The Accreditation Council is appointed by the Board of Directors and, at the end of the year, consisted of 60 people. This Council reviews and takes final action, subject to the rights to appeal otherwise provided for in the Bylaws, on accreditation applications to the Association or to revoke accreditation once granted. All decisions relating to accreditation or revoking accreditation must be approved by 2/3 of those voting on the Accreditation Council. At the end of 2005, the Accreditation Council members included:

CHAIRMAN: Alex Klein, Inland Steel
VICE CHAIRMAN: Stephen L. Kaiser, Pro Mix Technologies

Members:

Timothy Angel, Consultant;
Doug Berg, Consultant;
Andrew Blackwood, Ph.D., Structure Probe, Inc.;
Chuck Blank, Consultant;
H. Bruce Brummel, P.E., Ph.D., Consultant;
Shuya Chang, Ph.D., Paxon Polymer;
Henry Chernow, Consultant;
Edward Colbert, Bayer Corporation;
Michael Deen, Consultant;
William Dingeldein, Consultant;
Karen Dunning, RD2 Systems;
Frank Durham, Consultant;
David Evanson, Consultant;
Nancy Foncannon, Quality Systems Consulting, Inc.;
Jesus Garcia, Consultant;
Mark Gerfin, Sherwood;
Gregory Gogates, Fasor Technical Services, Inc.;
Anne Gray, Inergy Automotive Systems;
Frank Hagan, Consultant;
Carl Hayden, Quality System Management, Inc.;
Robert Holcombe, Safety Components Fabric;
Jason Holliday, Ph.D., ATEC Environmental;
James Ingram, Consultant;
William Johnson, Consultant;
Ray Kletke, Consultant;
Doug Lentz, Consultant;
Dennis McCully, Consultant;
Sean Mason, Consultant;
Dawn Mettler, Rockbridge Laboratory Services;
David Miller, Consultant;
Harry Moody, Consultant;
Laura Moss-Williams, Consultant;
Leslie Murphy, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.;
Marcus Nachman, Nachman Precision Systems, Inc.;
William Peverill, Consultant;
John Pio, Pio Enterprise;
Larry Presley, National Medical Services;
George Purvis, Consultant;
Gary Scalise, Consultant;
Werner Schaefer, Schaefer Associates;
Raymond Schiltz, Jr., PhD., Engineering Matters, Inc.;
James Scott, Scott Consulting Services;
Dan Sigouin, Consultant;
Thomas Smith, Consultant;
William Sorrells, Consultant;
Bradley Stawick, Consultant;
Steven Steiro, Consultant;
Phillip Stoll, P.A. Stoll Consulting;
Mike Suraci, Consultant;
Samual Tyson, Consultant;
Derek Walton, Consultant;
Craig Willan, Omega Research Inc.;
Susanne Wood, Consultant;
Niel Zuern, Consultant.