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| Kurt Aebersold Aebersold, Kurt - is head of the Domain Planning, Quality Management and DNA, Division Biometric Identification, Federal Office of Police, Switzerland. In his capacity as a manager, he is in charge of the procedures regarding the person and latent requests. As a national fingerprint expert, he supports the team in the daily task of processing tenprints and latents. Kurt holds a Masters of Forensic Sciences from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He participates in working group on national, European and US level. Prior to his employment at the national AFIS, he worked as a generalist in a Crime Scene Unit in Switzerland. | |
| Clay Allred Clay is a currently a Fingerprint Specialist with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives with over 20 years of experience in the field. He has no formal experience or education with computer programming or electronics, but does have an inventive side that is triggered by free time like the recent COVID-19 months. | |
| Alexandra Arabio Alexandra is a recent graduate from Cedar Crest College where she earned two bachelor of science degrees one in Biology and the second in Forensic Science. She is now continuing her studies as a graduate student at Iowa State University studying Statistics. Alexandra has worked with CSAFE now in the handwriting group for a little over a year and plans to continue this research throughout her graduate studies. | |
| Felix Baez-Santiago My name is Felix Baez-Santiago. I am a senior majoring in Data Science at Iowa State University. I am originally from Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, where I was born and raised. My passions include applying computer science concepts to statistical problems, machine learning, general statistical concepts, and environmental science. I am working with CSAFE as one of the developers for the Handwriter package. | |
| Randolph Beasley Randolph Beasley is Founder and Owner of Seekfirst Forensic Consulting. He provides consulting and expert witness testimony for both the prosecution and defense. Randolph retired from the San Bernardino Co. Sheriff’s Crime Lab after 30 years. As a Crime Scene Specialist Randolph’s responsibilities included Crime Scene Photography and Reconstruction and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. Randolph has qualified as an expert witness in CSR, BPA, and other areas of forensic science in both state and federal courts in California, Idaho, Florida, Nebraska, and for the U.S. Air Force in S. Korea. He is a Lifetime Member of the IAI. | |
| Angela Berry Angela Berry, is currently an instructor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, NC. In addition, Ms. Berry is an adjunct Professor in the Department of Biological and Forensic Sciences at Fayetteville State University, NC. She teaches courses in Introduction to Forensic Science, Crime Scene Investigation, and Latent Fingerprints. She is a certified Latent Print Examiner and certified Crime Scene Investigator. Ms. Berry is President and Board of Director's Chair, NC Division of the International Association for Identification Latent Print Examiner and Crime Scene Investigator. | |
| Alisa Bindel Alisa Bindel has worked for the South Lake Tahoe Police Department for 15 years but only since November 2017 as an Evidence Technician/CSI. She has attended over 500 hours of California POST certified training in various forensic topics and currently responds out to crime scenes. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Portland State University and recently earned her Masters in Forensic Science from National University in June 2021. She’s the proud mother of a 20-year old daughter and 17 year old son. | |
| John Black John P. Black is the Training Coordinator for Ron Smith & Associates and the owner of Black & White Forensics, LLC. His focus is to assist various criminal justice system stakeholders in understanding the value of forensic evidence within his areas of expertise, which include latent print examination, crime scene investigation, footwear/tire track examination and bloodstain pattern analysis. John has conducted over 250 presentations throughout North America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Central America. He is a member of the OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee. | |
| Amy Bloch Amy Bloch is a Forensic Scientist in the Trace Section at the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. She has been with the BCA since 2015 and currently performs footwear, tire track, physical match and hair suitability examinations. She is a member of the MN International Association for Identification and Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists and plans to obtain her IAI certification in Footwear in the near future. | |
| William Bodziak William J. Bodziak (AB) (M.S.F.S.) served as a Special Agent of the FBI from 1970 through 1998 during which he was assigned to the FBI Laboratory and conducted thousands of forensic examinations of questioned document, footwear and tire impression evidence. He has taught footwear and tire forensics domestically and globally and has authored Footwear Impression Evidence (1990 and 2000), Tire Tread and Tire Track Evidence (2008) and Forensic Footwear Evidence (2016). He is a Distinguished Member of the IAI, a Certified Footwear Examiner. | |
| Desmond Bostick My name is Desmond Bostick, I am from Houston, Harris County, Texas, and have been a professional photographer since the 1980’s after college where I began my photographic journey as the photo editor at a weekly newspaper. Then, after spending 8 years at the Houston Pilce Department, I ended up at the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences for 22 years now. Today, my primary roll at the institute, is to document autopsies, train investigators in proper scene photography, including time exposure. I also photograph still life subjects for publications, as well as filling the imaging needs of other departments. | |
| Mack Brazelle Mack Brazelle currently serves as the Lead Fingerprint Specialist working in the Forensic Science Laboratory of the United States Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. He holds a Bachelor degree from Mount Olive College and is recognized by the IAI as both a Certified Latent Print Examiner and Certified Crime Scene Investigator. As an active member of the IAI he serves as the Chair of the Latent Print Identification Science and Practice committee. | |
| Brianne Breedlove Brianne Breedlove has been a friction ridge examiner and crime scene investigator for twelve years. She is a member of the IAI, the CSDIAI, the California Friction Ridge Study Group, and the Northern California Forensic Study Group, and has presented training lectures on various topics for each organization. Ms. Breedlove is also an observing member of the ASB Friction Ridge Consensus Body. In addition to her work at the Napa County Sheriff’s Office, Ms. Breedlove owns and operates Uncover Forensics, where she provides training courses to professionals in the field. | |
| Margery Broadwater Margery Broadwater is a management and program analyst with the FBI's Iris Service team. She has an associate degree in communications from Fairmont State University , and has worked for the FBI for over 25 years. | |
| Cory Brown Detective Cory Brown has over 25 years of experience in law enforcement in the State of California. He has been a homicide investigator for 10 years and assigned to process crime scenes for homicides for 12 years. He has testified in court as an expert in crime scene processing, shooting reconstruction, and blood pattern analysis. | |
| King Brown Mr. Brown holds a Masters degree in Criminal Justice, and is an IAI Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst, Certified Forensic Photographer & Certified Latent Print Examiner. He is the Crime Scene Supervisor for the West Palm Beach (Florida) Police Department and has been in the field of Forensic Science for 35 years. Mr. Brown is the President of the Gold Coast Forensic Association and is an Adjunct Professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University in the Forensic Science Degree Program. King is an instructor teaching Crime Scene Photography, Basic & Advanced Crime Scene Search & Recovery and Advanced Latent Fingerprints. King has also been a lecturer at the IAI Training Conferences since 1998. | |
| Walter Bruehs Bruehs, Walter E. is employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as the Supervisory Physical Scientist in the Digital Forensic Analysis Unit’s, Forensic Audio, Video and Image Analysis Program, where he is an Examiner of Questioned Photographic Evidence. Part of Walter’s responsibilities focus on seeking out and researching emerging digital imaging technologies as they apply to the Forensic arena. He has a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maine at Orono. | |
| Jessica Budrow Jessica Budrow has been a Forensic Scientist with the Arizona Department of Public Safety since 2013. She is assigned to the Latent Print Unit and a member of the Crime Scene Response Team. Jessica earned a B.S. in Criminal Justice and a B.A. in Chemistry from Arizona State University as well as a CCL in Evidence Technology from Phoenix College. She is a CLPE through the IAI and is the current President of the Arizona Identification Council. Jessica is an adjunct faculty member teaching Criminalistics and Fingerprints at Estrella Mountain CC. She is also an instructor for Forza Forensics. | |
| Kevin Burke Kevin Burke is retired police officer for the Town of Andover, Massachusetts. A position he has held for the past 39 year’s and has worked for the Boston Police Department Latent Print Unit, Ron Smith Associates in the Houston Police Department Project, and in Largo Florida on the Latent Print Data Base Project. A graduate of Northeastern University, Boston, with a B.S. in Criminal Justice, Kevin has also graduated from the Massachusetts State Police Academy, 61st M.P.O.T.C. He has over 30 years of experience in the recording, processing, photographing, lifting, examining and comparing of fingerprints associated with various suspects and crime scenes. He has participated in all aspects of criminal investigation, crime scene processing, evidence collection and preservation and its analysis. While working as a police officer he has qualified as a NRA expert in Revolver, Pistol, and Shotgun in “Combat Course A”. He is currently an IAI Certified Ten Print Examiner, Certified Latent Print Examiner and an IAI Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst. Over his active career he has taught dozens of police officers in the proper recording of inked prints in classroom and field settings, and is called on daily in the courtroom to make positive identifications of unknown and uncooperative arrested suspects. He is a recognized fingerprint expert in Massachusetts Federal, State and District Courts. Kevin has successfully completed both the FBI’s Administrative Advance Latent Fingerprint Course, and Fingerprint Photography Course offered at the FBI Academy in Quantico Va. He has also trained the Essex County District Attorneys Office in the proper methodology in prosecuting fingerprint cases in their court jurisdiction. While serving as the Andover Police Departments Evidence Technician, he was active in establishing a Crime Scene Services Unit in the NEMLEC, (North East Law Enforcement Council), Community of Massachusetts, (52 Cities and Towns assisting each other in mutual aid). This unit recovers, processes, and identifies marks left at the scenes of crimes. Most recently this unit served as a rapid response platform at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, and in the 2009 swearing in of the President at the Capitol, Washington DC. Officer Burke has been recognized locally and regionally for his work assisting numerous agencies and has been rewarded with Exchange Club “Officer of the Year-2009”, Distinguished Service awards, Lifesaving awards, Achievement awards, Meritorious Service and the Legion of Honor award for his efforts. Kevin was honored to be past Chair of the IAI Tenprint Certification Board, and in 2011 was elected Chair of the SWGFAST Tenprint Standing Committee. He lives in Methuen Massachusetts, next to the Merrimack River, with his wife Mary and two stepsons. Kevin loves Fingerprint Science and is a big fan of David Ashbaugh. | |
| Timothy Burt Tim Burt has over 20 years of forensic and law enforcement experience with the Dover NH Police Department, an agency accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). Tim has been the lead detective of Dover’s Crime Scene Unit since 2003. He has investigated thefts, burglaries, robberies, sexual assaults, shooting incidents and homicides, and has provided expert testimony on certain aspects of crime scene analysis and reconstruction. Tim is an IAI Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst (CSCSA), a Certified Crime Scene Reconstructionist (CCSR) and a Certified Footwear Examiner (CFWE). In addition to his detective work, Tim is the Training Coordinator and an instructor for FoCoSS Forensics. Tim is a former Board Member and a Past President of the NEDIAI, and currently serves on the IAI Crime Scene Investigation Science and Practice Subcommittee . | |
| Jon Byrd Jon S. Byrd is currently employed as the Chief Executive Officer for Ron Smith and Associates, Inc. where he oversees their ISO/IEC 17025 and 17043 accredited laboratory in Mississippi. He earned a BS degree in Criminal Justice and a MS in Forensic Science from the University of Southern Mississippi and has both lab and law enforcement experience. Mr. Byrd is an active member of the International Association for Identification (IAI) and the Mississippi division of the IAI (MDIAI). He is currently board certified as a Latent Print Examiner and Footwear Examiner by the IAI, and currently serves on the IAI Footwear Certification Board. Mr. Byrd has been honored by receiving distinguished membership status within IAI and by receiving an award for the Most Outstanding Faculty Member in a University setting. He has published several articles, the most recent being “Confirmation Bias, Ethics and Mistakes in Forensics.” Mr. Byrd has lectured at all levels ranging from Universities to Government agencies as well as Internationally. | |
