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.Training Committee
The Training Committee develops and maintains a comprehensive training plan for TNI.
Conference Calls: 2nd Friday, 1:00pm ET.
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.
| Calista Daigle, Chair AAA Laboratories Port Allen, LA cdaigle@amrad.com | Jerry Parr, Ex Officio The NELAC Institute Weatherford, TX jerry.parr@nelac-institute.org |
| Ilona Taunton, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Mill Spring, NC ilona.taunton@nelac-institute.org | Mark Alessandroni Markay Consulting Group Lakeland, FL mark@markaycg.com |
| Aaren Alger Alger Consulting & Technology Mechanicsburg, PA aaren.s.alger@gmail.com | Derek Chen City of Sacramento Water Quality Lab Woodland, CA cydchen@gmail.com |
| Erin Consuegra Environmental Resource Analysts Auburn, AL econsuegra@eralab.com | Kodey Eley Libby Environmental Olympia, WA keley@libbyenv.com |
| Jack Farrell Analytical Excellence, Inc. Altamonte Springs, FL aex@ix.netcom.com | David Fricker A2LA Frederick, MD dfricker@a2la.org |
| Salima Haniff Bureau Veritas Laboratories Mississauga, ON Salima.Haniff@bvlabs.com | Catherine Katsikis LDCFL Boynton Beach, FL catherinekatsikis@gmail.com |
| Veronika Kerdok New York City DEP New York, NY VeronikaZ@dep.nyc.gov | Joe Manzella Orange County Sanitation District Fountain Valley, CA JManzella@OCSD.COM |
| Mitzi Miller NV5 Oak Ridge, TN Mitzi.Miller@nv5.com | Tami Minigh City of Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL MinighTami@CODB.US |
| Georgia Moulton ALS Global Houston, TX georgia.moulton@ALSGlobal.com | Dee Shepperd ddms, inc. Wilmington, DE ddbergere@gmail.com |
| Jerry Thao Pace Analytical Services, LLC. Minneapolis, MN Jerry.Thao@pacelabs.com | Shirley Thomas Thomas Resource Group info@trgsafety.com |
| Curtis Wood ERA Golden, CO curtis_wood@waters.com |
