Certificate Accreditation Program Accreditation Committee (CAPAC)

Overview

The Certificate Accreditation Program Accreditation Committee (CAPAC) accredits training and educational certificate issuers in accordance with ANSI/ASTM E2659-09, Standard Practice for Certificate Programs. The responsibilities of the Committee include:

Preparing procedures and criteria for assessment.
Formulating policy matters relating to the operation of the Certificate Accreditation Program.
Reviewing the process of assessment and rendering decisions on accreditation.
Making decisions relating to the granting, maintaining, extending, suspending, reducing, and withdrawing of accreditation.
Creating procedures to support the approved policies.
Receiving recommendations for accreditation from ANAB approved assessors.
Supervising the implementation of accreditation program policies.
Delegating authority to organizations, committees, or individuals, as required, to undertake defined operational activities on its behalf.

Members and Officers

Membership on the CAPAC reflects a balance of training and education certificate program stakeholders to include representatives from various types of training and education organizations, training and learning experts, government, consumer and public interest organizations, and other individuals concerned with training and educational certificate programs.

Committee Officers:

Chair
Michael Lawrence, Community Workforce Advancement

Vice Chair
Sara Rupp, Global Certification Exam Development Manager, Amazon Web Services

ANAB staff is the contact for all ANAB program oversight committees (see below). Individual committee members listed here should not be contacted directly concerning ANAB business.

2020 Meeting Dates

March 23, 2020
June 15, 2020
September 29, 2020
December 4, 2020

Operating Procedures

To ensure transparency as well as equity and due process in CAPAC proceedings, the CAPAC has developed Operating Guides for the Committee and its activities.

View CAP-PL-302: Operating Policy of the ANAB Personnel Certificate Accreditation Program Accreditation Committee (CAPAC).

Staff Contacts

Turan Ayvaz
Director, Certificate Accreditation
Tel: 202-331-3635
Fax: 202-293-9287
tayvaz@anab.org

Vijay Krishna
Director, Accreditation Services
Tel: 202-331-3614
Fax: 202-293-9287
vkrishna@anab.org

Calli Cutbush
Coordinator, Certificate Accreditation Program
Tel: 202-331-3628
cmcutbush@anab.org