| Stacie Calkins Stacie Calkins is a fingerprint specialist with the US Secret Service. She has been a CLPE through the IAI since 2015 and has been working in the latent print discipline since 2010 with previous experience working at state and county agencies in both Minnesota and Virginia. Ms. Calkins has a bachelor’s in Chemistry with an emphasis in Forensic Science from Hamline University in Saint Paul, MN. | |
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| Bertrand Chanson Chanson, Bertrand - is head of the division Identification II (Latent Print Identification) of the department Biometric Identification, Federal Office of Police in Switzerland. In his capacity as a manager, he is in charge of the procedures regarding latent print processing. As a TP- and LP-examiner, he is also involved in the daily operational business. Bertrand holds a Masters of Forensic Sciences from the Ecole des Sciences Criminelles, University of Lausanne (CH), and the highest degree of a national latent print expert. He is member of the ENFSI Fingerprint Working Group. Prior to his employment at the Federal Office of Police, he worked in Crime Scene Units of different cantonal police forces. | |
| Grace Chavis Grace M. Chavis, an adjunct Professor in the Department of Biological and Forensic Sciences at Fayetteville State University (FSU) since 2005. She has taught various courses in the department including introduction to biology, modern biology, anatomy and physiology I. She is also a research technician in the Department of Chemistry, Physics and Material Science at the same institution since 2008. Previously, she worked on effects of Strontium Chloride on the fidelity of DNA synthesis in vitro thesis defense. Her current research interest involves intentional innovative methods to foster and increase STEM education participation and understand and support the different pathways students take earn STEM degree. | |
| April Chrichton April Crichton is a Forensic Specialist II working with the Anaheim Police Department in California, serving a dense metropolitan area and a major tourist destination. Prior to joining Anaheim Police Department in 2013, April was a Forensic Specialist with San Bernardino Police Department, where she became proficient in conducting latent print examinations and processing hundreds of crime scenes, ranging from misdemeanors to violent crimes. Aside from her crime scene and latent print analysis duties, April provides forensic training for new forensics and law enforcement personnel. April is certified as a Crime Scene Analyst through the International Association for Identification. She is a member of the California division (CSDIAI), as well as the main parent body of the IAI since 2011. She has participated on the bloodstain sub-committee and assisted teaching a bloodstain course, under the guidance of Jan Johnson, during the IAI conference. April holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication from California State University, Fullerton and a certification from San Bernardino Valley College in Crime Scene Investigation. She was a contributing author to a DNA retention study on vehicles, which was published in the Journal of Forensic Identification. | |
| David Christiansen Dr. Christiansen has worked with LEOs and many first responders over a career than has spanned more than 25 years. He currently works with many agencies across the State of Colorado. | |
| Maria Christiene Maria Lawas is a researcher in the Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Research Unit at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Previously, the University of Michigan granted her a graduate fellowship award to conduct research on ion channel-facilitated neuronal plaque breakdown, resulting in a Molecular/Cellular Biology MS. She investigated mechanisms of collective cell migration at the Johnson Cancer Research Center. Currently, her FBI research entails peptide profiling, media characterization, quantitative nuclei visualization, and assessment of crime scene reconstruction methods. She loves the training she receives from National Academy (FBI) leadership programs and is an avid designer of performance products outside of work. | |
| Susan Coleman Susan Coleman is a Partner at Burke, Williams and Sorensen, LLP with 24 years litigation experience and a strong background in constitutional law/civil rights litigation and employment law. Susan has defended individuals and officials, government entities, and corporations in over 45 civil trials in federal courts throughout California, with very successful results (over 95% defense verdicts). Susan is an associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). | |
| Josh Connelly Josh is a certified latent print examiner and the technical lead for the Latent Print Division. He has been with the DCSO for 17 years and in 2016 assisted the Forensic Services Bureau in attaining dual accreditation under both ISO 17020 and 17025. Josh has testified in both local and federal courts. He received his master's degree in forensic science from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2007 after earning his bachelor's degree in biological sciences from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2002. Josh began serving on the OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee in 2015 as an affiliate and has been a full member since 2016. He has been serving in the role of vice-chair since 2020. Josh has taught graduate-level classes in friction ridge identification, has lectured at both local IAI and international IAI conferences, and continues to seek out and understand the history of fingerprints and their use in the identification of people. | |
| Heather Conner Heather Conner is a Forensic Scientist Technical Leader with the Latent Print Unit of Mesa Forensic Services. She is a CLPE through the International Association for Identification. Heather has been with Mesa Forensic Services as a Crime Scene Technician and Forensic Services Laboratory Technician prior to joining the LPU. She is a member of the IAI Latent Print Identification Science and Practice Subcommittee and serves as Secretary for the Arizona Identification Council. Heather holds B.S. in Biochemistry from Arizona State University, a B.S. in Anthropology and Journalism from the University of La Verne, and an A.S. in Forensic Technology from Grossmont College. | |
| Meredith Coon Meredith Coon is a Forensic Scientist II - Latent Print Examiner at the Baltimore Police Department. She has a B.S. from West Virginia University and a MFS from George Washington University. She is a Certified Latent Print Examiner with 9 years of experience, and is an Adjunct Professor at Towson University. | |
| Caroly Coronado-Vargas Caroly is a second-year undergraduate student at Iowa State University studying statistics and data science. She is currently participating in research with CSAFE in the footwear impression department. | |
| Jennifer Coulson Ms. Jennifer Coulson has been with the Michigan State Police for close to four years. Prior to her service with the Michigan State Police she served as a Parole Agent with the Michigan Department of Corrections for 9 years. She currently works in the Statewide Network of Agency Photos under the Biometrics and Identification Division. She is a trained Digital Image Examiner with a specialty in facial comparison and identification and has conducted over 3,000 facial recognition searches. So is also an active member of the Facial Identification Scientific Working Group (FISWG) and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). | |
| Joseph Courtesis Inspector Joseph Courtesis (New York, NY) Retired, after 26 years of service, from the NYPD. Former Commander of the 105th and 106th Precincts, Central Investigations Division, and the NYPD’s Real Time Crime Center. Provided technical assistance in hundreds of high-profile investigations. Joseph is recognized as a subject matter expert with investigative technology and facial recognition policy. Founder and President of JCour-Consulting LLC, a law enforcement consultant firm that provides assistance to Idemia to ensure products comply with ethical use policies. Additionally, Joseph is an active member of the Crime Prevention Committee, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). | |
| Nicolas Craven Nicolas Craven is a latent print examiner for the Idaho State Police Forensic Services (ISPFS) where he has been employed for more than six years. Prior to working for ISPFS Nicolas spent six years in the US Air Force. While in the Air Force he deployed three times: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Qatar. He is a Certified Latent Print Examiner and holds a Comprehensive Criminalistics certification from the American Board of Criminalistics. Nicolas earned his Master’s Degree concentrating on Forensic Science from the University of Florida. | |
| Adam Czajka Adam Czajka is an Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame, and the lead Principal Investigator of the NIJ-funded project on "Software tool and methodology for enhancement of unidentified decedent systems with postmortem automatic iris recognition.” His scientific interests include biometrics and security, computer vision and machine learning. Adam’s research has been funded by the European Commission, the Polish Ministry of Higher Education, the NIJ, the FBI Biometric Center of Excellence, and numerous companies. | |
| Hillary Daluz Hillary Daluz is a Latent Print Examiner with extensive and diverse experience within the forensic science community. Daluz is the author of Fundamentals of Fingerprint Analysis, Second Edition (CRC Press, 2018). She has worked in a variety of forensics positions at the local, federal and private sector including as an instructor for Tri Tech Forensics, Senior Latent Print Technician with American Systems, Forensic Specialist with Forensic Identification Services, and as a Latent Print Examiner deployed to the Joint Expeditionary Forensic Facility in Baghdad, Iraq. Daluz is a member of the IAI Board of Directors and an Affiliate Member of the OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee. | |
| Penny Dechant Penny Dechant has been employed with the Arizona Department of Public Safety as a Supervising Forensic Scientist for the Field Services Unit since 2019 and formerly as a Latent Print Technical Lead with the Latent Print Unit since 2004. She earned a BS in Chemistry from Northern Arizona University. Penny worked as a Crime Scene Specialist for the Scottsdale Police Department from 2000 to 2004. Penny is a member of the International Association for Identification and a Certified Latent Print Examiner. Penny serves on the Board of Directors for the International Association for Identification and the Arizona Identification Council. | |
| Brian Dew Brian Dew is currently employed with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office in Wilmington, North Carolina as the Forensic Laboratory Manager. Prior to taking the position as Laboratory Manager, he worked as a Certified Latent Print Examiner for the same agency. As Laboratory Manager, Brian has guided the merger of the Wilmington Police Department and the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office laboratories and its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. Prior to beginning his career in forensics, Brian was active in the medical field and worked as an EMT-Paramedic and a paramedic supervisor. In 1996, he began his forensics career as a Forensic Analyst with the Wilson Police Department in Wilson, North Carolina where he was responsible for major crime scene investigations and latent print examinations. In 2005, he joined Ron Smith and Associates, Inc. (RS&A) as a senior consultant, providing a variety of forensic training, casework consulting and testing services for local, state, and federal agencies across the United States as well as for international agencies. He has also provided lectures at numerous seminars around the country and has maintained his credentials as a certified instructor. Brian is a Life Active member of the North Carolina Division of the International Association for Identification (NCIAI) and has served in various positions since 2005 including vice president, president, and board member. He is also a Sustaining Active-Life member of the International Association for Identification (IAI) and the Chesapeake Bay Division of the IAI. He is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of both the NCIAI and the IAI. | |
| Annie DiFrank Annie DiFrank is a currently in her fourth undergraduate year of a five year accelerated masters program in Forensic Science and Law at Duquesne University. She is a first year intern with CSAFE working under the handwriting division. | |
| Dennis Dirkmaat Dennis C. Dirkmaat, Ph.D., D-ABFA., is a board-certified forensic anthropologist and 2021 winner of the T. Dale Steward Award for lifetime achievement in Forensic Anthropology, and 2020 Outstanding Mentor Award in the Anthropology Section (AAFS). Dirkmaat is the Chair of the Applied Forensic Sciences at Mercyhurst University, in Erie, PA. He is a forensic anthropologist for NCMEC, Singapore, Puerto Rico, OMORT, SWG and OSAC. Since 1986, Dr. Dirkmaat has conducted nearly 1000 forensic anthropology cases, including recoveries of surface-scattered human remains, buried body features, fatal fire scenes, and mass disaster recoveries (United Flight 93 and Colgan Air Flight 3407). | |
| Joseph Donfack Joseph Donfack is a Research Biologist in the FBI Laboratory Research and Support Unit. In his capacity, he is responsible for proposing, designing, executing and delivering research in support of various casework units. Currently he is leading research efforts to evaluate quantitative methods of selecting a hair root for nuclear DNA analysis, and crime scene reconstruction method comparisons. | |
| Brett Doretti Brett Doretti is a Lead Forensic Specialist with the Orange County Sheriff's Department/OC Crime Lab. He was a professional photographer for twelve years before joining the Sheriff's Identification Bureau in 1998. Brett specializes in crime scene investigation, photography, and is a member of the clandestine laboratory task force. He is an instructor for California State University Long Beach Center for Criminal Justice, teaching classes in Crime Scene Investigation and Forensic Photography. Brett is an IAI Certified Forensic Photographer and currently serves on the Science and Practices Sub-committee on Forensic Photography and Electronic Digital Imaging for the IAI. | |
