
Joe Jobe, SABR
Joe Jobe serves as the CEO of SABR and is the President and Founder of business consulting firm Rock House Advisors. He is recognized leader, author, and international speaker on renewable energy with over 25 years of senior executive experience. Prior to founding Rock House in 2016, Joe served as the CEO for the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) for 17 years, helping lead biodiesel from an experimental fuel of 200,000 gallons to over 3 billion gallons representing a $17 billion industry. Joe is a recognized leader on energy, agriculture, environment and sustainability. He has given keynote speeches in eleven countries. He has appeared on The Today Show, History Channel, C-Span, Fox News, PBS, NPR, Discovery Channel, CNN, Jay Leno’s Garage, XM Radio, and others. He has published articles or been interviewed for articles in TIME, USA Today, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Reuters, Washington Post, and many others.
Joe served on the energy task forces of the Governors of Missouri, Illinois, and Tennessee. He has significant public policy advocacy experience and regularly testifies before Congress and state houses. Joe led the development and execution of a comprehensive national branding campaign and sustainability program. These two programs have built biodiesel’s brand as America’s Advanced Biofuel.
Joe was instrumental in developing a comprehensive Quality Management System to address early fuel quality problems in the marketplace. Now over 85% of biodiesel in the market falls under BQ-9000, and there are virtually no fuel problems related to biodiesel. Joe used this experience to develop and rapidly deploy RIN integrity measures when RIN fraud occurred. (RIN is a renewable credit generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard.) And Joe has significant business law experience, navigating the association through over a dozen court cases including anti-trust, federal and state rulemaking challenges, and international trade.
Prior to working as the CEO of NBB, Joe served as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that he served as a Criminal Fraud Investigator for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, where he managed and conducted criminal investigations and prosecutions of Medicaid fraud. He worked with US Attorney’s office and coordinated with federal law enforcement agencies including FBI, US Postal Inspection, IRS Criminal Investigative Division, Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and others. Joe holds professional certifications including Certified Association Executive (CAE); Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (inactive).