2008 TNI Board of Directors
Date Posted: 5-7-2008
Elections for the 2008 TNI Board of Directors were held in March of this year, and we are pleased to announce the following individuals were elected to three-year terms:
Kenneth Jackson, New York State Department of Health
Matthew Sica, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Robert Wyeth, Columbia Analytical Services
A fourth individual, Mark Mensik was elected by the membership, but after the election, Mr. Mensik changed jobs, changing his affiliation from the Other category to the Laboratory category and consequently resigned his position. In accordance with the TNI Bylaws, the Board of Directors, after seeking the advice of the Nominating Committee, appointed Curtis Wood of Environmental Resources Associates to a one-year term.
The 2008 Board began work on April 9, 2008, and their first order of business was to elect officers. The Officers for 2008 are:
Chair: Judith Duncan, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Vice Chair: David Speis, Accutest Laboratories
Secretary: Stephen Arms, Flrodia Department of Health
Treasurer: Sharon Mertens, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Past Chair: Aurora Shields, Kansas Department of Health and Environment

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.