| Aaron Dove Aaron Dove has an MSc in Forensic Science has been working as a civilian member in the Montreal Forensic Identification Section of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police since 2009. This operational experience extends from the scene right through to testifying as an expert witness on fingerprint development and comparison in court. He is constantly searching for ways to improve fingerprint development techniques and has published multiple articles on the subject. It is in this vein that he is pursuing his PhD at the Institut National de Recherche Scientifique, examining the mechanism of development of VMD. | |
| Erin Dulaney Erin Dulaney joined the FBI as a Forensic Scientist in 2002 after serving in a similar capacity at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory in Rockville, Maryland. Erin performed serology and DNA analysis within the FBI Laboratory Washington D.C. prior to becoming a Special Agent in 2004 and assigned to the Cleveland Division of the FBI. She has conducted Foreign Counterintelligence, Public Corruption, Civil Rights, Human Trafficking, and Violent Crime investigations. Erin is currently the Senior Team Leader of the FBI Evidence Response Team in Cleveland, Ohio. Erin has taught Crime Scene Investigation courses for new FBI team members, local police departments, and international law enforcement in Thailand, El Salvador, and Argentina. Erin is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. | |
| Kristine Duran Kristine Duran holds a Master’s in Forensic Sciences, and is an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner and Certified Crime Scene Investigator through the IAI. For over 25 years she has worked for the Carlsbad Police Department as a Latent Print Examiner and Field Evidence Technician. She earned a duel BA in Criminology, Law and Society and Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine. Kristine has been an active member of the IAI parent body, the California State Division of the IAI, and the Southern California Association of Fingerprint Officers for 24 years. She serves as Adjunct Faculty in the MFS program at National University. | |
| Greg Dutton Gregory Dutton is a program manager at the National Institute of Justice. Trained as an experimental physical chemist, through his programs he seeks to bring advances from across the physical and life sciences into the forensic sciences. Greg manages R&D portfolios in Impression & Pattern Evidence and Trace Evidence, as well as NIJ’s Graduate Research Fellowship program. | |
| Brian Eckenrode Brian A. Eckenrode is a research chemist with the FBI’s Research and Support Unit and has been in this position for the past 22 years. He has been involved in a wide variety of forensic projects and more recently has been the program manager for two decision analysis studies involving footwear and handwriting. His research interests are in the development of new analytical instrumentation and methods for bio-detection, trace organic analyses in the field including GC-MS employing pattern-based chemometrics, solid phase microextraction, and miniaturized system development. He holds a PhD from Michigan State University. | |
| Heidi Eldridge Heidi Eldridge has been in latent prints for over 15 years. Heidi is a CLPE and Board of Directors member with the IAI, is a peer reviewer for the JFI, JFS, FSI, and S&J, and was a member of SWGFAST. She is a member of the OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee and the Academy Standards Board friction ridge consensus body and current Chair of FEPAC. Heidi has taught latent print topics for over 10 years and recently earned her PhD in Forensic Science at the University of Lausanne. After 11 years as a practitioner, she is now a Research Forensic Scientist. | |
| Tara Elsemiller Tara Elsemiller is a State Trooper on the Major Crime Unit. For 13 years she has been a Trooper and the last 8 years she has been assigned to the Major Crime Unit. In this role, she led members at hundreds of crime and complex scenes ranging from officer involved shootings, homicides, suspicious deaths and any investigation assigned to by the Attorney General’s Office to assist local agencies, as well as train other Law Enforcement agencies. Along side working in Major Crime, she is a Peer Counselor. She has attended the 10 week National Forensic Academy through the University of Tennessee. She received her Master in Forensic Science from the University of New Haven and has been CCSI since 2015. Tara is a Past President of the New England Division of the IAI and the current founder of the NESPAC Crime Scene Team. | |
| Brandon Epstein Brandon Epstein is the Director of Training at Medex Forensics and has been a law enforcement officer since 2007. Brandon has a Master of Science degree in Recording Arts – Emphasis Media Forensics and is a Certified Forensic Video Examiner (CFVE) as well as a Certified Forensic Video Analyst (CFVA). He is active with many professional organizations, including the IAI Forensic Video Certification Board, the IACP Cybercrime and Digital Evidence committee, the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE), the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). | |
| Patrick J. Flynn Patrick J. Flynn is Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Flynn has held the Duda Family Professorship in the College of Engineering at Notre Dame since 2014, and is also a Concurrent Professor of Electrical Engineering. Dr. Flynn is an IEEE Fellow, an IAPR Fellow, and an ACM Distinguished Scientist. He has received outstanding teaching awards from Washington State University and the University of Notre Dame, and Meritorious Service, Golden Core, Certificate of Achievement, and Technical Achievement awards from the IEEE Computer Society. | |
| Michael French Michael French is an ABIS consultant and subject matter expert and founder of APPLIED FORENSIC SERVICES LLC. Mr. French has worked in the fields of forensics and biometrics for 25 years as an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner as well as a IEEE Certified Biometric Professional. Mr. French has contributed to the NIJ AFIS Interoperability working group, multiple ABIS R&D efforts, numerous ABIS development projects including NGI and State & Local systems, ABIS best practice training, and forensic standards development through the Organization of Scientific Area Communities (OSAC) and the American Academy of Forensic Science - Academy Standards Board (ASB). Mr. French is the current Chair of the Biometric Information Systems Subcommittee of the IAI. | |
| Nicole Fundell I am a 2000 graduate of Loras College in Dubuque IA with a bachelor of Chemistry. I started my career with the Illinois State Police in 2001 as a Forensic Scientist specializing in Firearms and Footwear examinations. Over my career I have worked over thousands of cases. I was nominated for Forensic Scientist of the year in 2013. I currently reside in Tonica Il with my husband of 20 years and my three children. | |
| Matthew Gamette Matthew Gamette is the Laboratory System Director for the three labs of the Idaho State Police Forensic Services. Mr. Gamette did undergraduate work in Zoology and graduate work in Microbiology at Brigham Young University Mr. Gamette holds laboratory leadership and management certificates through West Virginia University Forensic Management Academy and the University of California at Davis and graduated as a Certified Public Manager in the Idaho program. Mr. Gamette interned with the Utah State Crime Lab in Salt Lake City, Utah. He worked in the Spokane Laboratory of the Washington State Patrol from 2002 to 2008 as a biologist/DNA scientist and crime scene responder. He was promoted to Forensic Scientist 4 (Spokane DNA Technical Lead) in 2008. He has trained hundreds of detectives, crime scene responders, forensic nurses, and first responders in the collection of biological evidence. Mr. Gamette started his career with the Idaho State Police (ISP) in late 2008 as the Laboratory Improvement Manager/Quality Manager for the laboratory system. He was promoted to ISP Laboratory System Director in July 2014. Mr. Gamette served as an elected board member of the American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD) for over seven years and served as President from 2018-2019. He Chaired or Co-chaired several ASCLD committees including Finance, Symposium Planning, Advocacy, the Sexual Assault Kit Task Force, and the ASCLD Accreditation Initiative. He currently serves as the Co-chair of the ASCLD Advocacy Committee and leads the ASCLD Accreditation Initiative. He was a certified assessor with the American Society of Crime Lab Directors-Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) and has performed DNA laboratory assessments all over the United States as a certified FBI DNA assessor. He is also an audit panel reviewer for the FBI’s National DNA Index System (NDIS). He was selected and served a five-year term on the NIST Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) Quality Infrastructure Committee (QIC). He currently serves as an affiliate OSAC member on the FSSB Terminology Task Group. He was selected by the US Department of Justice to participate as a member on the Forensic Laboratory Needs-Technology Working Group (FLN-TWG) where he currently serves. He is a member of the editorial board for the prestigious journal Forensic Science International-Synergy. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists (NWAFS), American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD), and Association of Forensic Quality Assurance Managers (AFQAM). | |
| Marissa Gandolfo-Muller Marissa Gandolfo-Muller recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelors of Science in Forensic Science (Biological Sciences) and a minor in Criminal Justice with the highest GPA over the most credit hours taken in the College of Arts and Sciences. She presented this research at the Mississippi Division of the International Association for Identification Educational Conference in April and won 1st place in the poster presentation competition. In the fall, she will be attending George Mason university to pursue her Masters of Science in Forensic Biology. | |
| John Gaziano John “Calvin” Gaziano is a Patrol and CSI Sergeant with the Fremont Police Department in Northern California. He has been with the Department for over 27 years, 17 of which he was assigned to the CSI Unit. He has been a Certified Bloodstain Pattern Analyst (CBPA) for the past 12 years and a Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst (CSCSA) for the past six years. He attended the University of California at Berkeley and has acquired two Master of Science Degrees, one of which is in Forensic Science. He consults and testifies as an expert in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. | |
| James Gibson I am a Crime Scene Specialist with the GBI. I have been with the GBI for 5 years. Prior to that I was with a local department for 7 years, with 4 of those years in a crime scene role. I serve as a Technical Leader for the Crime Scene Program and I am over the Drone Program for the state. In addition to working active crime scenes, I peer review other specialists work, assist in more complex or difficult cases, and teach crime scene related material regularly to our own specialists and local agencies across the state of Georgia. I have also taught at the GA division IAI conference. | |
| Neal Gieselman Neal Gieselman is a Biometric Innovation and Integration Officer for the United States Government. Neal has a Masters of Science in Management of Technology from the University of Minnesota Center for Technological Leadership and has worked in the biometrics industry since 1992 doing development, deployment, and support of all modalities. Neal is a member of Facial Identification Scientific Working Group (www.fiswg,org), the NIST / OSAC Facial Identification Subcommittee, ASTM, and the IAI Facial Identification Committee. | |
| Jeff Goudeau Jeff Goudeau is the Firearms Unit Supervisor for the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory. He also supervised the LSP Crime Labs CSI unit for 11 years. He has been a Firearms Examiner and Crime Scene Investigator for over 17 years. Jeff is a member of the IAI and a Distinguished member of the AFTE. Jeff is certified both as a Firearms Examiner by AFTE and a Senior Crime Scene Analyst by the IAI. Jeff has presented at both AFTE and IAI meetings numerous times, is an instructor for Forensics Pieces, and an instructor for the National Firearms Examiner Academy (NFEA). | |
| John Grassel John Grassel is a Program Manager within the Center for Forensic Sciences at RTI International. In this role, he leads cutting-edge, technology-driven efforts to support basic and applied research serving the criminal justice and forensic science communities. He serves as a scientific lead of the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCoE) which supports the forensic science and criminal justice communities with transitioning research into practice. John holds an MS in Biomedical Forensic Science from the Boston University School of Medicine and is certified by the IAI as both a Certified Footwear Examiner (CFWE) and Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst (CSCSA) He is also a Certified Forensic Mapping Specialist and Public Safety Laser Scan Technician. John is a Past President of the New England Division of the IAI, the current 2nd Vice President of IAI and serves as the Chairman of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Forensic Science Committee. He is a member of the OSAC Footwear and Tire Subcommittee and the NIJ Forensic Laboratory Needs Technical Working Group (FLNTWG). Prior to joining RTI, he served as the officer in charge of the Rhode Island State Police, Forensic Services Unit. In this role he led members at thousands of crime and incident scenes ranging from property crimes to complex homicides. | |
| Stephen Greene Stephen Greene CCSI, CLPE has over 20 years in forensic and biometric examination. He holds a BS in Forensic Science from California State University, Sacramento and a Master of Science in Law and Legal Studies from California University of Pennsylvania. Prior to working for US Customs and Border Protection as a Senior Scientist, Mr. Greene worked for the US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, as well as a private contractor for the Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is currently the Executive Secretary of the Footwear and Tire Subcommittee for the NIST Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science, Chair of the Footwear and Tire Consensus Body for the American Academy of Forensic Science Standards Board, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Arizona Identification Council, and member of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Identification. | |
