Chemistry Expert Committee
The mission of this committee is to improve the technical quality of environmental testing methodologies by providing tools (e.g., detection, quantitation and calibration) that assure the quality of data, which may be adopted by federal and state regulatory agencies. It is important that a balance between impact on laboratories and improvement in technical quality be maintained during this process.
Conference Calls: 1st Wednesday, 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.
| Michelle Wade, Chair Wade Consulting Lawrence, Kansas [email protected] | Tony Francis, Vice Chair SAW Environmental Highland, Utah [email protected] |
| Robert Wyeth, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute West Seneca, New York [email protected] | Ali Boren Vermont Department of Health Colchester, Vermont [email protected] |
| Nicole Cairns New York State DOH Albany, New York [email protected] | Donaciano Cantu Red River Scientific, LLC Arlington, Texas [email protected] |
| Calista Daigle Pace Analytical Services Minneapolis, Minnesota [email protected] | Melissa Jackson Oregon Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ORELAP) Hillsboro, Oregon [email protected] |
| Denice Johnson Denice Johnson Cuyahoga Hts., Ohio [email protected] | Joe Manzella Orange County Sanitation District Fountain Valley, California [email protected] |
| Terrell Maske Alabama Power Company Calera, Alabama [email protected] | Anand Mudambi Retired USEPA [email protected] |
| Nevein Narouz City of Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, [email protected] | Stephanie Rippeon A2LA [email protected] |
| Joann Slavin Wadsworth Center/ Environmental Laboratory Approval Program Amityville, New York [email protected] | Chad Stoike ALS Environmental Holland, Michigan [email protected] |

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.