About
Brad Matuska is AURI’s Business Development Director of Biomass Feedstocks, with a focus on producers and industry. In this role, he helps develop and execute projects and initiatives that commercialize new value-added products derived from Minnesota agricultural biomass feedstocks, including manure, crop residues, food waste, and other coproducts.
Brad co-founded an organics recycling business, Mississippi Topsoils, in 1998, that commercialized value-added products made from the wastewater treatment biosolids of a poultry producer. Over the company’s 25-year history, he gained a broad range of experience, which ignited his passion for sustainably creating valuable products from byproducts and developed a strong foundation in business development.
Brad was also an adjunct instructor at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University for several years. As an adjunct, Brad cultivated an enriching learning environment built on relationships and community building. He is a nonprofit advocate, having served on several nonprofit boards and helped manage aquatic invasive species, sustainable shoreline development, and water quality projects.