| Amy Griffin My name is Amy Griffin, and I am a forensic scientist with the Phoenix Police Department. I have worked in latent prints for nine years, starting in latent print processing and in latent prints exclusively for the last 10 years. I became IAI certified in 2016 and have worked at four different accredited agencies over the course of my career. My career has afforded me the opportunity to facilitate a great deal of training, both internally and externally. I am very passionate about forensic science, especially latent prints, and teaching others about the field. Talking about what I do is one of my favorite aspects of working in this field. | |
| Tom Griffin Griffin, Tom “Grif” – has been a member of the IAI since 1988 and the Rocky Mountain Division since 1978. He is a partner in Bevel, Gardner & Associates, Inc. and retired from government service after 31 years in law enforcement. The last 27 of those years was as a criminal investigator/laboratory agent with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. His areas of expertise include crime scene investigation, bloodstain pattern analysis, crime scene reconstruction, shooting reconstruction, and forensic chemistry. Grif is IAI certified as a Senior Crime Scene Analyst, a Bloodstain Pattern Analyst, and Crime Scene Reconstructionist. He is a distinguished member of the IAI and has served on the IAI Certification Boards for Crime Scene and Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. | |
| Shelly Haight Shelly Haight is a Confidential Paralegal with a degree in Forensic Evidence Technology specializing in the defense of Law Enforcement throughout Section 1983 Civil Rights Violation lawsuits. The past 14 years of her legal career have been dedicated to forensic based cases. As well as working in the legal field, she teaches the Crime Scene Investigations course at CSU Long Beach and Courtroom Testimony for the Forensic Science Professional for Tri-Tech Forensics. Shelly holds several degrees ranging from Forensics and Legal to Business Management. Shelly is an active member of the IAI and CSDIAI along with several legal associations. | |
| Carey Hall Carey Hall is a certified latent print examiner with over a decade of experience. Carey performs casework and consulting. She has a unique perspective working with a variety of policy, workflow, and technology. She obtained her Master's degree in Legal Studies from Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, at Arizona State University. Carey has been teaching for the last five years and has developed several workshops related to error rates and how to respond to forensic errors for both managers and practitioners. She is currently the Executive Secretary on the OSAC friction ridge subcommittee. | |
| Christopher Hamburg Chris’s forensic career started in 2003 with Washington State Patrol. He moved to the Oregon State Police in 2008. His technical expertise includes examinations of hairs, impressions, glass, general criminalistics, and major crime scenes. Chris has been a Manager of Accreditation with the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) since 2019. Chris is a member of the AAFS, IAI, NWAFS, and ASTEE. Chris is certified in General Criminalistics by the American Board of Criminalistics. | |
| Lesley Hammer Lesley Hammer is a Forensic Examiner from Anchorage Alaska, currently in private practice, with experience in forensic casework, laboratory supervision and scientific instruction. She has performed analyses, reported and testified in latent print, footwear and tire track, crime scene and controlled substance disciplines. Ms Hammer has supervised a Forensic Physical Unit in an accredited laboratory, published articles, performed research and provides forensic evidence related instruction to law enforcement, crime laboratory personnel and others throughout the United States and in Canada. She holds a BA in Environmental Science from Alaska Pacific University, an MA in Teaching from the University of Alaska, and an MSc in Forensics from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland and is a Certified Footwear Examiner with the International Association for Identification. She is past Chair of the Scientific Working Group on Shoe and Tire Tread Evidence (SWGTREAD), is the current Vice Chair of the Physics and Pattern Evidence Scientific Area Committee of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees and is the current Education Planner and a past President of the International Association for Identification. | |
| Derek Hardy Derek Hardy is currently a Forensic Photographer at the United States Postal Inspection Service, National Forensic Laboratory located in Dulles, VA. He began his forensic career with the Fairfax County Police Department located in Fairfax, Virginia in 1993. He was assigned to the Cyber Forensics Bureau as a Crime Scene Detective in 1999 and stayed there until his retirement in 2018. During his time as a Crime Scene Detective and a Forensic Photographer he has had many opportunities to learn complex photographic techniques using the best equipment in the industry. Additionally, he has traveled to many departments to train Crime Scene Personnel using these techniques and equipment. | |
| Andrew Hayes Title Senior Forensic Specialist Company Orange County Sheriff Dept. Crime Lab Identification Bureau Bio Andrew Hayes is a Senior Forensic Specialist with the Orange County Sheriff's Department Crime Lab, Identification Bureau, and has been employed there since 1997. Andrew specializes in footwear and tire track comparisons, crime scene investigation, and laboratory processing. He is responsible for training a new Forensic Specialist for CSI filed work in addition to co-training new footwear and tire track examiners. Andrew is also an IAI Certified Footwear Examiner and the Chair of the IAI Footwear and Tire Track Subcommittee. He also has a Master of Arts degree from California State University Northridge. | |
| Carina Haynes Carina Haynes has been working in the field of Crime Scene Investigation since 2009. She began her career with the Durham Police Department as crime scene investigator and a supervisor and continued her career with the Houston Forensic Science Center as the first civilian Crime Scene Supervisor in the organization. She is a Senior Crime Scene Analyst with the International Association of Identification and has over 1000 hours of training in various forensic disciplines. Throughout her career she has worked hundreds of crime scenes, with many death investigation cases, and has experience working large, multi-agency scenes. Carina has also testified in numerous criminal trials. In addition to her forensic training, she is well versed in leading teams in high stress environments, national accreditation protocols, and preparing new investigators for their career in the field. Carina has a B.A. in Criminology from NC State University. | |
| Xuyang He Dr. Xuyang He is an assistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, and Security at The University of Southern Mississippi. She received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame. As a forensic chemist, she is interested in the identification and quantitation of various physical evidences of forensic interest. Her expertise lies in spectroscopic/spectrometric and chromatographic analysis. | |
| Ido Hefetz 2017 – M.Sc. in Bio-Medicine Studies, Hebrew University He serves since 2009 as a fingerprint examiner at the fingerprint database and AFIS laboratory of the Israeli Police. During his expertise, he acquired knowledge and experience in fingerprint comparison of 10 fingers and palms, and especially comparison of latent fingermarks recovered from the scene of crime. He gives testimony in court on his expert opinion. He takes a part in instructing and teaching of fingerprint comparison at the Police College. In addition, he involves in research and development in the domains of comparison and recovery of fingerprints, and DNA extraction. | |
| Daniel Heltemes Arizona Department of Public Safety, Sergeant Daniel Heltemes has over twenty years of Law Enforcement experience working for municipality, county and state agencies within the State of Arizona. He has held various assignments to include dispatcher, police officer/state trooper, detective in narcotics and major crimes. He promoted to sergeant and has held positions within the Internal Affairs Unit, Digital Forensics Unit and Forensic Images Unit. In 2016, he developed and implemented a Facial Recognition program for the State of Arizona in conjunction with the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center. He currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Facial Identification Scientific Working Group. | |
| R. Austin Hicklin R. Austin Hicklin is the Director of the Forensic Science Group at Noblis, a non-profit research company. He has been involved in a broad range of biometric/forensic projects for various government agencies since 1995, including evaluations of forensic examiners, biometric and forensic standards, AFIS engineering and interoperability, video analytics, fingerprint quality metrics, evaluations of biometric identification systems, and designing and developing forensic software. He has a BA from the University of Virginia, a MS from Virginia Tech, and a PhD from the University of Lausanne. | |
| Deborah Hines My name is Deborah (Debbie) Hines, and I am a forensic scientist with the Phoenix Police Department’s Laboratory Services Bureau. I began my career in forensics and latent prints in 2013 and was fortunate enough to find my passion and calling in latent prints. I became a Certified Latent Print Examiner in 2017. I began creating this training course in 2014 and have made continual improvements to it since then. I truly enjoy teaching others about latent prints, and I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to teach this course internally and externally. | |
| Stephanie Hoffman Stephanie L. Hoffman is an International Association for Identification (IAI) Board Certified Crime Scene Investigator (CCSI) and Forensic Photography and Electronic Imaging Science and Practice Subcommittee Member who received her M.S. and B.S. in Forensic Sciences with Minors in Chemistry, Criminology, and Criminal Justice from Chaminade University of Honolulu. She has held multiple forensic science positions and garnered a wealth of professional experiences and accolades at the following agencies: Arizona State University (Faculty Associate, Criminology and Criminal Justice), Lake Havasu City Police Department (Crime Scene Specialist), Marian University (Department Chair, Assistant Professor of Forensic Sciences), Chaminade University of Honolulu/Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office (Forensic Sciences Guest Lecturer and Graduate Researcher), Joint Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command (JPAC) (Forensic Photographer), Forensic Services (Forensic Photographer), and the Los Angeles Regional Crime Lab/Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office (Field Unit Intern). | |
| Sarah Holton Sarah Holton is a 5th year student enrolled in the FEPAC accredited Forensic Science program at Madonna University, Livonia Michigan. She is majoring in forensic science with a focus on pre-medical studies with minors in biology, chemistry, and psychology. Sarah is a paid student researcher under the Future-Focus Workforce Initiative working at the Madonna University Forensic Science Research Facility on a National Institute of Justice Grant (2019-R2-CX-0070) titled, Methods to Enhance and Preserve Proteinaceous Impressions from the Skin of Decedents during the Early Stages of Decomposition while Examining Environmental Variations across Seasons under Faculty Jessica Zarate and Dr. Jodi Lynn Barta. She is also a Student-Athlete on the Madonna University softball team. | |
| Katie Hosteny Katie Hosteny currently works for the United States Capitol Police as a Crime Scene Specialist. She has worked in the field of latent prints for over 12 years with both the Idaho State Police and the Seattle Police Department. She is a Certified Latent Print Examiner and Certified Crime Scene Investigator and is also certified in Comprehensive Criminalistics by the American Board of Criminalistics. Katie obtained her Master’s Degree in Forensic Science, Technical Investigation from the University of Central Oklahoma. | |
| Julie Hruby Julie Hruby is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College. She graduated from the National Latent Print Examiner Training Academy in March of 2019 and completed a PhD in Aegean Prehistory at the University of Cincinnati in 2006; her dissertation discussed more than 3.5 metric tons of prehistoric Greek ceramics, many of which preserved dermal ridge detail. She has published extensively on prehistoric ceramics and is currently completing a monograph on the pantries from the “Palace of Nestor” at Pylos. She is a national lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America. | |
| Michael Hullihan Michael Hullihan served 10 years with the Glynn County Police Department, Georgia, as a Criminal Investigator, Forensic Video/Image Analyst, and Latent Fingerprint Examiner. He served three years with the US Army’s National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) as a Forensic Intelligence Analyst assigned to the Combined Explosive eXploitation Cell-Iraq (CEXC-I), Counter-IED Task Force Troy in Baghdad, Iraq, in various positions as Latent Print Examiner, Forensic Video/Image Analyst, Forensic Photographer, Biometrics Lab Director, and later as Forensic Science Officer for the theater of Iraq operations. He is currently a Senior Instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia and serves as Program Manager over Biometrics and Authentication of Identity Documents programs for the Department of Homeland Security. Michael also provides Forensic instruction for the International Law Enforcement Academy located at the Botswana Police College in Gaborone, Botswana in southern Africa and the Regional Training Center in Accra, Ghana in Western Africa. | |
