, Privatelands.org, FACTS MATTER, and Mag-Lev Solutions.EXPERIENCE & SKILLS– legislative and government affairs– lobbying/advocacy– community outreach– facilitation – negotiation– conflict resolution– new technology development/advancement– project financing– project management– professional development mentor– fiscal and economic impact analysis– nonprofit fundraising– communications– agricultural and environmental issuesRECENT PUBLICATIONSFebruary 2024, Biofuels Digest:– “How to Advocate for Development Capital, the Lifeblood of Every New Initiative” – “Unsolicited Proposals, Needed: More Access, More Flexibility, More Funding to Advance Game-Changing Projects” – Lobbying Tips: How to Reach Out to Your Members of Congress to Advance Your Requests 2023: – “Sustainability, innovation, and the bioeconomy: How to lobby for favorable government policies” – “15 Steps to successfully lobbying government for your cause” – “Making a Difference by Enabling Bioeconomy Advancements” – “YOU, ME, Life on the Planet, and the Climate Crisis” – "Development Capital, the Lifeblood of Every New Initiative, is Much Too Hard to Obtain” RECENT LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS– The Alternative Fuels & Chemical Coalition’s FY2025 Legislative & Appropriations Requests (57 requests, 29 priorities, 8 federal agencies) – Section 9010 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of FY2021 (Public Law 116-260), drafted by Mr. Evans and moved through Congress by the advocacy organization he co-foundedThis legislation has been called:– a “Cost-Breakthrough” (Advanced Biofuels USA) – “A Game-Changer for Financing Clean Energy Projects” (Biomass Magazine)– “The DOE Loan Guarantee Program re-invented, re-programmed, re-vived” (Biofuels Digest)– “the largest win in the history of revising US federal government loan guarantee programs” by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton project finance and energy attorney, Mark J. Reidy.