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.Policy Committee
Under the direction of the Board of Directors, the committee will serve as a resource for the development of policies. The Policy Committee shall consist of at least one member from each core program, one TNI Director and one at-large member. Other at-large members may be added. The Policy Committee will:
- Serve as a resource for the development of policies.
- Review policies from all programs for conformity with respect to style and for consistency with one another and with the overall mission of TNI. The Policy Committee may forward a program policy to the TNI Board or may return the program policy to the originating program for additional work.
- Develop general policies for TNI (e.g., travel reimbursement, purchasing, conflict of interest, etc.).
- Review and evaluate requests for policies received from the membership and others and provide a recommendation to the Board.
Note: After review for organizational impact (e.g., legal, fiscal or credibility issues), the TNI Board will confirm all policies for final adoption and use by the program.
Conference Calls: 1st and 3rd Fridays, 11:00am-12:30pm
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.
Committee 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.
| Patsy Root, Chair IDEXX Laboratories,Inc. Westbrook, Maine [email protected] | Silky Labie, Vice Chair ELCAT Tallahassee, Florida [email protected] |
| Jerry Parr, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Weatherford, Texas [email protected] | Annmarie Beach Pennsylvania DEP [email protected] |
| Susan Jackson South Carolina DHEC [email protected] | Paul Junio Pace Analytical Services Oconomowoc, Wisconsin [email protected] |
| William Lipps Shimadzu [email protected] | Mei Beth Shepherd Shepherd Technical Services Austin, Texas [email protected] |
| Ilona Taunton The NELAC Institute Mill Spring, North Carolina [email protected] | Elizabeth Turner Eurofins Wylie, Texas [email protected] |
Form: Proposal for Developing Guidance (for use by TNI Expert Committees, Executive Committees, Accreditation Councils, and Board of DIrectors only)