Primary Job Title Board of Directors Primary Organization 
Gevo
Gender Male
Mr. Bruce A. Smith has served as a director of Gevo since June 2010, and is a member of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He most recently served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tesoro Corporation, an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products. His term as Chief Executive Officer of
Tesoro from 1995 until 2010 makes him one of the longest-tenured Chief Executive Officers in the U.S. Under the leadership of Mr. Smith, Tesoro transformed from a small integrated oil company to a Fortune 100 refining and marketing company with a global supply chain and 650,000 barrels per day of production in the western US. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Smith held several other positions at Tesoro, including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operational Officer and Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production.
Mr. Smith is currently a director of LyondellBasell N.V. where he chairs the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He was formerly on the board of Noble Energy Corporation, where he served on the Audit, Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees.
Mr. Smith holds an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Kansas and a B.A. in biology from Westminster College.
