Jeff Peterson, VP/Commodity Risk Manager

Jeff was raised on a grain and livestock farm near Manlius, Illinois and is a 1987 graduate of Illinois State University with an Associate degree in Ag Production and a Bachelor degree in Ag Business.  He began his career as a Grain Merchandiser and Farmer Market Advisor for Advance Trading at the Pearl City Elevator in northwestern Illinois.  In 1989, he returned to Bureau County as the Grain Department Manager of Bureau Service Company in Princeton.  In 1993, Jeff became General Manager of the Neponset Farmers Grain Elevator Cooperative.  Later that year, he was named Grain Department Manager for Marquis Grain Inc upon their acquisition of the Neponset Cooperative.  In that capacity, he managed two country grain elevators and the truck dispatching for Marquis Grain Inc.  In 2006, Marquis sold its country grain elevators to focus on the ethanol business, where Jeff is now the Commodity Risk Manager for Marquis Grain Inc at the Marquis Energy LLC ethanol plant.

Gary Miller, VP/Corn Procurement Manager

Gary grew up on his family’s farm south of Granville.  He graduated from Putnam County High School and Illinois Valley Community College.  Gary started in the grain business in 1980 and later joined Archer Daniels Midland in 1985.  For many years, Gary managed ADM’s river terminals in Hennepin, Henry, Lacon, Chillicothe, and Creve Coeur, Illinois.  He also had extensive responsibility for grain origination into ADM’s ethanol plant in Peoria, Illinois.  In 2003, ADM combined their river terminal offices into a regional office at Ottawa, Illinois.  As Northern District Manager, Gary was responsible for managing up to ten river terminals and 6 country elevators.  He has also served on various committees for the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois.  He now joins the Marquis team as VP/Corn Procurement Manager.  Gary resides in Princeton with his wife Cathy.