Microbiology Expert Committee
The Microbiology Expert Committee develops and maintains consensus standards for microbiology that support TNI programs.
Conference Calls: Second Tuesday of the month at 1:30pm ET.
Contact the Committee Chair or Program Administrator to request to participate for these calls.
| Cody Danielson, Chair Yukon, Oklahoma [email protected] | Robin Cook, Vice Chair City of Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, Florida [email protected] |
| Paul Junio, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Pewaukee, Wisconsin [email protected] | Hunter Adams City of Wichita Falls Wichita Falls, Texas [email protected] |
| Nigel Allison Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Whittier, California [email protected] | Tina Buttermore Pace Analytical Services - Ormond Beach Flagler Beach, Florida [email protected] |
| Maria Fayard ORELAP Hillsboro, Oregon [email protected] | Maria Friedman California ELAP Glendale, California [email protected] |
| Matt Graves ERA Golden, Colorado [email protected] | Silky Labie ELCAT Tallahassee, Florida [email protected] |
| Ashley Larssen Lenexa, Kansas [email protected] | Elizabeth Lesold NYSDOH ELAP Albany, New York [email protected] |
| Brian Mercer Brian Mercer Plantation, Florida [email protected] | Patsy Root IDEXX Water Scarborough, Maine [email protected] |
| Robert Royce New Jersey DEP Trenton, New Jersey [email protected] | Elisa Snyder City of Austin - Austin Water Austin, Texas [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.