Washington Biodiesel's development and management team is led by Joel Horn and Kevin Raymond.

Joel Horn:

Joel is a seasoned senior executive with deep experience in fast-paced, complex projects. Between 2002 and 2005, he served as executive director of the Seattle Monorail Project. During Joel's tenure as director he led a team that negotiated design-build-operate-and-maintain construction contracts worth over $2 billion. Additionally, his team negotiated project-labor agreements totaling 6 million work hours. While ultimately canceled by a public anti-tax vote, the team had completed the land acquisition for a $100 million transit corridor through the city. The project had also been issued an extremely complex array of environmental permits for 20 buildings and 14 miles of elevated railway.

Between 1996 and 2001 Joel served as lead developer of the privately-financed Amazon.com World Headquarters and Seattle's World Trade Center North. Amazon.com's Headquarters went on to win the "Building of the Year Award" from the Urban Land Institute.

From 1981 to 1996, Joel has held various Director and executive level positions at firms such as Lexis/Nexis, IBEX, and World Wildlife Fund. He holds Graduate Degrees in Business Administration and Public Management from Stanford Business School, a BA in economics from Colby College, and is a Thomas J. Watson Fellow. Joel serves as a Board Member to the Woods Hole Research Center.

Kevin Raymond:

Kevin Raymond is Pacific Coast Canola's General Counsel and Director of External Relations. He has been integral in securing various government loans and grants for the Warden project and interfacing with many of PCC's key partners. In addition to his work with PCC, Kevin provides legal, consulting and governmental relations services to public and private sector clients through the Watermark Group, PLLC, and serves as the Washington State Director of the Pacific Forest Trust, a national forest conservation group focused on forest conservation and climate change projects and policy matters. Kevin served as Director of External Relations on Seattle's Monorail Project. He also served as the Chief of Staff to King County Executive Gary Locke until Locke's election as Governor, where Kevin oversaw the office of budget and strategic planning and served as county lead negotiator with the Seattle Mariners and Seattle Seahawks. During his legal career, Kevin has held various senior level positions within the public and private sector, including Senior Assistant City Attorney with the City of Seattle, partner with a Seattle law firm, and Chief Counsel within the Metropolitan Services Section of the King County Prosecutor's Office.

Kevin has a BS from Huxley College of Environmental Studies, an M. Div from Seattle University, and a JD from University of Washington. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees at Western Washington University in Bellingham, and also serves on the Earth Ministry Board of Directors.