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2005 News and Alerts Due to the age of these news items, information (including links) may be outdated. Please use the search feature at the top of the page to find more current information on the subject or to find a current link. JUNE 8, 2005 CGFNS CEO Barbara L. Nichols named to ANSI Board of Directors Barbara L. Nichols, DHL, MS, RN, FAAN, and chief executive officer of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS), an international authority on health care worker credentials evaluation and verification, has been named to the board of directors of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). She also serves on ANSI’s Personnel Certification and Accreditation Committee. Dr. Nichols’s term as a director-at-large of ANSI expires in 2007. ANSI’s mission is to enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity. Globally, ANSI is the official U.S. representative to the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and, via the U.S. National Committee, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). According to Dr. Mark W. Hurwitz, ANSI president and chief executive officer, Dr. Nichols will be an important addition to the organization’s board of directors. “Dr. Nichols’s personal background, combined with CGFNS’s well-respected efforts in the fields of international health care credentialing and domestic health policy, will contribute greatly to ANSI as it seeks to fulfill its mission.” Dr. Nichols has served as Chief Executive Officer of CGFNS since 1998. In addition, she holds leadership positions in other professional organizations within the health care industry. Dr. Nichols serves as Vice Chair of the Public Health Commission for the City of Madison, Wisconsin, and is a member of the nursing faculty at Excelsior College, Albany, New York. About ANSI The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit organization (501(c)3) that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. Among its responsibilities, ANSI accredits national standards developing organizations and conformity assessment programs. ANSI also approves qualifying standards as American National Standards. The organization represents the interests of its nearly 1,000 company, organizational, government agency, and institutional members through its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and operations office in New York City. About CGFNS CGFNS is an immigration-neutral, nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and is an internationally recognized authority on the education, registration and licensure of nurses worldwide. CGFNS’s mission is to provide responsible leadership in the delivery of relevant services to the global nursing and health care community. The organization was founded in 1977 through a collaborative effort by representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor; Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services); the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and representatives from nursing organizations, including the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. For additional information about CGFNS and its services, contact: CGFNS International, 3600 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651 USA; telephone: +1 (215) 222 8454. |
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