Celebrating Membership Milestones

September 2017

35 years

Janis Christensen, CAFM^®
Senior Mgr., Director Corporate Consulting
Mercury Associates, Inc.
Las Vegas, N.V.

Janis Christensen, CAFM^®, is a Senior Manager and Director of Corporate Fleet Management Consulting Services with Mercury Associates. She has more than 30 combined years of fleet management experience, first, as a fleet manager in the private sector, and second, providing consulting services to a wide array of private and public fleets, fleet service providers, automobile manufacturers, automotive trade associations, and automotive publication companies.

She has conducted presentations and workshops for thousands of industry professionals for a variety of prominent industry and professional associations, has authored dozens of articles, and has written several published policies and procedures manuals.

Janis is a Past Vice President on NAFA’s Board of Directors and, since 1984, has served the Association in a variety of national and local positions. In 1999, she was honored with NAFA’s Distinguished Service Award.

30 years

John McCorkhill, CFM/CAFM^®
Lynchburg, Va.

According to John McCorkhill, the photo above is of him on the first day of his fleet management career, which began August 23, 1982. He was Deputy Fleet Administrator for the City of Indianapolis. John’s career came to a close 33 years later after 16-and-a-half years in Indianapolis and 16-and-a-half years as Fleet Director for the City of Lynchburg, Va.

During his fleet career John was named Government Fleet Manager of the Year in 2006, and was inducted into the Public Fleet Hall of Fame in 2014. NAFA recognized him with a Honorary Lifetime Membership in 2012. He retired on October 30, 2015, but still periodically attends Old Dominion Chapter meetings to keep his fleet management knowledge current.

Today, John spends most of his time as a part-time consultant for local and state governments and keeps busy around the house with Melody, his bride of 38 years.

25 years

Robert A. Orifice
Fleet Superintendent
City of West Haven
North Branford, Conn.

Roger Weaver, CAFM^®
Director, Fleet Management
County of San Bernardino
Fleet Management
San Bernardino, Calif.

Roger Weaver, CAFM^®, has 50 years’ experience as a fleet manager with organizations including AT&T, Pacific Bell (by various names), McKesson Corp., Danone Corp, and now the County of San Bernardino. Roger holds a Masters Business Administration (MBA), is a Certified Automotive Fleet Manager (CAFM^®), and a Certified Public Fleet Professional (CPFP).

County of San Bernardino was ranked Number One Fleet in the Nation for 2017 by Government Fleet and APWA, and has been ranked within "Top Fleets" (Operations/Sustainability) for the past 12 years. Further, County of San Bernardino has received NACO's (National Association of Counties) award for Vehicle Maintenance Program (partnership with other agencies to train "at risk" youth in basic automotive services).

Roger specifically points to his efforts with the fleet in implementing a state-of-the-art Fleet Management Information System (FMIS) in 2003, which converted to a "web-based" variant in 2014. The fleet management department established a county-wide emergency generator maintenance, repair, and replacement program which improved "disaster preparedness" from about 36 percent to 95 percent currently. Under Roger's supervision, all county-owned fuel tanks have been centralized into one program.

Prior to fleet, Roger served four years in the U.S. Navy. He has been married for 36 years and is the proud father of four children, who have made him a grandfather seven times over. He is now a great-grandfather of three.

It is the strength of our Members like Janis Christensen, CAFM^®; John McCorkhill, CFM/CAFM^®; Robert A. Orifice; and Roger Weaver, CAFM^®; that has helped make NAFA the strongest association in fleet management today.