| Jennifer Husak I received my Bachelors of Science in Anthropology, with a concentration in Forensic Science, and a minor in Forensic Science from Baylor University in 2014. I also received my Masters of Science in Forensic Investigative Sciences from Oklahoma State University in 2020. I also received my certified crime scene analyst certificate through the IAI in 2018. I have been employed with the Waco Police Department as a Crime Scene Investigator for the past seven years. I have specialized in crime scene processing methods and photography, bloodstain pattern analysis, and clandestine grave recoveries. | |
| Christopher Iber Iber, Christopher W. is employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Physical Scientist in the Digital Forensic Analysis Unit’s Forensic Audio, Video, and Image Analysis Program, where he is an Examiner of Questioned Photographic Evidence. He has a Bachelor or Science degree in Biomedical Photographic Communications from Rochester Institute of Technology. Prior to the FBI he worked as a medical photographer for George Washington University Medical Center. His current case work includes Analytical Photogrammetry, Reverse Projection Photogrammetry, Comparison, Image Enhancement and Image Authentication. | |
| Eric Johnson Eric Johnson is a Certified Forensic Photographer (CFPh), a designation through the International Association for Identification (IAI), and is the current chair of the Forensic Photography Certification Board. Eric retired from the Michigan State Police in 2009 after nearly 31 years of service. During his law enforcement career, Eric also owned and operated portrait studios at two locations in Michigan; he has been doing professional photography, including forensic photography, for more than 30 years. Eric currently owns Forensic Photography Services, LLC, and provides forensic photography instruction throughout Michigan and the United States. In addition, he provides forensic photography services to 122 attorneys from 71 law firms in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Washington DC. | |
| Steven Johnson Mr. Johnson is a retired police supervisor with a background in latent print examination, crime scene investigation, forensic art and facial identification. He is an IAI certified Latent Print Examiner and Forensic Artist. He is a Senior Member of the Advisory Board for Ideal Innovations, Inc. and provides forensics and biometrics SME in support of U.S. government and commercial enterprises. Mr. Johnson is a Past President and Board Chair of the IAI and has served on many subcommittees and certification boards. He also served as the IAI representative to the OSAC, serving as the FSSB Chair from 2017 to 2020. | |
| Meghan Jones Meghan Jones is the Technical Manager of the Latent Evidence Unit with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. As the Technical Manager she oversees the implementation of the quality system within the discipline, assists with management reviews, reviews and approves all technical procedures within the discipline, implements and reviews quality documentation within the discipline, and oversees training, competency testing and evaluation of analysts. Before taking the Technical Manager position, Meghan served as a latent print examiner performing latent print development, latent print comparison, and crime scene processing. Meghan has been with the OSBI for 19 years and is a Certified Latent Print Examiner by the International Association for Identification. Meghan is also a Technical Assessor for ANAB. | |
| Michael Jordahl Mike Jordahl is a Senior Consultant and LP Technical Manager for Ron Smith and Associates, Inc. in Clearwater, FL. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Ferris State University in Big Rapids, MI. Prior to his current position, Mike worked for the Rapid City Police Department in Rapid City, South Dakota for 18 years and is an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner. He is also a graduate of the National Forensic Academy in Knoxville, TN. Mike has previously served on the IAI Dakotas Division board as the editor, vice president, and president. He is currently an active member of the IAI parent body and the Florida Division of the IAI. | |
| Naomi Kaplan Damary Naomi Kaplan Damary holds a PhD in Statistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is currently a post-doctoral scholar at the University of California, Irvine, under the supervision of Prof. Hal Stern. She is interested in forensic statistics and her recent work has focused on methods of evaluating the probability that certain evidence matches a specific suspect. She has been investigating whether juror characteristics are linked to the way in which different forms of presenting forensic evidence are perceived as well as the probability of Randomly Acquired Characteristics (RACs) appearing at a specific location on a shoe sole. | |
| Diana Kardashian Diana Kardashian is currently employed as a Criminalist III for the Boston Police Department's Latent Print Unit and has worked as such since 2014. She previously worked for the Cambridge Police Department’s Identification Unit for 6 years. Diana is a Certified Latent Print Examiner and Certified Crime Scene Investigator through the International Association for Identification. Her educational background includes a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University and a M.S. in Forensic Science from the University of New Haven. | |
| Jennifer Karschner Jennifer Karschner is a Forensic Specialist with the MCP Crime Laboratory in Gaithersburg, MD. She has been a member of the Crime Lab for 13 years and is currently the Technical Leader of the CSU and BPA units. Jennifer holds a MS in Forensic Science and Animal Physiology, is a CSCSA through the IAI, and is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. where she teaches CSI I. She is also a certified instructor through the MD Dept of PSCTC, which allows her to instruct police officers in the field of crime scene and evidence processing. Jennifer is also a board member of the Assoc of Crime Scene Reconstruction. | |
| Paul Kish Paul Kish is a forensic consultant based in Corning, NY. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Elmira College.He has over 30 years of experience as a consulting bloodstain pattern and crime scene reconstruction expert. He has consulted on homicide cases in 47 states and 13 countries while presenting expert testimony in 31 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. Mr. Kish is an internationally known lecturer on the subject of bloodstain pattern analysis and crime scene reconstruction lecturing throughout the United States, Canada, England, and The Netherlands. He has instructed at 71 week-long basic bloodstain pattern analysis courses educating over 1000 students from 18 countries. He co-authored Principles of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis – Theory and Practice. Mr. Kish has been actively involved in standards development within the discipline of bloodstain pattern analysis since 2002 when he was one of the founding members of SWGSTAIN. He currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Academy Standards Board’s Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Consensus Body. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences; a Distinguished Member of the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts; and a Life Associate Member of the International Association for Identification. | |
| Nancy Kochis My name is Nancy Kochis. I teach Honors Forensic Science to seniors at LaSalle-Peru High School in LaSalle, Illinois. I hold a Bachelors of Biological Science, a Masters in Educational Leadership, a Masters in Forensic Science and a Death Investigation Certificate. I belong to many professional organizations. The forensic ones are the IAI and Council of Forensic Science Educators (COFSE) of which I am on the educational committee. I became interested in the forensics while watching many crime scene shows with my father as a little girl. I hope to bring this excitement to the classroom to interest my students. My masters in forensics has allowed me to start the class at my high school. I live with my husband Andrew, we have 3 sons and 3 grandchildren. I enjoy reading true crime and forensic science history books. I keep abreast of new technological advances in forensics by attending many conferences. | |
| Anthony Koertner Anthony Koertner is a Latent Print Examiner at the Defense Forensic Science Center (DFSC) located in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Koertner is an Active Member of the International Association for Identification and is certified in both latent print examination and footwear examination. Mr. Koertner has conducted several domestic and international lectures and workshops to various stakeholders in the forensic community. Currently he serves as a member of the Footwear and Tire Subcommittee within the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science | |
| Autumn Krick Autumn Krick works as a Forensic Imaging Detective for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. She is a Certified Forensic Artist with the International Association for Identification (IAI) and currently serves on the IAI Forensic Artist Certification Board. Autumn has 13 years of experience working within law enforcement and has helped maintain an agency assist partnership with The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). Through this partnership, she has provided aid to multiple agencies in need of forensic imaging assistance across the Southeastern area of the United States. Autumn earned her Bachelor’s degree in visual communications as a graphic designer and continued on to earn her Master’s degree in Public Administration. | |
| William Lally Dr. William Lally is an associated professor of criminal justice at Eureka College in Illinois. He also serves as the College’s forensic laboratory administrator. Prior to receiving his PhD from Bowling Green State University, he worked as a police officer for 20 years with 10 of those years in investigations. His current research looks at the behavior of bloodstains under different environmental influences. | |
| Glenn Langenburg Glenn Langenburg is a certified latent print examiner and has been performing fingerprint examinations for over 20 years. He manages a consulting business (Elite Forensic Services, LLC) which provides training to fingerprint examiners and consultations for casework. Glenn has a Ph.D. in Forensic Science from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. His thesis, “A Critical Analysis and Study of the ACE-V Process”, focuses on decision-making and the application of ACE-V. Glenn has lectured internationally at forensic science conferences on topics including Daubert, probabilistic approach, error rates, and fingerprint methodology. He co-hosts a podcast, “The Double Loop Podcast”, on fingerprint topics with Eric Ray. | |
| Karl Larsen Dr. Larsen hold a PhD in pharmacodynamics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has worked as a drug chemists, toxicologist and laboratory director for the Illinois State Police. He has served as an inspector for ASCLD/LAB. He is a member of the Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Currently he is the Director of Graduate Studies in the Master of Science in Forensic Science program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. | |
| Gregory Laskowski Gregory E. Laskowski is a retired Supervising Criminalist with the Kern County District Attorney Forensic Science Division in Bakersfield, California where he supervised the Major Crimes Unit. He has over thirty years experience as a forensic scientist with both the Kern County Sheriff’s Department and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office. His university degrees include a BS degree in Biochemistry from the University of Southern California and a MPA degree from California State University Bakersfield. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor of Forensic Science at California State University Bakersfield in addition to Oklahoma State University. He is the president of Criminalistics Services International, LLC a forensic science education and consulting firm. Gregory is a Diplomate with certification in Comprehensive Criminalistics with the American Board of Criminalistics. In addition, Gregory has lectured on forensic science techniques and case histories in the former Soviet Union, the FBI Academy in Quantico Virginia, and for various professional societies and associations in the United States and Europe. He has published papers in Journal of Forensic Sciences, The Journal of Identification, and Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners Journal. His memberships in professional associations include: Fellow of the Criminalistics section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences; Distinguished Member of the Association of Firearms and Toolmark Examiners; Distinguished and Life Member of the International Association for Identification, where he serves as the subcommittee Chairman for General Forensics as well as a member of subcommittee on Firearms and Toolmarks, and on the Science and Practices Committee; Member and past-president of the California Association of Criminalists; and past Member of the California Association Of Crime Lab Directors, where he served on the Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Standardization Committee. He is also a commissioner and certified inspector for the Forensic Science Education Program Evaluation Commission FEPAC. Gregory also consults or has consulted for the following television shows: CSI: and CSI: Miami, Law and Order, Numbers, Killer Instinct, Vanished, Bones, Rizzoli and Isles, The Mob Doctor, and The Blacklist. He is also the subject of three Court TV television series Forensic Files episodes, which can be seen on the Headline News Network (HLN). | |
