New OMB Members - September 2016

Doug Hite President ICD Associates

Franklin, TN 615-491-8600 dhite420@comcast.net 6/30/2016

To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to recommend Amy Brown for a position on the AOAC International Official Methods Board (OMB). She would make an outstanding addition to the AOACI Board. I have known Amy for over ten years, and having myself served on the OMB for several years and a nine year member of the AOACI Board of Directors, know that she has the qualifications that are needed to serve on the OMB. Amy is a five year member of AOAC INTERNATIONA and serves on their Official Methods of Analysis Expert Review Panel for Pesticide Residues. Her Expert Review Panel also won “Expert Review Panel of the Year” for 2014-2015. She is a past President of the Southern Section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL and has been active in the section for over nine years. She received the Anant Jain Founders award in 2015 for her dedication to the Section. In 2016 Amy received the Doug Hite Honorarium from the Southern Section for her leadership role in the Section and her work with AOAC International. Amy has excellent analytical skills that have allowed her to master complex technical procedures and has exhibited this by her technical presentations at professional meetings. She works easily on both team focused projects and on an individual basis. She is energetic, hardworking and has a great personality which has served her well with team oriented goals. Amy is also very flexible and eager to take on new challenges. I am convinced Amy will be as valuable an asset to the OMB as she has been to the Expert Review Panel and to the Southern Section of AOAC International.

Sincerely, Doug Hite