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.Competency Task Force
A description of the Competency Task Force will appear in this space.
Conference Calls: Meeting schedule will appear in this space.
Contact the Task Force Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.
Task Force Membership
Most of the work of TNI is done by volunteers working on committees tasked with specific functions. If you are interested in actively helping our organization, complete a TNI Committee Application (opens in a separate window). Participation on TNI committees is described in Operations of TNI Committees.
The committee charter will appear here when available.
| Jerry Parr, Acting Chair The NELAC Institute Weatherford, TX jerry.parr@nelac-institute.org | Lynn Bradley, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Staunton, VA lynn.bradley@nelac-institute.org |
| Aaren Alger Alger Consulting & Technology Mechanicsburg, PA aaren@alger-consulting.com | Paul Banfer EISC Las Vegas, NV paul.banfer@eisc.net |
| Kenneth Brown City of Escondido Escondido, CA kbrown@escondido.org | Julia Caprio Geosyntec Knoxville, TN JKlensCaprio@Geosyntec.com |
| Patricia Carvajal San Antonio River Authroity San Antonio, TX pmcarvajal@sara-tx.org | Bob Di Rienzo ALS Global Salt Lake City, UT Bob.DiRienzo@ALSGlobal.com |
| Steve Drielak Drielak & Associates Ellicott City, MD drielak-associates@usa.net | Amanda Dutko Fairway Laboratories Altoona, PA adutko@fairwaylaboratories.com |
| Stacey Fry Babcock Laboratories Riverside, CA sfry@babcocklabs.com | Kitty Kong Chevron Richmond, CA Kitty.Kong@chevron.com |
| Kimberly Kostzer The Coca-Cola Company Atlanta, GA kkostzer@coca-cola.com | Silky Labie ELCAT Tallahassee, FL elcatllc@centurylink.net |
| Harold Longbaugh City of Houston Houston, TX Harold.Longbaugh@houstontx.gov | Emily Mellot Pennsylvania DEP Harrisburg, PA emmellott@pa.gov |
| Mitzi Miller NV5 Oak Ridge, TN Mitzi.Miller@nv5.com | Sharon Robinson New Jersey DOH Ewing, NJ Sharon.Robinson@doh.nj.gov |
| Joann Slavin New York State DOH Albany, NY joann.slavin@health.ny.gov | Alfredo Sotomayor Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Milwaukee, WI ASotomayor@mmsd.com |
| Elizabeth Turner Pace Analytical Services, LLC. Allen, TX Elizabeth.Turner@pacelabs.com | Curtis Wood ERA, A Waters Company Golden, CO curtis_wood@waters.com |