| Holly Latham Holly Latham has been employed as a forensic scientist with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for over 20 years. Her duties include bloodstain pattern analysis, latent print analysis, and crime scene investigation. She is a Certified Bloodstain Pattern Analyst and a Certified Latent Print Examiner with the International Association for Identification (IAI). Holly has provided training and instructed in both the field of bloodstain pattern analysis and latent prints throughout the United States and Canada. Holly received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology and her Master’s Degree in Justice Studies. Holly is currently the Chair of the Bloodstain Subcommittee for the Organization of Scientific Area Committees under NIST and was the past Executive Secretary. Holly is currently a member of the Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Certification Committee for the IAI and is a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Forensic Identification. | |
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| Jan LeMay Jan LeMay is employed at the Denver Police Department Crime Lab and is a Certified Footwear Examiner and Certified Latent Print Examiner. He has been performing footwear examinations since 2002. LeMay was an original member of the OSAC Footwear Subcommittee. He currently serves on the IAI Board of Directors and is a Past President of the Rocky Mountain Division of the IAI. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Forensic Identification and has been published in the JFI seven times. His book, CSI for the First Responder, was published by CRC Press in 2010. | |
| Amy Lesan Amy Lesan has been a deputy for 15 years. She has been an IAI certified crime scene technician since 2009 and ACTAR certified since 2011. Lesan had been 3D scanning for 5 years on both crash and crime scenes. | |
| Khalid Lodhi Khalid Lodhi, Professor & Director in the Department of Biological and Forensic Sciences at Fayetteville State University. He teaches courses in forensic science, forensic biology, molecular biology, and genetics. Under Lodhi’s leadership the program has ranked among top 10 in the nation, and the first and the only accredited program in the North Carolina. He is the author of three grants from NSF as a PI and Co-PIs, amount over $2.5 million. His research interest involves (1) innovative methods of forensic education; (2) challenges in identification from UV degraded DNA (3) identification of one or more individual(s) from hematophagous insects. | |
| Stephanie Luehr Stephanie Luehr has been employed in law enforcement for the past 16 years and is a certified Senior Firearms & Tool Mark Examiner. After 9 years with the state of Alabama, she left as a Supervisor of a Firearms Unit to build and accredit a Firearms Section for the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in Texas. Late 2019, she started managing a team of Firearms Examiners for a private forensics company, Evidence IQ, that utilizes technology to review shooting incidents remotely. Additionally, Stephanie is a member of AFTE, SWAFS, and IAI and is an Adjunct Professor for Oklahoma State University. | |
| Julia Lundstrum Julia Lundstrum is an undergraduate student at Iowa State University pursuing a dual degree in Mathematics with Applications and Data Science. She is currently an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence working on data processing for handwriting analysis. | |
| Bertram Lyons Bertram Lyons is the Managing Director, Software at Medex Forensics. He specializes in the analysis, management, and preservation of digital content. His recent clients include the FBI, Smithsonian Institution, Paramount Pictures, Yale University, the Library of Congress, and the International Olympic Committee. Bertram, as a contractor, currently provides digital audio and video forensic analysis support for the FBI’s Forensic Audio Video and Image Analysis Unit through customized training (for digital audio and video examiners) and customized software; serving in that capacity for more than four years. He also is a member of the SWGDE Digital Video Working Group. | |
| Kenneth Martin Kenneth F. Martin retired as a Detective Lieutenant from the Massachusetts State Police. He was a member of the department for almost thirty-three years. Detective Lieutenant Martin was the Commanding Officer of the MSP Crime Scene Services Section, which is accredited under ISO-17025. He conducted casework in and supervised the disciplines of crime scene response, latent print examination, footwear/tire track examination, and bloodstain pattern evidence. Mr. Martin was responsible for seven CSSS sub-laboratories located around the commonwealth and for fifty-eight individuals assigned to those laboratories. Mr. Martin later served two years as the NYPD’s Quality Assurance Manager for the Latent Print Section. Mr. Martin has bachelor’s degrees in biology and criminal justice, a master’s in criminal justice, and a graduate of the FBI’s National Academy 192nd session. He is a part-time instructor in the graduate forensic biomedical program at Boston University’s School of Medicine and has been certified by the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee as a Level III Instructor. Mr. Martin has been certified in the areas of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Footwear Analysis, Crime Scene Reconstructionist, and as a Senior Crime Scene Analyst. Mr. Martin is the past president of the International Association for Identification and has served on various working groups including the Scientific Working Group on Friction Ridge Analysis, Study and Technology (SWGFAST) and the Scientific Working Group for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (SWGSTAIN). Mr. Martin also served as a member of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Subcommittee and is presently a member of the AAFS, American Standards Board Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Committee. Mr. Martin has served as the International Association for Identification’s representative to the Consortium of Forensic Science (CFSO) since 2008. He is currently the Vice Chair and Treasurer with that organization. Mr. Martin now serves as a forensic analyst with Bevel, Gardner and Associates, Inc. where he conducts training in the area of crime scene processing, crime scene reconstruction, and bloodstain pattern analysis along with case reviews in the area of bloodstain pattern analysis, and crime scene reconstructions. | |
| Matthew Marvin Matthew Marvin CLPE, CFWE is the Laboratory Director for Ron Smith and Associates, Inc. He is also the Director of the International Latent Print Examiner Training Academy, where he teaches 6 of the 20 weeks of instruction. Matthew has over 18 years of latent print experience, and has worked cases from forty states and six countries. He is a member of the IAI Latent Print Certification Board and the IAI Science and Practice Subcommittee on Latent Print Development. He has been published four times in peer-reviewed journals, and also in the International Symposium on Human Identification News. | |
| Aldo Mattei Lt. Colonel, PhD, M.Ch. Eng., is laboratory deputy director of Carabinieri Scientific Investigation Service for South Italy and head of LPU. He has 25 years of experience as court expert for court and DA offices for latent prints, footwear and tyre track, image processing and face recognition. He taught forensics and crime scene investigations for professional military organizations, in post graduate master courses and PhD courses at Italian and International universities. He’s 4th VP of the IAI, past BoD member 2012-2019, President of the EU IAI Division, Chairman of the ENFSI Fingerprint WG and leader of the Advisory Board on PTs/CEs, guest member of the NIST-OSAC FRS and a member of the ASB Friction Ridge Consensus Body. | |
| Thomas Mauriello Tom Mauriello is an IAI member, senior lecturer for the University of Maryland Department of Criminal Justice, former police officer, and retired special agent with the U.S. Department of Defense. He created and presented this workshop to thousands of criminal justice and intelligence professionals throughout the world. He authored the book published by CRC Press, "Public Speaking for Criminal Justice Professionals – A Manner of Speaking," used as reading material with this workshop. He is also the author of three other criminal justice-related books, "Criminal Investigation Handbook," "The Dollhouse Murders," and "Introduction to Criminalistics ─ From Crime Scene to Court Room." | |
| Jonathan McGrath Dr. Jonathan McGrath serves as Senior Policy Analyst with the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences in Washington, DC. He led the DOJ Needs Assessment of Forensic Laboratories and Medical Examiner/Coroner Offices, manages the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) program, and is the IAI liaison to NIJ. Prior to joining NIJ in 2015, he served as forensic scientist and program manager at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Laboratories and Scientific Services in Houston, TX and Washington, DC (2007-20015) where he supported CBP’s trade, forensic, and WMD operations programs (2011-2015). | |
| Andrew McNeill Andy is a retired crime scene investigator from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (NY), where he also served as the lead instructor for all forensic science related courses. He has testified numerous times as an expert witness and provided consulting assistance to law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and civil and criminal defense attorneys. He has presented at educational seminars hosted by the IAI, NYIAI, CBDIAI, and NYSTARS, as well as at several Rochester-area colleges. He holds a Master of Forensic Sciences degree from The George Washington University, ACTAR accreditation, and IAI certification as a Senior Crime Scene Analyst. | |
| Brian McVicker Brian C. McVicker is employed at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico. There he is a practicing Forensic Footwear and Tire Examiner, the Technical Leader for the Footwear and Tire Discipline, and the Research and Technology Program Manager for Footwear and Tire Discipline. He’s been conducting forensic footwear and tire examinations since 2007. He serves on the IAI Footwear and Tire Track Examination Sub-Committee. He is a past member of the OSAC Footwear and Tire Subcommittee. He is a past Vice Chair of SWGTREAD. He received BS from the University of Florida. | |
| Kimberly A. Meline Kimberly is a forensic examiner with the FBI, specializing in multimedia (Audio, Video and Image) evidence. She is the chair of the IAI's Digital and Multimedia Evidence Science and Practices sub-committee, serves as a board member (past chair) on the IAI's Forensic Video Certification Board, and as an affiliate member of OSAC's VITAL committee. She is also certified by both the IAI and LEVA (Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Assocation) as a Forensic Video Analyst. | |
| Christine Miller Medical Director, Orthopaedic Ambulatory Care Center, University of Florida, College of Medicine-Jacksonville. Secretary-Treasurer (Board of Directors)-American Society of Forensic Podiatry. | |
| Jorge Molina Jorge Molina is a forensic artist with law enforcement training and experience working for large municipal and state law enforcement agencies. In his tenure as a forensic artist, he has assisted in the resolution of hundreds of investigations ranging from robbery to sexual assault to homicide. His twenty-year career includes over a thousand cases using 2-D, 3-D, and digital forensic imaging techniques. Assorted in scope, his forensic art services include composite drawings from witness descriptions, age-progressed images of wanted fugitives, and reconstructions of facial morphology from unidentified human remains. | |
| Marcus Montooth Supervisor, Latent Print Identification Unit, Indiana State Police Marcus obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Evansville in 2001, and has been employed as a Forensic Scientist with the Indiana State Police since 2003. He is an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner, an ANAB Certified Technical Assessor, an Indiana Law Enforcement Academy Certified Instructor, and an adjunct professor at the University of Evansville teaching Introduction to Forensic Science. He has presented on various latent print topics for the International Association for Identification (IAI), Indiana Division of the IAI, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). | |
| Amanda Moore Amanda Moore has been employed with the Louisiana State Police for 16.10 years and is a Criminal Records Analyst 5 Manager. She is also a Tenprint Examiner. Ms. Moore has qualified as an expert in Tenprint Examination in both Federal and State district courts in Louisiana. She teaches fingerprinting to the Louisiana State Police Cadets, Probation and Parole Cadets and has trained numerous law enforcement officers state wide how to fingerprint both with ink and digitally. | |
| Gregory Moore I received an MS in Forensic Anthropology from Boston University School of Medicine, in 2014. I have been employed with the Defense Forensic Science Center as a Latent Print Examiner since 2015. | |
| Kristen Morgan Kristen Morgan is currently a Criminalist IV at the Boston Police Department’s Latent Print Unit. She was hired in 2005 as a member of a new civilian team tasked with rebuilding a latent print unit after closure in 2004. Her current responsibilities include latent print processing, comparisons and crime scene response. Kristen is a technical lead and responsible for the comparison training program. Kristen received her B.S. in Criminal Justice from Westfield State University and a M.S. in Forensic Science from the University of New Haven. She is a Certified Latent Print Examiner and Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst. | |
| Karen Morrow Karen Morrow is the Forensic Scientist Manger of the Latent Evidence Section of the NC State Crime Laboratory in Raleigh, NC. She has been employed with the section her entire career since May 2000. Karen is Certified Latent Print Examiner and is a trained footwear and tire tread examiner as well. She has presented during the NCIAI, IAI, IDEMIA, and other conferences on technology, interesting cases, and findings during her career. Karen also is a graduate of the Certified Public Manager Program. | |
