Board of Directors

Marc Paquette 

Chairman

Kevin Schnepp 

Chairman-Elect 

Kevin Schnepp, Director for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Division of Measurement Standards. Kevin oversees all programs within the Division: Metrology; Weighmaster; California Type Evaluation Program; Fuels, Lubricants, and Automotive Products, Registered Service Agency; Alternative Fuels; Device Enforcement; and Fuels and Automotive Products Enforcement. His duties also encompass the divisions work in ZEV infrastructure standards and specifications development along with facilitating policies and regulations for the oversight of zero-emission and low-carbon alternative and renewable fuels. Kevin earned a Bachelor’s Degree in chemistry and a Master’s in Business Administration with a concentration in environmental compliance and sustainability.

Kevin has over 20 years combined process R&D and chemistry research experience, with 13 years of service within CDFA’s Division of Measurement Standards conducting research and development programs in zero emission, alternative and renewable fuels. Kevin is an active member with ASTM, NCWM, the California Fuel Cell Partnership, the National Hydrogen Safety Codes and Standards Committee, H2 USA, and serves as the department’s representative to the Governor’s ZEV implementation team.

Gene Robertson 

 Immediate Past Chairman

Robertson earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Business at  Mississippi State University. From 1982 to 1993, he worked as a Catfish Farm Manager and Cotton Gin Manager. From 1993 to 2003, he was an Aquaculture Specialist/Market Specialist for the Mississippi Department of Agriculture where he is currently employed. Gene’s current responsibilities include Deputy Bureau Director of Regulatory Services, Grain Warehouse/Dealer Licensing, Aquaculture Coordinator, Egg Marketing Board Member, and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Representative.

In addition to NCWM and SWMA, Gene is professionally involved with the Association of Grain Regulatory Officials, Mississippi Aquatic Invasive Species Council, and National Association of State Aquaculture Coordinators.

During his spare time, Gene enjoys hunting, traveling and spending time with his grandchildren.

Mahesh Albuquerque 

Treasurer

Mahesh is NCWM Treasurer.

Mahesh served as NCWM Chairman in 2023 and as NTEP Chairman in 2024.  He is now Chair of the EVSE Technical Conference & Trade Show Planning Committee. He served on the Specifications and Tolerances (S&T) Committee from 2012-2016, and as S&T Committee Chair in 2015 and 2016. He served as Chair of the Natural Gas Steering Committee and served on the NIST U.S. National Working Group for Development of Hydrogen Measurement Standards.

Regionally, Albuquerque is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Western Weights and Measures Association (WWMA). He served as WWMA President from 2014-2015 and WWMA S&T Committee from 2009-2012, and as S&T Committee Chair in 2012.

Albuquerque has served as the Director of the Colorado Division of Oil and Public Safety (OPS) since 2008. The OPS administers laws and regulations aimed at ensuring environmental protection, weights and measures and public safety.

Mahesh serves in leadership roles on several other boards and committees, and works closely with federal, state and industry partners, and standards development organizations to ensure environmental protection and public safety.

Bill Striejewske

Active Membership - Western Region Representative

Bill serves as the Western Region Representative on the NCWM Board of Directors.

Bill was born and raised in Western New York and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia and his Doctorate in Organometallic Chemistry from SUNY Buffalo. A Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Nevada, Reno brought Bill to Nevada for what was meant to be a short time but has stretched to nearly 30 years.

Following time working for a fuel startup company and time at a private testing lab, Bill began working in the Nevada Department of Agriculture in Petroleum Technology, starting in 2002. He served as the Senior Petroleum Chemist, supervising the state petroleum labs, from 2008 to 2023. Bill currently serves as the Administrator of the Division of Measurement Standards, overseeing the Metrology, Petroleum Technology, and Weights & Measures programs.

Since becoming active within NCWM in 2014, Bill has been a member of the Fuels and Lubricants Subcommittee (FALS), serving as FALS Chair from 2017 through 2022.

Bill was also active for 15 years with ASTM, International, beginning in 2008. He served the Gasoline and Oxygenated Fuels Subcommittee first as Membership Secretary and then as Vice Chair for a number of years.

In his spare time Bill enjoys being on his road bike or a pair of skis (depending on the season) and suffers through Buffalo sports (Go Bills).

Jason Flint

Active Membership - Northeastern Region Representative

Paul Floyd

Active Membership - Southern Region Representative

Daniel Walker

Active Membership - Central Region Representative

Daniel serves as the Central Regional Representative of the NCWM Board of Directors and serves on the NTEP Committee.

Daniel is originally from rural Southern Illinois where he grew up helping on his grandfather’s grain and livestock farm. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree.

Daniel began his career in weights and measures in 2002 as a field inspector for a scale service company. While in the private sector, Daniel advanced to metrologist, quality manager and laboratory manager of a commercial calibration laboratory. He received NIST metrology training in 2005. Daniel joined the Ohio Department of Agriculture in 2011 where he served as a metrologist and quality manager for ODA’s Weights and Measures Division, overseeing ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation, NIST Recognition, and maintenance of the state’s primary reference standards for mass, volume, length, and time measurements. Daniel was appointed Chief of ODA’s Weights and Measures Division in 2021.

Daniel serves on the Board of Directors for the Northeast Ohio Agriculture Innovation Center (NEO-AIC). Daniel has served on the Central Weights and Measures Association's Specifications and Tolerances Committee, as well as NCWM's Specifications and Tolerances and Professional Development Committees. 

Raymond Johnson 

At-Large

Raymond is the Regulatory Affairs Consultant for Fairbanks Scales, Inc. He has been at this position since May 2022. He is also a member of the Scale Manufacturers Association (SMA) and the Vice Chair for SMA’s Technical Committee.

Raymond previously served as the NCWM Treasurer. Johnson has served on the NCWM Credentials Committee (chaired) and the Laws and Regulations Committee, acting as Chair in 2013 and 2014. He also served on the Natural Gas Steering Committee. Johnson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. Before his retirement in July 2021, he spent 2 years as a Division Director for the Standards and Consumer Division of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture which oversees the inspection and testing of scales, liquid measuring devices, fuel quality, packages, price verification, eggs, dairy open dating and green chile. Prior to that, Johnson was an Assistant Division Director for 18 years and for 6.5 years prior to that, he was an Inspector in the Consumer Services Bureau in Albuquerque conducting inspections of the same.

In addition, Johnson was active in the Western Weights and Measures Association (WWMA) serving on the Nominating Committee (Chair), Honors and Awards Committee, Auditing Committee, Resolutions Committee and the Specifications and Tolerances Committee (2 terms and acted as chair twice). Johnson also served as WWMA President in 2010 and is a recipient of the Ray Rebuffo Award for outstanding service to the WWMA.