Joe Deviney
Joe is a Deputy Agricultural Commissioner with Contra Costa County. He has a BS degree in Biological Sciences from CS Hayward. "I have been with Contra Costa since 1988. I started as a trapper/nox weed guy. I have been a Deputy since 2003, in Pest Exclusion, Pest Detection and Nursery. A naturalist at heart, I enjoy studying Biology, especially Entomology and Botany. I love getting outside with my family: hiking, botanizing, hunting for insects, reptiles and amphibians."

Danny Merkley
Danny Merkley joined the California Farm Bureau Federation as director of water resources in December 2007. He represents Farm Bureau before the state Legislature and regulatory agencies on policy issues related to water development and water quality. Prior to joining Farm Bureau, Danny was district director for Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Gold River. He previously worked as agricultural liaison with the State Water Resources Control Board, where he specialized in water quality issues and carried farmers´and ranchers´ concerns to the regional and state water boards. Earlier, he served as agricultural commissioner liaison with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Danny grew up and worked on the family farm in Solano and Yolo counties, is a former member of the Solano County Farm Bureau board of directors and is currently a member of the Yolo County Farm Bureau. He has also been active in a number of other agricultural and community organizations and is a graduate of the California Agricultural Leadership Program.

Lonn Boyer
Lonn Boyer is a graduate of California State University, Stanislaus with a Bachelor´s Degree in Applied Studies and Masters of Business Administration. He began his career in Human Resources with Merced County in 1998 where he served as a Human Resources Analyst and Human Resources Manager until April 2009. In 2008 he obtained Senior Professional in Human Resources certification from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). Lonn is currently the Director of Human Resources for Madera County.

Paul Jordan
Paul attended USC and graduated from UC Santa Barbara and received degrees in Geology and Environmental Studies. He worked as a geologist drilling geothermal wells in California and Nevada. In 1984 he began working as a Weights and Measures inspector in Ventura County. He worked in all aspects of weights and measures, though specializing in device testing, particularly electric meters and propane. In June of 1999 he joined the Division of Measurement Standards as a Measurement Standards Specialist III handling the lower eight counties of Southern California.

Jeff Pylman
Jeff Pylman has been the Agricultural Commissioner and Sealer of Weights and Measures for Nevada County for over 3 years. Jeff was raised on a farm in the Sacramento delta. He earned a Bachelors degree in Agricultural Business at CSU Chico. He started his career in the county Agricultural Commissioner System in Yolo County working as an Agricultural Biologist I for 4 years in the detection trapping program. He then became the Weights and Measures Inspector for Yolo County. He was an Agricultural and Standards Inspector for Sacramento County for 8 years primarily working in Weights and Measures. He was a Deputy in Sacramento for 3 years and then worked as the Deputy Commissioner / Sealer for Placer County for 5 years. Jeff currently lives in Grass Valley with his wife Gale and daughter Katie. He participates in community, personal and professional development organizations such as Rotary and Toastmasters. He is past president of CASAP. Jeff enjoys community events in the Grass Valley/Nevada City area along with outdoor sports such as hiking and skiing.

Bob Atkins
Since 2006, Bob has been Commissioner / Sealer of San Diego County. Before coming to San Diego he was Chief Deputy Commissioner for Los Angeles County where he started his Career back in 1973. Some notable accomplishments were setting up the Fruit Fly Pest Detection Program in 1981 and establishing the Scanner Inspection, SOD, GWSS/PD and the High Risk Pest Exclusion Program in the 1999 / 2000 years. Bob is the President Elect for CACASA and a member of the DC Farm Bill Legislative Team, plus a member of the MQ Revision Task Force.

Tim Niswander
Tim Niswander has worked for the County´s Department of Agriculture since being hired as a Weights and Measures Inspector February 22, 1988. He has been the Kings County Agricultural Commissioner-Sealer since August 16, 2003. Prior to his Kings County employment, Tim was a vineyard ranch manager, PCA, PCO, and manure spreader. As a member of the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA), Tim is serving in his fifth year as chairman of the Personnel Standards committee. In addition to being the RMMS project manager he is currently the administrator of CACASA´s Citrix GoToMeeting/Webinar subscription. Tim also represents County Ag Commissioners on the statewide Emergency Animal Disposal Workgroup. Tim is a member of Kings Fair Agribusiness Luncheon committee, Kings County Bioterrorism Preparedness committee, Environmental review committee, Ag Advisory Committee to the Board of Supervisors and Congressman Costa, lead responsibility for the Kings County Mortality Intervention Team, and various other roles and duties. In his spare time Tim serves the Fresno County Sheriff as a volunteer member of the Sheriffs Jeep Rescue Unit. He is currently vice-commander of that unit.