SPIFAN Stakeholder Panel (September 23, 2017)

Related Roles and Responsibilities

• AOAC Expert Review Panels – Review methods and meet in person to render decisions on methods for First Action Official Methods status. – Track First Action Official Methods and modify, if necessary – ZĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ &ŝƌƐƚ ĐƚŝŽŶ ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐ ч Ϯ years to OMB for Final Action, continuance, or Repeal • AOAC Staff – Business direction – Manage/coordinate stakeholder panel, working group and expert review panel activities and meetings – Issue any calls for experts and methods – Provide trainings and orientations – Maintain website and communication – Document and publish actions and decisions – Publish approved standards and methods – Coordinate comments on standards and methods

• Official Methods Board – Vet and approve stakeholder panel chair & representative voting members for each meeting – Vet and approve ERP membership – Review ERP recommendations and render decisions regarding Final Action, Repeal or continuance – Assign OMB representative to serve as a resource to stakeholder panels and ERPs AOAC Stakeholder Panels – Meet in person to develop standards – Assign working groups to draft standards method performance requirements – Vetted representative voting members demonstrate consensus on behalf of stakeholders • AOAC Working Groups – Draft standards, reconcile comments, present draft standards to stakeholder panel for approval •

Contact Information

SPIFAN Chair:

Darryl Sullivan Covance Laboratory Email: darryl.sullivan@covance.com Telephone: (608) 232-2711

Jonathan Goodwin – Interim Executive Director, jgoodwin@aoac.org , (301) 924-7077 x104

Alicia Meiklejohn – Director, Scientific Business Development, ameiklejohn@aoac.org , (301) 924- 7077 x101

Scott Coates – Chief Science Officer, scoates@aoac.org , (301) 924-7077 x137

Deborah McKenzie – Sr. Director, Standards Development & Research Institute, dmckenzie@aoac.org , (301) 924-7077 x157

Delia Boyd – Program Manager, Standards Development, dboyd@aoac.org , (301) 924-7077 x126