AOAC OMB Nomination Review (June 12, 2019)

o Served as project manager for AOAC’s first Emergency Response Validation (ERV), “ Salmonella in Peanut Butter”, a collaborative study involving more than 15 companies in 5 countries in response to the Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella outbreak. o Annually presented data from study evaluations at major microbiology conferences such as ASTM, ASM, AOAC, IFT and IAFP o Served as study director for submission of data to the EPA, FDA and Health Canada in compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) o Established companies first Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), Serve as Chair (2012- 2018) o Worked with Quality Assurance Department to achieve ISO 17025 accreditation o Responsible for generating and implementing training of SOPs for microbiological procedures and methods. Performed quality control monitoring of food products for pathogenic and indicator organisms following USDA/FSIS-MLG, FDA BAM, CMMFP, SMEDP, SMEWW and ISO reference methods o Analyzed finished products, raw materials and environmental samples for the rapid detection of pathogenic bacteria using a variety of Real-Time PCR, ELISA and ELFA based platforms o Evaluated personal care products following procedures outlined in USP Chapters 51, 61, & 62. • US Technology Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee (TC) 34, Food Product Subcommittee (SC) 9 on Microbiology. 2014-Present o Member of ISO TC34/SC9 Working Group (WG) 3: Method Validation. 2012-Present o Member of ISO TC34/SC9 WG 19: Guidelines for conducting challenge studies. 2014- Present • American Association for Laboratory Accreditation – Accreditation Council (2019 – Present) • AOAC International - 2007-Present o AOAC Technical Programming Council ▪ Microbiology Community 2013-Present o AOAC Research Institute Board of Directors ▪ Director at Large 2015 to 2018 o AOAC International Stakeholder Panel for Alternative Methods (ISPAM) ▪ Quantitative Statistics for Microbiological Methods – Co-Project Leader, 2017- Present o Cannabis Analytical Science Program (CASP) ▪ Microbiology Working Group – Co-Chair (2019 – Present) • Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation: 2016-2018 • International Association for Food Protection – Method Validation and Verification Working Group: 2017- Present • American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) o Committee E35 – Pesticides, Antimicrobials and Alternative Control Agents. 2012 – Present o American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM), Committee D37 - Cannabis . 2019 - Present • Quality Control Microbiologist: 2005 – 2007: Q Laboratories, Inc., Cincinnati, OH o Professional Committee/Activities • NIST Food Safety Workshop – October 2019 o Co-Organizer of the Microbiological Contaminants Session