SHRM Certification Commission

Lorin Mueller, PhD, is the Managing Director of Assessment at the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT), a nonprofit organization that coordinates regulatory activities for 53 jurisdictional boards in the US overseeing the practice of physical therapy. In his role he oversees the development and validation of the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) program, which administers assessments to over 25,000 licensure candidates each year in two of the fastest growing professions in the US. Under his leadership the NPTE program has instituted a research program that has provided an evidence basis for the use of targeted candidate communications, remediation resources, attempt limits, aggregate reports for schools, and occupational re-entry standards, and his team has improved the design and use of continuing competence and jurisprudence assessments associated with the NPTE.  

Lorin is recognized as an expert in setting performance standards for occupational assessments and his work is cited in the most recent edition of SIOP's Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures. Lorin has authored several notable articles and book chapters on standard-setting, alternate assessments, and test security.  

Prior to Lorin's 11 years at FSBPT, he worked for over 10 years at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), ultimately under the title of Principal Research Scientist, contributing his measurement expertise to such efforts as the development of high stakes tests for the selection of advanced mathematicians, medical personnel, elementary school teachers, air-traffic controllers, and human-resource professionals, as well as contributing to the development and evaluation of large scale K-12 assessments and alternate assessments for students with disabilities.

In addition to his formal role at FSBPT, Lorin has served on several test development advisory boards, is a past President of the Personnel Testing Council-Metro Washington (PTCMW) and a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Lorin periodically serves as a faculty-adjunct teaching measurement and HR law. Lorin received his PhD in industrial and organizational psychology in 2000 from the University of Houston.

Susan Podlogar is MetLife’s Chief Human Resources Officer. She is an Executive Vice President and a member of the company’s Executive Group. She joined MetLife in July 2017 and oversees its global Human Resources strategies and practices with the goal of attracting, developing and retaining a workforce that creates value for MetLife customers and shareholders every day.

Before joining MetLife, Podlogar was Global Vice President of Human Resources for Johnson & Johnson and a member of the Human Resources Executive Committee. During her 16 years with Johnson & Johnson, she held a series of sector and corporate leadership roles in HR in which she introduced Human Resources strategies and practices that helped strengthen the company’s business model, accelerate the pace of innovation and evolve its talent capabilities and culture.

Susan has 20 years of diversified human resources experience. Her background includes compensation and performance consulting to businesses in various industries, as well as a depth of internal human resources experience. Previously, she worked in human resources at Bayer Pharmaceuticals and Bristol Myers Squibb and as a consultant with William M. Mercer, a global human resources consulting firm.

Susan holds an MBA with a concentration in management and finance from the University of South Florida. She also holds bachelor’s degrees in labor and industrial relations and business management from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.