Contact Us

For general questions regarding the Bioenergy Technologies Office, please use the contact information below.

U.S. Department of Energy – Bioenergy Technologies Office
General Contact Information
Phone: 202-586-5188
Email: Bioenergy Technologies Office
1000 Independence Avenue, SW, EE-3B, 5H-021
Washington, DC, 20585

Please note: Due to mail screening procedures for federal agencies, your letter may take up to 6 weeks to reach the Bioenergy Technologies Office.

Media Inquiries

For media inquiries please email the EERE communications team at [email protected].

BETO Staff

LEADERSHIP
Valerie Sarisky-Reed, Director
John Cabaniss, Deputy Director
Jay Fitzgerald, Chief Scientist
Reyhaneh Shenassa, Chief Engineer
Jay Fitzgerald, Program Manager, Conversion Technologies
Andrea Bailey, Program Manager, Data, Modeling, and Analysis
Chenlin Li, Program Manager, Renewable Carbon Resources
Jim Spaeth, Program Manager, Systems Development and Integration

OPERATIONS
Colleen Tomaino, Operations Supervisor
Natalie Roberts, Operations Manager
Linda Malloy, Executive Assistant

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
Sheila Dillard, Communications Lead

CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES
Gayle Bentley
Lisa Guay
Sonia Hammache
Beau Hoffman
Trevor Smith

DATA, MODELING, AND ANALYSIS
Zia Haq, Senior Lead Analyst
Peter Smith

RENEWABLE CARBON RESOURCES
Elizabeth Burrows
Mark Elless
Daniel Fishman 
Alexander Jansen
Dana Mitchell  
Christy Sterner

SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION
Remy Biron
Joshua Messner 
Robert Natelson
Mark Shmorhun
Ben Simon