| Ron Moss Ronald Moss earned his BS and MSED from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. He also holds an MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a concentration in Forensic Science as well as a Certificate of Graduate Study in Forensic Death Investigation from the University of Florida. Prior to his teaching career, now in his 24th year, he earned an Associate Degree in Respiratory Therapy Technology and was a practicing Registered Respiratory Therapist for 12 years. In the classroom, he teaches College Forensic Science and College Biology. Both classes are taught in conjunction with Syracuse University where he is an adjunct instructor.Mr. Moss holds memberships in the International Forensic Medicine Association (IFMA), the Council of Forensic Science Educators (COFSE), the International Association for Identification (IAI), and the Northeastern Association for Forensic Scientists (NEAFS). He is currently the COFSE Chair of the K-12 Education Committee and Membership Manager for IFMA , and the 2020-2021 winner of the Forensic Sciences Foundation Warren-Young Scholarship. | |
| Brandon Nabozny Brandon Nabozny is the owner and lead instructor at Forza Forensics, LLC, a training and consulting company based in Phoenix. Brandon has a BS degree in biochemistry and Master’s in criminal justice from Arizona State University. He spent over eleven years as a forensic scientist at the Arizona DPS Crime Lab, where he specialized in forensic chemistry, latent print analysis, forensic photography and crime scene investigation. He was supervisor over the state level Crime Scene Response Team and acted as lead crime scene analyst on countless major investigations throughout Arizona. Additionally, he serves as an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University and Phoenix College, where he instructs undergraduate and graduate level courses in criminal investigations, forensic science and forensic photography. He is a member of the IAI and 1st VP of Arizona’s state division of the IAI, the Arizona Identification Council. | |
| Tony Nguyen Tony is currently employed with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as a Forensic Identification Specialist II. Prior, he was employed at the Pomona Police Department as a Crime Scene Investigator and Latent Print Examiner since 2005. He is still currently a part of Pomona Police Department Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program. He is a Certified Crime Scene Investigator and Certified in Forensic Photography & Imaging Tony is very active in the Los Angeles latent print and forensic photography community and served as the 2015 President of the Southern California of Fingerprint Officers; is a member of the Los Angeles County Forensic Supervisor’s Group; and is a current Board member of the California Division of the IAI. He graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle in Commercial Photography and has worked as an editorial and studio photographer since 1989. He’s had multiple photo exhibitions in California, Washington State, Victoria and Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada). | |
| Rebecca Nick Rebecca Nick is a Scientific Sales Specialist at Foster + Freeman USA. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forensic and Investigative Science and a Bachelor of Art degree in Criminology as well as a Master of Science degree in Forensic and Fraud Investigations from West Virginia University. She completed a comprehensive internship with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Her roles at Foster + Freeman include sales, installation, and training for various company products. She specializes in crime scene investigation, laboratory analysis and processing of evidence, and latent impression development and capture. She has presented at multiple divisional and national International Association for Identification educational meetings as well as numerous other professional conferences on the topic of crime scene investigation and latent fingerprint imaging. | |
| Michael Nirenberg Dr. Nirenberg is a clinical and forensic podiatrist who has assisted law enforcement in the forensic analysis of footwear and has presented footwear evidence at trial. He has also co-authored original research on footwear in the forensic context and lectured on footwear analysis. Dr. Nirenberg recently co-authored the textbook “Forensic Gait Analysis: Principles and Practice” and has written a chapter for the textbook “Forensic Podiatry: Principles and Methods.” He currently serves as President of the American Society of Forensic Podiatry. | |
| Jonesta Nolan Jonesta is a certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst with the IAI and currently works as the Crime Scene Supervisor for the Grand Prairie Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit. Prior to coming to Grand Prairie, Jonesta worked for four years as a Manager in the Dallas Police Department’s Crime Scene Response Section, two years as a Crime Scene Analyst for the Denver Crime Laboratory, and six years as a Crime Scene Investigator for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. Jonesta received her Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from the University of Tennessee (Go Vols!) and her Masters of Science in Criminal Justice Administration (Forensic Science specialization) from Loyola University of New Orleans. | |
| Karen Oswald Karen Oswald is a Senior Evidence Specialist with the Suffolk County Police Department in New York. She graduated from Marist College in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and has worked as a latent print examiner in the SCPD Identification Section for the past 15 years. In 2012 Karen spent 11 months in Afghanistan serving as a contractor with the Defense Forensic Science Center where she gathered biometric data in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Her areas of expertise include crime science processing and photography, and latent print development, analysis, and comparison. | |
| Casie Parish Fisher Dr. Casie Parish Fisher has a B.S. in Forensic Science from Baylor University, a M.Sc. in DNA Profiling and Ph.D. in Forensic and Investigative Sciences (Forensic Genetics) from the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, England. Her Ph.D. research primarily focuses on the ability to use direct amplification to develop DNA profiles from surfaces which have been processed with field techniques such as fingerprint powders and blood enhancement chemicals. She has previously worked as a crime scene technician with the Austin Police Department and also as a DNA analyst at the Texas Department of Public Safety CODIS Laboratory. She currently works as a tenured Associate Professor at St. Edward’s University where she is Chair of the Department of Forensic Science. She has a number of publications including Evidence Management: From the Crime Scene to the Courtroom, and a workbook titled Crime Scene Processing and Investigations Workbook, 2nd edition which complements the text written by Ross Gardner. She is also involved in numerous organizations including the Texas Division of the International Association for Identification where she has served as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. | |
| Charla Perdue Charla Perdue is a member of the teaching faculty and coordinator for the Public Safety and Security Program at Florida State University. She has a Masters is Criminology and Masters in Forensic Science. She is a certified Dive Master and has a Graduate certificate in Underwater Crime Scene Investigation. She developed the CSI major curriculum at FSU and teaches a courses and labs within the major. | |
| Gene Peters Ph.D. Geology. Chief of FBI Laboratory Research Support Unit. Guide and supervise FBI Laboratory basic and applied research program definition, strategic assessment, development, and execution. Prepare program plans and budgets, submit periodic progress reports to executive management. Administer annual R&D budget for permanent staff of scientists (10 Ph.D. level), administrative staff, and 20-30 visiting scientists (pre-bachelor’s to post-doctoral level). | |
| Maria Pettolina Dr. Maria Pettolina has over a decade of experience in the forensic field. She has been involved in thousands of criminal investigations and is court qualified as a forensic expert. She also holds a current certification as a CSCSA through the IAI. She is a national presenter and is a member of the OSAC CSI Subcommittee. She has been published in forensic journals/magazines and has received over 1300 hours of specialized certificate training. She is currently a full-time Lecturer at University of Northern Colorado where she teaches for the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department and is the program coordinator for the Criminal Investigations Certificate. She is also a consultant for a state agency in Colorado and assists agencies with national accreditation for Property and Evidence and the owner of Future Focus Forensics. She is also a trainer for TriTech Forensics. Maria has a B.A. in Criminal Justice, a M.S. in Forensic Medicine, and a D.M. in Higher Education. | |
| Seth Pierre Seth Pierre will be starting his fourth year in electrical engineering specializing in communications at Iowa State. Also, he plans on starting a concurrent master’s program in the spring of 2022 which he would graduate from in spring of 2023. Pierre has been working with CSAFE on the Stenography Forensics project for three years and continues to work with them through his education career. | |
| Maggie Pitts Maggie Pitts is currently employed as a Senior Trial Attorney with the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. She is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick, where she recevied a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering. Her draw towards public interest work took her to Vermont Law School where she found her passion in indigent defense. Post graduation in 2013 she joined the Richmond Public Defender’s Office, after internships with the Federal Defender’s Office in Richmond and Marsicovetere Law Group in White River Junction, Vermont. As a Senior Trial Attorney with a specialty in forensics, Maggie is a resource for public defenders throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia in cases involving forensic evidence. She also serves as adjunct faculty in the Forensic Science Department at Virginia Commonwealth University, teaching forensic science undergraduate students about criminal law and procedure. | |
| Heidi Putney Maggie Pitts is currently employed as a Senior Trial Attorney with the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. She is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick, where she recevied a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering. Her draw towards public interest work took her to Vermont Law School where she found her passion in indigent defense. Post graduation in 2013 she joined the Richmond Public Defender’s Office, after internships with the Federal Defender’s Office in Richmond and Marsicovetere Law Group in White River Junction, Vermont. As a Senior Trial Attorney with a specialty in forensics, Maggie is a resource for public defenders throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia in cases involving forensic evidence. She also serves as adjunct faculty in the Forensic Science Department at Virginia Commonwealth University, teaching forensic science undergraduate students about criminal law and procedure. Dr. Heidi Putney graduated with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2020 after completing her pre-doctoral internship with Western State Hospital in Washington State. While in graduate school, she worked for the National Institute of Justice in their Research Assistant Program in Washington, D.C. from 2018-2019. She is currently a Post-Doctoral Resident in Forensic Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA where she specializes in court ordered forensic evaluation. | |
| Anyesha Ray Anyesha Ray is an undergraduate student in Statistics at Iowa State University. She is also an undergraduate researcher at the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE). Her research focuses on the slant of handwriting and how it relates to demographic features. In the Fall, she will be attending Iowa State University for her graduate degree in Statistics. | |
| Eric Ray Eric Ray began working as a Forensic Scientist in 2007 and is a Certified Latent Print Examiner. He joined IDEMIA as a Product Analyst in 2019 to develop training, gather customer feedback, and recommend product improvements. He earned a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology from the University of Arizona. As a member of the International Association of Identification, Eric is on the Editorial Board of the Journal for Forensic Identification and chaired the Special Committee on Latent Print Probability Modeling. He is a member of the OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee developing standards for the latent print field. Eric has developed and presented lectures, workshops, and training classes on a number of latent print topics, especially on Reducing Erroneous Exclusion. In his spare time, he also co-hosts the Double Loop Podcast with over 200 episodes discussing fingerprint and forensic topics. | |
| Stephanie Reinders Stephanie Reinders received a PhD in applied mathematics and computer engineering from Iowa State University. Her BA was in journalism and Asian languages and literatures from the University of Minnesota. She is currently a post-doctoral research associate for the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence where she is working with a team of researchers to develop and improve statistical and probabilistic methods for forensic handwriting analysis. | |
| Bethany Retton Bethany L. Retton is currently employed as a Management and Program Analyst (MAPA) at FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS) in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Previously, Ms. Retton has been employed as a forensic entomology research aid, adjunct professor, police officer, detective, biometric examiner, and latent fingerprint examiner. Ms. Retton has been an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner since 2013. | |
| Ashlie Roederer Ashlie Roederer received her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Kent State University and her graduate degree from the University of Florida in Forensic DNA and Serology. She currently works supporting the FBI as a Data Analyst in the Federal DNA Database Unit in Quantico, VA. | |
