Certification Communications

About the Book

CERTIFICATION COMMUNICATIONS
Articles from Fifty Monthly Issues of
the National Certification Commission
April 2005
Copyrights (c) 1993-2005
by Richard C. Jaffeson, ACA

Certification Communications is the weekly publication of the National Certification Commission which contains articles on development and improvement of certification programs. Included herein are more than 100 articles from five years of Certification Communications (January 2001 through March 2005). The articles are presented in chronological order, and related themes can be cross-referenced in the Contents section by titles. Authors of this edition are Hugh K. Webster and Richard C. Jaffeson. Mr. Webster previously prepared several legal columns, and is a partner with the Washington, DC law firm of Webster, Chamberlain and Bean. Mr. Jaffeson is executive director of the National Certification Commission, Chevy Chase, MD.

The Commission, established in 1993, offers membership to national associations with certification programs. More than 150 organizations belong to the Commission representing designations in nearly 300 professions and occupations. In addition, the Commission offers certification recognition for program administrators, and affords national registration approval for association designations. There are also additional articles in response to member inquires regarding certification issues which are listed in the Appendix section of this book.

The Commission’s website contains more information on programs and services, and by April 2014 more than 1,700 articles on certification topics have been written for members by the primary author.

http://washdc.pages.qpg.com/certification

Hugh K. Webster, Partner
Webster, Chamberlain and Bean
1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Richard C. Jaffeson, Executive Director
National Certification Commission
PO Box 15282
Chevy Chase, MD 20825

About the Author

Richard C. Jaffeson is concurrently executive director of the National Certification Commission established in June 1993 and National Women’s Baseball Hall of Fame established in September 1998. He is a resident of suburban Washington, DC since August 1972.

Formal education includes a BA cum laude in American and European history and geography, MA in urban geography, and completed PhD course work in urban geography. Induction into national scholastic honorary societies included Phi Sigma Alpha (Liberal Arts), Gamma Theta Upsilon (Geography), and Phi Alpha Theta (History). He holds AICP professional certification in urban and regional planning since October 1978, and ACA advance certification administrator credentials since January 1994.

During the 1970s, he was a senior planner with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and later served as coordinator of council programs on the national staff of the American Planning Association in Washington, DC.

During the 1980s, he was a program director in science and technology with the University of Maryland’s Center for Professional Development in College Park, Maryland. In the 1990s, he became director of credentials for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials in Washington, DC.

He has held numerous elected and appointed positions with the Middle Atlantic Division, Association of American Geographers (MAD/AAG) twice serving as president in 1976-1977 and 2002-2003; and the National Capital Area Chapter, American Planning Association (NCAC/APA) twice serving as vice president in 1978-1980 and 1984-1986. Over the years, he received four distinguished service awards from these organizations (June 1977, June 1983, December 1984, and June 1987).