GEVO · Gevo, Inc. · Executive Compensation

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Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Patrick R. Gruber	Chief Executive Officer	$552,855	$312,500	$1,588,299	$945,300	—	$60,800	$3,459,754
Patrick Gruber	CEO	$552,855	$312,500	$1,588,299	$945,300	—	$60,800	$3,459,754
Christopher Ryan	President and Chief Operating Officer	$415,000	$155,625	$568,001	$338,052	—	—	$1,476,678
Timothy J. Cesarek	Chief Commercial Officer	$360,000	$117,000	$387,749	$230,776	—	—	$1,095,525
Lynn Smull	Chief Financial Officer	$360,000	$117,000	$382,999	$227,947	—	—	$1,087,946
Paul D. Bloom	Chief Carbon Officer and Chief Innovation Officer	$360,000	$72,000	$358,550	$213,396	—	—	$1,003,946

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Patrick R. Gruber	Chief Executive Officer	$500,000	$450,000	$5,208,084	$4,800,222	—	$60,573	$11,018,879
Patrick Gruber	CEO	$500,000	$450,000	$5,208,084	$4,800,222	—	$60,573	$11,018,879
Christopher Ryan	President and Chief Operating Officer	$385,192	$265,132	$2,604,042	$2,400,111	—	—	$5,654,477
Paul D. Bloom	Chief Carbon Officer and Chief Innovation Officer	$276,923	$101,116	$2,313,032	$1,800,083	—	$59,900	$4,551,054
Timothy J. Cesarek	Chief Commercial Officer	$354,615	$210,600	$1,953,032	$1,800,083	—	—	$4,318,330
Lynn Smull	Chief Financial Officer	$320,769	$188,325	$1,953,032	$1,800,083	—	—	$4,262,209

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Patrick R. Gruber	Chief Executive Officer	$466,667	$250,000	$793,120	—	—	$63,129	$1,572,916
Patrick Gruber	CEO	$466,667	$250,000	$793,120	—	—	$63,129	$1,572,916
Timothy J. Cesarek	Chief Commercial Officer	$303,334	$130,000	$312,172	—	—	$24,459	$769,965
Christopher Ryan	President and Chief Operating Officer	$312,667	$134,000	$321,778	—	—	—	$768,445
Lynn Smull	Chief Financial Officer	$293,077	$120,000	$268,567	—	—	—	$681,644

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Patrick R. Gruber	Chief Executive Officer	$500,000	$205,000	$849,999	—	—	$58,361	$1,613,360
Patrick Gruber	CEO	$500,000	$205,000	$849,999	—	—	$58,361	$1,613,360
Timothy J. Cesarek	Chief Commercial Officer	$325,000	$113,100	$325,001	—	—	$57,642	$820,743
Christopher Ryan	President and Chief Operating Officer	$335,000	$116,580	$335,000	—	—	—	$786,580
Lynn Smull	Chief Financial Officer	—	$25,000	$150,000	—	—	—	$175,000

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Patrick R. Gruber	Chief Executive Officer	$479,864	$250,000	$345,000	—	—	$60,357	$1,135,221
Patrick Gruber	CEO	$479,864	$250,000	$345,000	—	—	$60,357	$1,135,221
Christopher Ryan	President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer	$335,000	$134,000	$34,500	$400,000	—	—	$903,500
Timothy J. Cesarek	Chief Commercial Officer	$325,000	$100,100	$17,250	$400,000	—	$3,656	$846,006

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
K’Lynne Johnson	Class II director	Appointed	2026-11-04	2026-10-28
Greg Hanselman	Chief Operating Officer	Appointed	2026-08-20	2026-08-26
Todd Werpy	Class II director	Appointed	2026-08-20	2026-07-16
Patrick R. Gruber	Chief Executive Officer	Retired	2026-04-01	2026-04-27
Chris Ryan	chief operating officer	Retired	2026-06-01	2026-01-05
Patrick R. Gruber	Chief Executive Officer	Retired	2026-04-01	2026-01-05
Paul Bloom	President	Appointed	2026-01-01	2026-01-05
Paul Bloom	Chief Executive Officer	Appointed	2026-04-01	2026-01-05
Christopher M. Ryan	President and Chief Operating Officer	Retired	2026-06-05	2026-01-05
Dr. Paul Bloom	Chief Executive Officer	Appointed	2026-04-01	2025-12-15
Dr. Patrick Gruber	Chief Executive Officer	Retired	2026-04-01	2025-12-15
Dr. Patrick Gruber	Executive Chair of the Board	Appointed	2025-12-09	2025-12-15
Dr. Paul Bloom	a director on Gevo’s Board of Directors	Appointed	2025-12-09	2025-12-15
Dr. Paul Bloom	President of Gevo, Inc.	Appointed	2025-12-09	2025-12-15
William H. Baum	lead independent director of the Board	Appointed	2025-12-09	2025-12-15
Patrick R. Gruber	Executive Chair of the Board	Appointed	2025-12-09	2025-12-15
Paul D. Bloom	Class III director	Appointed	2025-12-09	2025-12-15
Paul D. Bloom	Chief Executive Officer	Appointed	2026-04-01	2025-12-15
Patrick R. Gruber	Chief Executive Officer	Retired	2026-04-01	2025-12-15
James J. Barber	Class II director	Appointed	2025-05-21	2025-05-27
Oluwagbemileke (Leke) Agiri	Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2025-05-21	2025-05-27
Davaajargal (Sylvia) Gendenjamts	Vice President, Accounting and Treasurer	Appointed	2024-11-12	2024-11-13
Alisher Nurmat	Vice President Accounting and Treasurer (and principal accounting officer)	Retired	2024-11-21	2024-11-13
Mary Kathryn (Katie) Ellet	Class III director	Appointed	2024-01-02	2024-01-03
Angelo Amorelli	Class I director	Appointed	2023-10-15	2023-10-17

Leadership

Dr. Paul Bloom CEO, Board Member
Paul Bloom CEO
Paul D. Bloom CEO, CTO, Board Member
Dr. Patrick Gruber Chairman
Patrick R. Gruber Chairman
Oluwagbemileke (Leke) Agiri CFO
Greg Hanselman COO
Geoffrey Williams General Counsel
Davaajargal (Sylvia) Gendenjamts Chief Accounting Officer
Andrew J. Marsh Board Member
Angelo Amorelli Board Member
Carol J. Battershell Board Member
Jaime Guillen Board Member
James J. Barber Board Member
James J. Barber, Ph.D. Board Member
K’Lynne Johnson Board Member
Mary Kathryn (Katie) Ellet Board Member
Patrick Gruber Board Member
Ruth I. Dreessen Board Member
Todd Werpy Board Member

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