Dr. Roy Swift is currently the executive director of Workcred, an affiliate of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Previously, he served as the chief workforce development officer at ANSI, and as ANSI’s senior director of personnel credentialing accreditation programs. Prior to ANSI, he was a consultant to educational, certification, licensure, and health care organizations. 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 U.S. Army Medical Department, where in his last position, he was chief of the Army Medical Specialist Corps in the Army Surgeon General’s Office with policy responsibility for Army occupational therapists, physical therapists, dietitians, and physician assistants throughout the world.

He has served on many national committees, boards of directors, and advisory committees. He currently serves as a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Education’s Future of Work and Learning Working Group; the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Defining Competencies Working Group; the University of Phoenix’s College of Health Professions Advisory Board, the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training’s Direct Credit Assessment Task Force; the Society for Standards Professionals Board Certification Task Group’s Competencies Sub-Task Group; the Higher Learning Commission’s Stakeholder Roundtable; SUNY Empire’s Credential As You Go Advisory Board; Credential Engine’s Certification and Licensure Advisory Group; the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Job Data Exchange Advisory Committee; and the School of Health Professions Board of Advocates at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Previously, he served as advisor for the George Washington Institute of Public Policy’s Non- Degree Credentials Research Network Advisory Committee; chair of the Certification and Licensure Advisory Group at Credential Engine; was a member of the Apprenticeship Powered by Industry Leadership Committee hosted by Maher & Maher and the U.S. Department of Labor; member of the Interprofessional Healthcare Workforce Institute’s Executive Advisory Council; chair of the Assembly of Review Committee Chairs of the former Council on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association; chair of the American Occupational Therapy Association Accreditation Committee (Academic Accreditation); and on the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee for Certification. Dr.

Swift also recently served on an Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Panel dealing with Provision of Mental Health Counseling Services under TRICARE, and a planning committee for the future of Allied Health Practice.

In addition, Dr. Swift served as chair of a working group within the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) to recognize personnel certifications among member countries through the development of multilateral recognition arrangements. He was also involved in working groups related to personnel credentialing with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in Geneva, Switzerland, and was a guest lecturer on credentialing at the University of Geneva.

Dr. Swift holds a B.S. in occupational therapy from the University of Kansas, an M.S. Ed. from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in continuing and vocational education with an emphasis in continuing competency in the professions from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. He has also successfully completed the University of Chicago’s three-week management development course.