Workcred is honored to announce that Roy Swift, Ph.D., executive director, recently received the Association of Test Publishers (ATP) Career Achievement Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made sustained and positive contributions to the development, application, and innovations in testing and measurement through research, publications, presentations, professional activities, technology, conceptualizations, or theoretical contributions over a career.
Dr. Swift is recognized as an enthusiastic leader and champion for quality credentials, assessment, competencies, and standards. At Workcred, which he helped launch in 2014, Dr. Swift drives the organization’s vision to achieve a labor market that relies on the relevance, quality, and value of workforce credentials for opportunities, growth, and development. He also oversees Workcred’s research activities which have focused on the return on investment of workforce credentials, the value of quality certificates and certifications in the labor market, and the importance of standards for workforce credentials.
Prior to Workcred, he served as the chief workforce development officer at the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and as ANSI’s senior director of personnel credentialing accreditation programs. There, he built an accreditation program for organizations that certify persons under the standard ISO/IEC 17024:2012, Conformity assessment – General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons. This accreditation program met ISO/IEC 17011:2017, Conformity assessment – General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies, which all accrediting organizations must demonstrate they meet to be recognized internationally.
Prior to ANSI, Dr. Swift was the executive director of the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). This appointment followed a 28-year career in the United States Army Medical Department, with policy responsibility for Army occupational therapists, physical therapists, dietitians, and physician assistants throughout the world, and he retired as Colonel. He also held an adjunct assistant professor position in occupational therapy.
Dr. Swift regularly serves on advisory boards and presents at national conferences, including ATP, that specialize in workforce credentials, competencies, and psychometrically-sound assessments to determine if individuals have met competencies.
Workcred congratulates Dr. Swift on his distinguished career achievements and expresses deep gratitude for his dedicated efforts in advancing professional development through advocacy for credentialing and standards.
