Mickie Rops is the President and Principal Consultant. She has been advising credentialing bodies for over 25 years.
She is a lead assessor for the American National Standards Institute National Accreditation Board (ANAB) 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.
She also serves as the national convener and lead technical advisor for ASTM International on the American National Standard ASTM E2659 Standard Practice for Certificate Programs, the standard against which the ANAB Certificate Accreditation Program assesses compliance. For her leadership on that standard, Mickie was awarded the Robert J. Painter Memorial Award from ASTM International and the Standards Engineering Society for "outstanding service in a given year in the field of standards.”
Mickie has written hundreds of articles on credentialing and several books, including
- Considering Certification? Your Guide to Making the Decision
- Certification Simplified: A Primer for Volunteer Leaders and Staff of Personnel Certification Programs
- ISO 17024 Unlocked: A Guide to Understanding Essential Terms and Concepts of the ISO 17024 Standard for Certification Bodies.
- Core Competencies in Professional Development chapters on Certification and Bodies of Knowledge
As a former association staff executive, Mickie directed several high-profile professional certification and self-assessment programs, managed a national association’s professional development efforts for over 75,000 members, and facilitated strategy sessions for national and regional associations. Mickie holds a master’s in instructional design, is a Certified Association Executive, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Association Executives (FASAE).
Mickie’s first-hand experience as a credentialing staff executive, applicant, and board member, combined with over a decade of consulting with credentialing agencies of all sizes and across industry segments, ensures real-world advice that can take your organization and credentialing program to the next level.
We also have a team of credentialing and measurement experts we routinely partner with as our clients' needs demand.