Jill R. van den Heuvel, PhD has over twenty years of experience as a psychometrician, having worked for several testing agencies, including ETS,  CTB McGraw Hill, and Alpine Testing Solutions.  She is currently President and Principal Psychometrician for van den Heuvel Consulting. She has a doctorate in research methodology from the University of Pittsburgh and is an I.C.E. Certified Credentialing Professional.

Jill is an ANAB psychometric assessor for assessing compliance with the ISO/IEC 17024:2012 General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons standard and the ANAB Conference for Food Protection Accreditation Standard for food protection managers.

She is also a psychometrician for the ICE 1100:2019 Standard for Assessment-based Certificate Accreditation Program.

Her work for Mickie Rops Consulting focuses on designing and maintaining valid and reliable certification and certificate programs and conducting audits to assess compliance with ISO 17024, CFP, NCCA, and ICE 1100 accreditation requirements.

Joshua Goldman, MA, CAE, CTA is an innovative leader with 20+ years of progressive executive management experience in state, regional, national, and international nonprofit organizations focused on the intersection of learning, competency, credentialing, and workforce development. He specializes in the growth/expansion phases of an organization's maturity.

Josh was an ANAB assessor for assessing compliance with the ASTM E2659 Standard Practice for Certificate Programs standard and the ANAB accreditation of certificate programs and For ANAB’s industry recognized apprenticeship program accreditation.

He has a bachelors in psychology and a masters in college student personnel.  He also holds the Certified Association Executive credential and is a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Talent Pipeline Management Academy.

Amy Roedl, PhD has over 20 years of experience in credentialing. She is the Director of Proficiency for the National Radon Proficiency Program and an independent testing consultant.  Formerly, she was the Exam Development Manager for the National Restaurant Association. She has a Masters and PhD in Educational Psychology.

Amy is an ANAB psychometric assessor for assessing compliance with the ISO/IEC 17024:2012 General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons standard and the ANAB accreditation of personnel certification programs.

Amy’s work for Mickie Rops Consulting focuses on designing valid and reliable certification and certificate program assessments, facilitating passing score or equating studies, conducting exam performance analysis and conducting audits to assess compliance with ISO 17024 and ANAB accreditation requirements.

Liliana Meneses, EdD, is a Professor for the University of Maryland Global Campus. She has a Masters in international education, a Masters in instructional design and technology,  and an educational doctorate in human and organizational studies.

​

Liliana is an ANAB assessor who assesses compliance with the ASTM E2659 Standard Practice for Certificate Programs standard and the ANAB accreditation of certificate programs.

Liliana’s work for Mickie Rops Consulting focuses on conducting audits to assess compliance with ASTM E2659 and ANAB accreditation requirements and conducting audits (in Spanish) to assess compliance with the Commissioner of New York State’s requirements for Internet Pre-Licensing Driver’s Training.

Sherard Jones is the Chief Standards Officer for the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is an independent consultant in credentialing and business startups. Formerly, he was the vice president of education and training for IAPMO. He has a Masters of Science in Workforce Development and holds The Ohio State University’s DACUM Facilitator Certificate.

Sherard has served as a commissioner and chair of the IACET Commission. He is an ANAB assessor for assessing compliance with the ASTM E2659 Standard Practice for Certificate Programs standard and the ANAB accreditation of certificate programs.

Sherard’s work for Mickie Rops Consulting focuses on IACET accreditation guidance and conducting audits to assess compliance with ASTM E2659 and ANAB accreditation requirements.

Kathi Edwards is an independent consultant specializing in transforming subject matter experts into facilitators of learning. She has served as facilitator for Association for Talent Development courses for over 15 years. Kathi is a Certified Association Executive and prior to launching her consulting practice, spent 25 years in learning and editorial positions for five trade and professional associations.

​

She is an ANAB assessor who assesses compliance with the ASTM E2659 Standard Practice for Certificate Programs standard and the ANAB accreditation of certificate programs.

Kathi’s work for Mickie Rops Consulting focuses on researching and writing credentialing benchmarking reports and backgrounders, SME training, and conducting audits to assess compliance with ASTM E2659 and ANAB accreditation requirements.

Dave Bertolet has thirty years of business experience, serving as controller, operating partner, and principal of several businesses. He has taught college-level coursework and has decades of credentialing, financial, and business management consulting.

Dave is an ANAB assessor who assesses compliance with the ASTM E2659 Standard Practice for Certificate Programs standard and the ANAB accreditation of certificate programs.

​

He holds an MBA and a master’s in instructional design and is a Certified Credentialing Professional (I.C.E.).

Dave’s work for Mickie Rops Consulting focuses on conducting audits to determine readiness for ANAB certificate program accreditation; and conducting audits to assess compliance with the Commissioner of New York State’s requirements for Internet Pre-Licensing Driver’s Training; creating systems and policies for certificate issuers seeking accreditation; and conducting practice analysis interviews and focus groups.