Nominating Committee
The purpose of this committee is to develop a slate of candidates for election to the TNI Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee shall consist of at least three (3) Individual Members, who are knowledgeable about the business of The NELAC Institute. Except for the Past Chair, none of the Members shall be a member of the existing Board. Members are appointed by the Chair of the TNI Board of Directors.
Conference Calls: The conference calls of this committee are closed to the public.
| Sharon Mertens, Chair Milwaukee, Wisconsin [email protected] | Aurora Shields Kansas City, Missouri [email protected] |
| Robert Wyeth The NELAC Institute [email protected] |
Minutes of this committee are considered to be executive privilege.

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.