develop consensus standards for use by TNI's programs. This group has a support role in assisting other programs with activities such as guidance and standards interpretation.
fosters the generation of data of known and documented quality is through the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, or NELAP. The purpose of this program is to establish and implement a program for the accreditation of environmental laboratories.
is to establish and maintain a national PT program to support TNI’s National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, and other activities.
Field Activities Program (NEFAP) Executive Committee is to establish and implement an accreditation program for field sampling and measurement organizations (FSMOs).
Audit Sample Program is to develop consensus standards for the manufacture and analysis of audit samples for source emission testing.
on a variety of topics of interest to the environmental measurement community. TNI also hosts two regularly scheduled meetings per year, typically in January and August. Both are a week long and involve open meetings of TNI committees as well as training courses and other special sessions.Board of Directors
The Board of Directors shall have ten (10) to eighteen (18) Directors with at least three (3) Directors representing NELAP-recognized Accreditation Bodies (ABs), at least three (3) Directors representing accredited laboratories, and other Directors representing other interests such as: non-NELAP states, federal agencies, Proficiency Test (PT) providers, Field Sampling and Measurement Organizations, NEFAP Accreditation Bodies, third party assessors, and data users. Up to four (4) Ex-Officio Directors appointed by Federal agencies also serve on the Board.
The Board of Directors:
- supervises, controls and directs the business affairs of TNI by:
- actively pursuing its mission,
- managing the budget,
- adopting policies and rules,
- receiving complaints and directing to the appropriate body for action, and
- appointing agents to assist with the above activities.
- performs the following activities to support each core program of the organization:
- Reviews and approves an annual budget for the program.
- Evaluates how well the programs are achieving their goals.
Unless it is specifically stated otherwise in the TNI Bylaws, the Board of Directors will not direct the activities of any core program. For example, the Board of Directors will not change a consensus standard adopted by an Expert Committee, change an acceptance limit established by the PT Program Executive Committee, or overturn a decision by the NEFAP Executive Committee.
Conference Calls: 2nd Wednesday, 1:00 pm ET
Contact the Board Chair to request to participate for these calls.
The Board of Directors -
- supervises, controls and directs the business affairs of The NELAC Institute by:
- actively pursuing its mission.
- managing the budget.
- adopting policies and rules.
- appointing agents to assist with the above activities.
- performs the following activities to support each core program of the organization:
- When appropriate, assigns a Program Administrator and determines the level of activity for this individual.
- Reviews and approves an annual budget for the program.
- Annually, evaluates how well each program is achieving its goals.
| Alfredo Sotomayor, Chair Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Milwaukee, Wisconsin [email protected] | Kristin Brown, Vice Chair State of Utah Taylorsville, Utah [email protected] |
| Aaren Alger Alger Consulting & Training Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania [email protected] | Steve Arms Florida Department of Health (Retired) Jacksonville, Florida [email protected] |
| Justin Brown, Treasurer Environmental Monitoring and Technologies Des Plaines, Illinois [email protected] | Robin Cook City of Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, Florida [email protected] |
| Maria Friedman California ELAP Glendale, California [email protected] | Susan Jackson SC Department of Environmental Services Columbia, South Carolina [email protected] |
| Jessica Jensen KC Water Kansas City, Missouri [email protected] | William Lipps Shimadzu Scientific Corporation Columbia, Maryland [email protected] |
| Harold Longbaugh City of Houston Drinking Water Operations Houston, Texas [email protected] | Judy Morgan Pace Analytical Mt. Juliet, Tennessee [email protected] |
| Prem Parmar Orange County Water District Fountain Valley, California [email protected] | Patsy Root, Secretary IDEXX Laboratories,Inc. Westbrook, Maine [email protected] |
| Valerie Slaven Pace Analytical Services Sparta, Illinois [email protected] | Nicholas Slawson A2LA Frederick, Maryland [email protected] |
| Tracy Szerszen Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. Troy, Michigan [email protected] |
| TNI Articles of Incorporation TNI Quality Management Plan (Final: Effective 1-1-2017) TNI Strategic Plan (Final: Effective 4-8-2020) TNI Annual Report (2020) TNI Annual Report (2021) TNI Annual Report (2022) |
This committee was formed in 2012 to develop the SOPs and procedures necessary for TNI to approve non-governmental accreditation bodies (NGAB) to grant laboratory accreditations in conformance with the applicable TNI standards, and to assure that the NGAB is capable of managing an accreditation program in a consistent, uniform manner.
Documents:
Committee Charter (PDF)
NGAB Application (Word)
NGAB Application Completeness Checklist (Word)
NELAP Checklist to Determine AB Compliance ("Technical Checklist") (Word)
Non-Governmental Accreditation Body Recognition Concept Paper (PDF)
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