The Criteria Council is appointed by the Board of Directors and includes at least one person having particular expertise or qualifications for each field of testing/calibration in which the Association is offering accreditation. The Council shall act to define the fields of testing/calibration in which the Association shall grant accreditation and approve general and specific criteria for each of the fields of testing. The 2005 Criteria Council members included:

CHAIRMAN: Kenneth Stoub, Group Seven Environmental Services, Inc.
VICE CHAIRMAN: David MacLean, Ph.D., Consultant
VICE CHAIRMAN: Richard Kistner, P.E., Raba-Kistner Consultants, Inc.

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Cathy Burns, Food and Drug Administration;
Gary Cornell, Consultant;
Fred Fetterolf, FETTCO NDE Services;
Dean Flinchbaugh, Flinchbaugh Consulting;
Arlene Fox, AOAC International;
Klaus Jaeger, Jaeger Enterprises;
Alex Klein, Inland Steel;
Albert Liabastre, Consultant;
Dawn Mettler, Rockbridge Laboratory Services;
Mitzi Miller, Environmental Quality Management;
Martin Mitchell, Certified Laboratories Inc.;
Tim Osborne, Dynamic Technology, Inc.;
Charles Parfitt, FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs;
Charles Pixley, USDA FSIS LQAD;
Werner Schaefer, Schaefer Associates;
Tom Smith, Consultant;
Ralph Veale, Consultant;
John Wehrmeyer, Consultant;
Neal Zuern, Consultant.