LANSING TRADE GROUP BOARD OF MANAGERS

Gary Smith, Chairman
Biography
Mr. Smith currently serves as the principal financial officer of The Andersons, Inc. (ANDE, on the NASDAQ) with the title of Vice President Finance and Treasurer. He joined The Andersons in 1980 and has held progressing financial positions within the company. Prior to joining The Andersons, Mr. Smith also served as controller for Toledo Pickling and Steel (1977-1980) and as an audit manager for Arthur Young and Company from (1971 to 1977). Mr. Smith graduated from the University of Toledo in 1971. He is a Certified Public Accountant and is active with a variety of local foundations.

Bill Krueger
Biography
Bill Krueger is the CEO and President of Lansing Trade Group, LLC (“LTG”) and President of Lansing Ethanol Services, LLC (“LES”).  Bill joined LTG in 1995 as a wheat trader.  His leadership has spurred the revitalization and substantial growth of this 77 year old commodity trading company.

Under Bill’s direction, LTG has profitably grown revenues over 500%.  Bill has taken a leading role in the growth of LTG’s traditional businesses, while also directing the creation of trading opportunities in biofuels, additional agricultural products and various international markets.

The creation and success of LES as one of the largest physical trading companies in the ethanol industry is a solid example of Lansing capabilities under Bill’s direction.  International growth in biofuels, container movements, vegetable oils, grains, and sugar are also notable accomplishments for Lansing.

Bill has held various positions inside the Company; most recently he was named Chief Executive Officer in October 2005 and serves on the Boards of both LTG and LES.  In addition to serving on Lansing’s Boards, Bill has Board duties for the following organizations:

- Recovery Data Connect, LLC

- MidAmerica Ice Cream Co LLC

- Kansas City Board of Trade

Bill also serves as an invited attendee at Board meetings of The Andersons, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDE).

Scott Mills
Biography
Scott Mills is Vice President and General Manager of Lansing Ethanol Services (LES) and serves as a member of Lansing Trade Group’s Board of Managers.

Scott graduated from Kansas State University in 1987 with a degree in Agriculture Economics.  He began his grain merchandising career with DeBruce and Scoular where he held a variety of positions at both companies.  In 1997, he joined Lansing as a Location Manager. Scott has since held various management positions within Lansing.  In 2001 he was named Director of Marketing of Feed Grains and in 2003 promoted to Vice President.  He became General Manager of Lansing Ethanol Services in October of 2006.  He has been a member of Lansing Trade Group Board of Managers since 2002.

Hal Reed
Biography
Mr. Reed is President of the Grain & Ethanol Group of The Andersons, Inc. (ANDE, on the NASDAQ). The Grain & Ethanol Group operates thirteen grain elevators with storage capacity exceeding 85 million bushels. The Grain & Ethanol Group handles more than 170 million bushels of grain annually - primarily in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, and merchandises substantial additional quantities of grain, primarily in the eastern Corn Belt.

He graduated from Miami University in 1977 with a Bachelors degree in Accounting, and began working in public accounting. In January 1980, as a licensed CPA, Mr. Reed began his career with The Andersons, and soon added a Masters Degree (MBA – Finance) from the University of Toledo. Mr. Reed has held various accounting, operational and marketing positions within the Grain Division. He was named Vice President and General Manager of the Grain Division in 1998, became President of the Grain Division in January 2001, and was named President of the Grain & Ethanol Group in 2005.

Sebastian Barrack
Biography
Mr. Barrack is jointly responsible for the Agricultural commodities and Investor Products Division at Macquarie Bank. Prior to his current role, he pioneered Macquarie's capability in commodity index products and developed this area into a strong business which provides the full spectrum of derivative products to the investment community. From 1998 to 2003, he managed the trading function for all agricultural derivative products. He joined Macquarie in 1999 via Macquarie's acquisition of the Investment Banking business of Bankers Trust Australia. At Bankers Trust, he structured and traded interest rate derivatives having joined in January 1995 as a graduate from Australian National University.

Bill Lewis
Biography
Mr. Lewis received a BA and MBA from the University of Kansas in 1972 and 1974 respectively. He worked for Arthur Andersen & Co. for five years in their Administrative Services (consulting) practice and left there as a Manager. After a variety of roles in private industry as Assistant to the President and Divisional Vice President, Mr. Lewis joined Cerner Corporation (NASD: CERN) in 1983. Mr. Lewis served in their consulting practice and the application development environment before being promoted to Vice President of Product Development, a position he held for 10 years. Mr. Lewis also served as the Chief Operating Officer for Cerner International during the final 3 years of his employment, retiring in 1998.

Sam Freitag
Biography
Samuel C. Freitag has been an independent Private Investor and a member of several boards of directors since January, 2004. From July, 2002 to December, 2003, Mr. Freitag was president of McCarthy Capital Corporation. McCarthy Capital was a private equity fund manager managing approximately $300 million of capital. Prior to joining McCarthy Capital, Mr. Freitag was a Senior Managing Director of George K. Baum Merchant Banc, LLC, managing a $100 million private equity investment fund, a position he assumed in early 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Freitag was Vice Chairman, Director of Investment Banking, a member of the Management Committee and oversaw all corporate investment banking activities of George K. Baum & Company. Mr Freitag joined George K. Baum & Company's Corporate Finance Department in 1986. Mr. Freitag serves on the Board of Managers of MarketSphere Consulting, LLC, Lansing Trade Group, LLC and SYMMEDRx. Mr. Freitag is also on the Board of Trustees of Coe College and The Barstow School. Mr. Freitag received his B.A. degree with majors in Economics and Business Administration from Coe College where he was named a George Baker Scholar. Mr. Freitag also has his MBA from the University of Iowa.