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 Pace Analytical Services Minneapolis, Minnesota [email protected] | Ilona Taunton, Program Administrator The NELAC Institute Mill Spring, North Carolina [email protected] |
| Mark Alessandroni Markay Consulting Group Lakeland, Florida [email protected] | Aaren Alger Alger Consulting & Training Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania [email protected] |
| Jack Farrell Analytical Excellence, Inc. Altamonte Springs, Florida [email protected] | David Fricker A2LA Frederick, Maryland [email protected] |
| Salima Haniff Bureau Veritas Laboratories Mississauga, Ontario [email protected] | Veronika Kerdok New York City DEP New York, New York [email protected] |
| Joe Manzella Orange County Sanitation District Fountain Valley, California [email protected] | Mitzi Miller Miller Quality Consulting Knoxville, Tennessee [email protected] |
| Dee Shepperd ddms, inc. Wilmington, Delaware [email protected] | Jerry Thao Pace Analytical Services, LLC. Minneapolis, Minnesota [email protected] |