2022 World Accreditation Day
World Accreditation Day 2022
World Accreditation Day is a global initiative established by International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and International Accreditation Forum (IAF) to remember and celebrate the importance of conformity services provided through accreditation and certification.
The provision of safe food, clean drinking water, sustainable energy, consumer safety, patient-care or maintaining an unpolluted environment are some of the many outcomes of accreditation. To recognize these values we encourage our customers, stakeholders, and regulators to support the 2022 WAD mission of ‘Sustainability in Economic Growth and the Environment’
Your Instructor
Christine Sotelo
California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program - Chief Program Manager
Christine Sotelo is the Chief of California's Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program and has worked in environmental and public health protection regulation for over 20 years. Christine led the expert review of California ELAP in 2014 to implement transformational initiatives to improve several programmatic and stakeholder challenges to lead the program into the modern laboratory accreditation industry. Prior to taking charge of California ELAP, she managed California's Municipal Storm Water Program and advanced the state’s regulation of storm water quality by developing rules and policies for protecting California waters. She’s served as Board of Director for her local Watershed Council and is a former Designated Official of California’s Environmental Laboratory Technical Advisory Committee and serves as the current Ex Officio Board of Director for the California Society of Environmental Analysts and recently appointed alternate member for the California Division of Drinking Water on California’s Water Quality Monitoring Council.
Khaled Awad
ACTS - Chairman & IAS - Board Member
Khaled Awad is the Chairman and Founder of ACTS, a material testing and geotechnical consulting firm based in Beirut, Lebanon. He a past president of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and an active member He is also a member of many ACI technical committees and received the ACI Henry L. Kennedy Award in 2007.
Awad worked in the real estate and construction industry in the Arabian Gulf for more than 30 years. He was the Founder and CEO of various construction and real estate companies, dealing with the supply chain and information technology side of the industry, as well as the development of large-scale projects.
Awad was the Founding Director of Property Development at the Masdar Initiative. He received his BE in civil engineering from the American University, Beirut, Lebanon, and his MA in business administration from the Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Lynn Baker
California Air Resources Board (CARB) - Staff Air Pollution Specialist
Lynn Baker is a Staff Air Pollution Specialist with the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Lynn assisted with the development and implementation of CARB’s regulation to reduce formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products. He led CARB’s efforts to assist U.S. EPA regarding the development of a similar federal regulation (TSCA Title VI). He has also coordinated numerous studies to evaluate public exposure to agricultural pesticides and of air contaminants near hazardous waste sites. Lynn has a B.S. degree in Combined Sciences and a M.S. degree with an emphasis in meteorology and environmental studies.
Mohan Sabaratnam
International Accreditation Service (IAS) - Vice President of Global Accreditation & Quality
Mohan Sabaratnam has worked in the scientific and accreditation industry for more than 30 years, with 10 years as a Senior Staff Member with International Accreditation Service (IAS). His professional career in accreditation has taken him from Singapore to Australia and the US working with accreditation bodies such as the Singapore Accreditation Council, NATA Australia and finally IAS in the US. During his tenure as an accreditation personnel, he was a Coordinator for the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Secretariat and the past Quality Manager for the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation. Mohan holds a BSc. degree in Biology from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a MSc. degree from the University of Portsmouth in Strategic Quality Management.