TNI NEFAP Executive Committee election begins
Date Posted: 5-22-2014
The NELAC Institute is now having elections for two individuals to serve on the Executive Committee for terms beginning on June 1, 2014, and is encouraging all members to cast a ballot. The election will occur from May 22 through May 29, 2014. In order to vote, you must log in to the Members Only area of the website.
If you have any questions about this process, please contact Ilona Taunton at [email protected] or 828-712-9242.
Biographical material relating to the nominees is provided below:
2014 Nominees
Troy M. Burrows (biography)
Golden Specialty, Inc.
Larry W. Duty (biography)
E-Lab Consultants
Kim Watson (biography)
Stone Environmental, Inc.

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.