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Who's who in sustainable aviation fuel

13 people named in 6,297 news items about sustainable aviation fuel, in their business roles: the executives, officials and signatories behind the deals, the plants and the policy, with the title and organisation the articles gave and the latest mention. A market this new is opaque; knowing who decides is half of doing business in it.

People at NEXT 13, most mentioned first

Name	Title, as the news gives it	Organisation	Mentions	Latest mention
Christopher Efird		Next Renewable Fuels Inc.	10	2023-07-20 United Airlines Ventures Invests in NEXT Renewable Fuels prnewswire.com
Fabio Fritelli	managing director	Nextchem	4	2026-08-24 Global SAF Initiatives Create New Opportunities for Ethanol Czapp
Chris Efird	Chairperson and Chief Executive (also founder)	Next Renewable Fuels, NXT Clean Fuels Inc.	3	2025-03-05 NXT Clean Fuels cleared for takeoff, almost NW Labor Press
Michael Hinrichs	spokesperson (also company spokesperson)	NEXT, NEXT Energy, NEXT Renewables	3	2025-06-05 Environmental groups take Oregon to court over renewable diesel refinery on Columbia River Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
Petter Skantze	Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Development	NextEra Energy Resources	2	2025-05-19 Infinium Announces Construction of Large-Scale eFuels Production Facility in Texas PR Newswire
Pierroberto Folgiero		Maire Tecnimont Group and NextChem, Maire Tecnimont Group	2	2021-06-10 NextChem to Implement SAF Plant for TotalEnergies at Grandpuits, France biomassmagazine.com
Jo-Ellen Darcy	Board member	Next Renewable Fuels	1	2023-07-17 Next Renewable Fuels Appoints Jo-Ellen Darcy to Board Ahead of Nasdaq Listing biobased-diesel.com
Noel Morin	infrastructure consultant, board member of Hawaii EV, Sustainable Energy Hawaii and NexTech Hawaii	Hawaii EV, Sustainable Energy Hawaii, NexTech Hawaii	1	2026-01-11 Hawaiʻi Can Own Its Energy Future Honolulu Civil Beat
Rebecca Kujawa	President & CEO	NextEra Energy Resources	1	2024-12-14 Phillips 66 Teams with NextEra Energy Resources to Power Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex... Contra Costa News
Roger Pham		named alongside Fokker Next Gen	1	2024-06-03 Fokker Next Gen Designs Dual-Fuel Aircraft for Net Zero Emissions greencarcongress.com
Sandra Bour Schaeffer		Airbus UpNext	1	2022-07-22 Airbus UpNext reveals flight test program to study contrails from hydrogen combustion engine greencarcongress.com
Stephen Trauber	board of directors	Next Renewable Fuels	1	2023-04-12 Next Renewable Fuels appoints Stephen Trauber to its board of directors biobased-diesel.com
Tracy Prescott-MacGregor		named alongside Next Renewable Fuels, RMI	1	2025-03-01 A renewable diesel plant may put the Columbia River at risk hcn.org

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