Robert Bessette of the Council of Industrial Boiler Owners (CIBO) to Address General Meeting
National Board announces Robert D. Bessette, president of CIBO, will address the General Session of the 80th Meeting this May in Las Vegas. The topic: “Industrial Boilers after Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT).”
Mr. Bessette has served as president of CIBO since 1995. Through CIBO, he represents the interests of America’s industrial energy users and producers – the industrial energy base of our country – on energy and environmental issues, technology development, and advocacy. He works closely with the US Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), state government personnel, industry trade associations, and others to promote industrial energy needs and objectives at the technical and national policy-making levels.
For 36 years Mr. Bessette has worked in all aspects of the industrial energy sector, from equipment design and development to all types of fuel application and use. Currently, his focus is promoting sound energy and environmental policy development from a strong technical foundation. He has numerous publications, presentations, and editorial credits.
Mr. Bessette graduated from West Virginia Institute of Technology in 1970 with a bachelor of science in physics and a minor in economics. He lives in Virginia with his wife Gail. They have four children and eleven grandchildren.