Board for Global EHS Credentialing (BGC®)

Board for Global EHS Credentialing (BGC®) Focuses on Enhancing Customer Experience, Credential Rigor, and Global Growth with Appointment of Chelsea Earhart as new Executive Director   22 June 2024 LANSING, MI— The Board for Global EHS Credentialing (BGC®) is elated to announce the appointment of Chelsea Earhart, MBA, CAE, ICE-CCP as BGC’s new Executive Director, effective 22 June 2024. This appointment is part of a planned management transition strategy. After serving as the Vice President of Certification for the past year, Ms. Earhart will officially take over as Executive Director at the organization’s Board meeting at the end of June. Ms. Earhart is a seasoned association executive with over 22 years of experience in the association and credentialing industries. She will usher in a vision of optimizing the customer journey, growing the organization globally, and enhancing the rigor, accessibility, and value of all of BGC’s credentials. “I am grateful for the opportunity to lead the premier global credentialing body for professionals who protect and enhance the health, safety, and environment of people at work and in their communities,” said Earhart. “I’m committed to working closely with BGC’s Board of Directors and Diplomates to build on BGC’s solid foundation of historic success, nurture collaborative relationships with stakeholders, and empower BGC to reach even greater heights.” Both directly and through Metacred (the only Association Management Company that specializes exclusively in credentialing), over the past 22 years, Chelsea Earhart has served as the certification / accreditation departments of associations representing diverse professions and industries, including respiratory therapy, medical informatics, education technology leaders—launching brand new certification programs, enhancing content quality and legal defensibility, and improving the certification customer journey. She has also helped many certification and licensure organizations create and implement exams and examination programs. “We are excited to welcome Ms. Earhart as BGC’s Executive Director,” said Joseph Cotier, CPEA, Chair of the BGC Board of Directors. “BGC eagerly looks forward to Chelsea’s leadership and the opportunities it will bring to advance BGC’s mission and strategic plan.” Ms. Earhart is deeply passionate about serving the association and credentialing communities. She is a current board member and incoming President-Elect for the Kansas City Society of Association Executives (KCSAE), a member of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) Education Committee, Chair of the KCSAE CAE Study Group Committee, and an active member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). She also serves as the BGC associate member appointee to the International Network of Safety and Health Professional Organizations (INSHPO).

The Spring Exam Window is now open. Please read this email carefully to make sure you are following the correct instructions. For those wishing to take the Spring Exam and have not paid your exam fee, please login to the CAPS system and pay for your exam. Once you have paid, BGC will provide your eligibility to Pearson VUE, and you will receive your Authorization to Test Letter directly from Pearson via email. For those of you that have already paid your examination fee, BGC will provide your eligibility to Pearson VUE, and you will receive your Authorization to Test Letter directly from Pearson via email as well. Once you receive your Authorization to Test Letter from Pearson, follow the instructions/links in the email and create an account if you do not have one with Pearson VUE. Once you create an account with Pearson VUE you will be able to schedule the exam. If you are planning to wait until the Fall exam window to take the CIH examination, staff will automatically move your eligibility to the Fall 2024 exam window, after the spring examination window closes on July 31, 2024. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. Good luck with your exam and we apologize for the delay.

We are working with our database and exam delivery vendors to determine the specific date in May on which CIH exam appointments will be first available, and we will send a follow-up communication as soon as we have certainty about that date. Best, Jordan

NEWS: The Board for Global EHS Credentialing emailed applicants about the Spring 2024 CIH Exam Window. "BGC has decided to extend the exam window for this Spring cycle due to unforeseen circumstances with the switching of testing providers. The Spring Exam will be administered from May-July 2024 instead of the original dates of April-May 2024. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and hope this testing extension will help with any circumstances you may have. Please be on the lookout for an Authorization to Test (“ATT”) in the coming months. You will receive this email when the testing window opens and will be able to schedule your exam. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience of this exam window, and wish you the best of luck on the exam."