ANSI Announces 2011 Forum and Committee Leadership

Member Forums
The ANSI Member Forums represent the voice of their respective membership segments in the Institute, providing a venue for dialogue on global standards and conformity assessment issues and a unique opportunity to network with representatives of other ANSI member organizations. Forum chairs, who are elected each year for up to three one-year terms, serve as ex-officio members of the ANSI Board of Directors. In 2011, Member Forum leadership will be:

• Company Member Forum: Roberta Nelson Shea, Safety Compliance Services, LLC
• Consumer Interest Forum: Kathleen Thuner, National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators
• Government Member Forum: Greg Saunders, U.S. Department of Defense
• Organizational Member Forum: Fred Hayes, Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute

Policy Committees
Policy-setting committees and councils provide strategic direction for defined program areas. Policy Committee chairs, appointed by the ANSI chairman and approved by the Board, will be as follows:

• ANSI International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Council (AIC): Mary McKiel, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Conformity Assessment Policy Committee (CAPC): Stephen Oksala, Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers
• Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee (IPRPC): Dan Bart, Valley View Corporation
• International Policy Committee (IPC): David Miller, American Petroleum Institute
• National Policy Committee (NPC): Mary Saunders, U.S. Department of Commerce/ International Trade Administration
• United States National Committee of the International Electrotechnical Commission (USNC/IEC): Philip Piqueira, GE Industrial Solutions

Program Oversight and Standing Committees
Each ANSI Program Oversight or Standing Committee is responsible for the operational aspects of a particular ANSI program or service and reports to one of the Institute Policy Committees shown above. Program Oversight Committee chairs, who have been appointed by their respective Committee and approved by the ANSI chairman and Executive Committee, will include the following individuals in 2011:

• Accreditation Committee for Product Certifiers (ACC): Sally Remedios, Delta Faucet Company
• ANSI Conference for Food Protection (CFP) Accreditation Committee (ACAC): Sharon Goldsmith, Ph.D., Goldsmith International SPE
• Appeals Board: Maureen Brodoff, National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA)
• Board of Standards Review (BSR): Megan Hayes, Consumer Electronics Association
• Executive Standards Council (ExSC): Claire Ramspeck, ASHRAE
• Personnel Certification Accreditation Committee (PCAC): Sharon Goldsmith, Ph.D., Goldsmith International SPE

Chairs and voting members of all other Standing Committees are subject to the approval of their respective Policy Committees. These include:

• ANSI ISO Forum (AIF): Karen Boehme, National Fluid Power Association
• Certificate Accreditation Program Accreditation Committee (CAPAC): John Roecker, Ph.D., Project Management Institute
• Committee on Education: Bruce Harding, Purdue University
• International Conformity Assessment Committee (ICAC): Keith Mowry, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
• Greenhouse Gas Validation/Verification Accreditation Committee (GVAC): J. Ivor John Ryerson, Master and Associates, Inc.
• Regional Standing Committee - Americas (RSC-A): Gene Eckhart, National Electrical Manufacturers Association
• Regional Standing Committee - Asia Pacific (RSC-AP): Doug Durant, Deere and Company
• Regional Standing Committee - Europe, Middle East & Africa (RSC-EMEA): Ileana Martinez, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• USNC Finance Committee: Lori L. Tennant, Schneider Electric, North American Division/Square D Company
• USNC Technical Management Committee: Alec McMillan, Rockwell Automation