| Derek Sabatini Lieutenant Derek Sabatini is a 27-year law enforcement veteran with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. During his career he has worked at specialized positions, such as the Board of Supervisor’s Liaison, Emergency Operations, and Counter Terrorism Unit. He is currently the Cal-ID Manager for Los Angeles County. As the Cal-ID Manager it is his job to manage the countywide network of biometric identification systems including the facial recognition program. He is responsible for providing over 50 law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles County with systems to book, identify and provide investigative tools for those biometrics captured at booking. | |
| Blake Sawyer Blake Sawyer is certified as a LEVA Forensic Video Analyst and an IAI Certified Forensic Video Examiner. He has taught courses with LEVA and served on their board. His focus is helping video examiners better understand the scientific workflow of Video Forensics. Currently, he is the Chair of the Video Subcommittee for SWGDE (Scientific Working Group for Digital Evidence) and is a member of the Digital Evidence subcommittee at OSAC (Organization of Scientific Area Committees). Blake joined our team at Amped Software in 2019 to help in North America with Training, Sales, and Technical Support. Before working for Amped Software he worked at the Plano Police Department (Plano, TX), where he helped found the Digital Media Section of their Crime Scene Unit. | |
| Melissa Schaal I have been in Forensics since 2001. I am currently a CLPE, CTPE and CSCSA. I work case work and work as a trainer in both crime scenes and friction ridge examination. I train forensic personnel as well as commissioned deputies, officers and corporals for the the Spokane Police and Sheriff's Offices. | |
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| Sandy Siegel Sandra Siegel started in Crime Records with the Department of Public Safety in Austin, she taught pattern interpretation, classification, comparison, and AFIS operations. In 2002 she became a Latent Print Examiner with the Austin Police Department. She was Technical Lead and Supervisor for a short time. Sandy is currently with the Houston Forensic Science Center. She is a member of the International Association for Identification, the Texas, Chesapeake Bay and European Divisions. She received her Distinguished Member in 2015. Sandy has previously served on the IAI Processing Science and Practices and currently on the Ten-Print S&P Committee. With the TDIAI she has served on several Committees. Sandy is IAI Latent Print Certificated, coordinator for the QUIP Section of the JFI. | |
| Lora Sims Lora Sims, IAI CTPE, is the Director, Facial Examination Training and Biometrics SME for Ideal Innovations, Inc. She is the current chair of both the Facial Identification Scientific Working Group (FISWG) and the Facial Identification Subcommittee of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) as well as a member of the IAI Facial Idenfication Subcommittee. She has co-authored a training to competency program on facial identification & comparisons and is responsible for mentoring and training new employees through the tenprint and facial training program while integrating them into an operational environment. | |
| Lauren Smith Lauren G. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Forensic Science with an emphasis in Polymer Science and a minor in Administration of Justice from the University of Southern Mississippi and has been in the forensic field since 2008. Lauren is a Senior Consultant for Ron Smith and Associates, Inc. and is an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner. She is also an instructor for the RSA National Latent Print Training Academy covering numerous topics, such as: basic processing, advanced processing, recording of known prints and comparison techniques. She is actively involved in the Mississippi Division of the IAI and has served on the board of directors, Vice President, President and Chairman of the Board. | |
| Michele Smith Michele Smith earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences with a minor in Anthropology from Louisiana State University. She is currently the Crime Scene Unit Supervisor at the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is a Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst (CSCSA) and a Certified Latent Print Examiner (CLPE) through the International Association for Identification (IAI). She is an active member of the International Association for Identification (IAI), the Louisiana division of the IAI (LA IAI), the Louisiana Association of Forensic Scientists (LAFS), and is currently a board member of the Crime Scene Subcommittee for the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science. | |
| Ron Smith Ron Smith, President of RS&A, Inc. has been actively involved in the profession of Latent Print Examination for 48 years. He has lectured in all fifty states and many other countries and has qualified as an expert witness in over 500 trials. He is a recipient of the John Dondero award in 2001, which is the highest award given by the I.A.I.. He has lectured at over 30 parent body I.A.I. conferences and over 50 state or regional I.A.I. division conferences. | |
| James Snaidauf Mr. Snaidauf is an adjunct instructor specializing in latent fingerprint analyses and a full time Fingerprint Specialist with the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigations. He received his Bachelors of Science degree from Northern Illinois University in 1994 and his Master of Science degree in Forensic Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2015. He holds certification in latent print examination and identification from the International Association for Identification. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Standards Board (ASB) - Friction Ridge Consensus Body, a member of the International Association for Identification (including the Florida and Illinois Divisions), and a former member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. He currently serves as a Latent Print Development Committee member for the International Association for Identification. He also teaches in the M.S. in Forensic Science program at University of Illinois at Chicago. | |
| Melissa Southern Melissa Southern has been a Forensic Photographer since 2004 and IAI certified since 2011. She has a BA in Anthropology and an Associates Degree in Photography. She has been teaching workshops on a variety of topics since 2005 and acts as a judge for several photography and art groups in the Raleigh area, also offering critiques and advice in photography. | |
| Stephanie Souza Stephanie Souza is a Criminalist III with the Forensic Services Division of the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff, Criminalistics Laboratory where she has worked for over 20 years. Stephanie obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Cal State University Sacramento and has taken supplementary Forensic courses at UC Davis and Chemistry courses at UC Berkeley. Stephanie has 22 years of latent print experience and has been an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner since 2006. In addition to her Latent Print Unit assignment, Stephanie is cross trained and works in the Alcohol and Crime Scene Units. | |
| Nicole Spaun Dr. Spaun is IDEMIA’s Sr. Manager for Criminal Justice Training and Development, providing Facial Comparison Training since 2015. Nicole has a BA from Boston University and her MS, PhD from Brown University, using image analysis skills on NASA’s Galileo mission. After 9/11, she swapped space for security, as a Forensic Image Examiner at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). There she developed their first Facial Identification lecture course. Next she was Biometrics Program Manager for US Army Europe. Currently Dr. Spaun is an Adjunct Professor with George Mason University’s Forensic Sciences department and participates in the FISWG. | |
| Eliot Springer Eliot Springer is presently the Deputy Director of the NYPD Police Laboratory, one of the largest and busiest forensic laboratories in the US. Before that, he served for thirty years in the Israel National Police, Division of Identification and Forensic Science, where he retired as a Lt. Colonel. During that time, he dealt with many areas of forensic science, in the fight against crime and terror. He has been serving as an IAI Board of Directors member and on various committees for the last seven years. | |
| Charles Steele Mr. Steele holds an M.S. in Forensic Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has published research in multiple fields and has developed or contributed to the development of more than 1,300 products across several industries including: CN-Yellow, the first colored sublimation polymer for fingerprint development and the Axis Inversion Dyes for LDPE processing. He is a member of the International Association for Identification and the Society of Plastic Engineers. Currently he is the Forensic Science Coordinator for Purdue University Northwest. | |
| Sue Stejskal Susan Stejskal, LVT, PhD, is Lead of the Forensic Support Unit and Canine Unit Trainer of the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department. She served as a Special Deputy / Forensic (Human Remains Detection or HRD) K9 Handler for the department for almost 20 years with partners K9s Chili and Buzz. Then Stejskal was joined by K9 Maple and applied her years of experience as an LE canine handler to train Maple to detect Cimex lectularius. They now provide proactive surveillance through their company, Cimex Detector Canine Services as well as serving on the Major Crime Scene Task Force. | |
| Hal Stern Hal Stern is Chancellor's Professor of Statistics at the University of California, Irvine. He is co-director of the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence, a NIST Center of Excellence. Dr. Stern is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He is a co-author of the influential text Bayesian Data Analysis and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles. Stern received a B.S. degree in mathematics (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981), M.S. in statistics (Stanford, 1985) and Ph.D. in statistics (Stanford, 1987). | |
| Jon Stimac Jon Stimac is both a Certified Latent Print Examiner and a ‘Distinguished Member’ of the International Association for Identification (IAI), while also serving as Editor for their bimonthly publication, IDentification News. He was a member of the NIJ sponsored Scientific Working Group on Friction Ridge Analysis (SWGFAST) and has had several research projects pertaining to latent friction ridge development published in the Journal of Forensic Identification, Fingerprint Whorld and Divisional IAI newsletters. More recently, he has instructed numerous comparison courses to both latent print and tenprint analysts throughout the United States and from the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, and Taiwan. | |
| Lawrence Stringham Larry has been connected with law enforcement since 1985 when he joined the US Air Force as a Security Policeman. Working with the USAF and later with the National Guard, Larry became a certified Police Officer in Little Rock Arkansas. Returning to Hernando County, Florida, where he was raised, he was hired by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office as a 911 dispatcher and in 1991 became a crime scene technician. Larry worked here for 6 years, during which time he attended basic and advanced courses in crime scene, arson investigation and fingerprint technology. In 1997, Larry became a Forensic Technician for the Cape Coral Police Department. At that time, this assignment was a one-man position. He worked hard to grow the department and its forensic section. Being promoted to supervisor of the Forensic Section in 2005, Larry now supervises eleven employees and has increased the Department’s viability by creating latent, computer, video, and lab units within the forensic section. In 2017 Larry oversaw the accreditation of the crime scene unit and the lab to ISO/IEC 17020 standards. Larry has an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice and has testified as an expert in the fields of latent print identification, 10-print identification, and crime scene procedures to include forensic light sources, photography, scene processing, crime scene reconstruction and Evidence procedures and Management. He presently sits on the Board of Directors for the IAI and is on the Chairs the Management Committee. He is presently serving as the Conference Planner for the Florida Division of the International Association for Identification (FDIAI) and is a past president of the FDIAI. | |
| Kristen Szabelski Kristen Szabelski is a 5th year student enrolled in the FEPAC accredited Forensic Science program at Madonna University, Livonia Michigan. She is majoring in forensic science with minors in biology and chemistry. Kristen is a paid student researcher under the Future-Focus Workforce Initiative working at the Madonna University Forensic Science Research Facility on a National Institute of Justice Grant (2019-R2-CX-0070) titled, Methods to Enhance and Preserve Proteinaceous Impressions from the Skin of Decedents during the Early Stages of Decomposition while Examining Environmental Variations across Seasons under Faculty Jessica Zarate and Dr. Jodi Lynn Barta. She is also a Laboratory Assistant and is a Student-Athlete on the Madonna University golf team. | |
| Donna Thomas My name is Donna Thomas. I have been employed with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for the past 35 years. I am currently assigned to the Scientific Service Bureau as a Forensic Identification Specialist ll. In this position I respond to crime scenes for both photographic and written documentation of the scene. Additionally, I conduct friction ridge comparisons. At this time, I am a full time comparison trainer in which my duties includes, lectures, hands on training and the evaluation of newly hired Forensic Identification Specialist. For the past 4 years I have also been the lead trainer for the property crime scene investigation team. | |
| Kent Timothy Mr. Timothy started in Law Enforcement as an Officer in 1980 and gravitated toward CSI before it was cool. He has worked in one agencies in Utah, and now in Henderson, Nevada as a Forensic Scientist. He has been certified by the IAI in Crime Scene, Latent Prints and in Footwear and Tire examination, and spends at least half his time working with footwear evidence for the City of Henderson, other agencies in Nevada, and as a private consultant. | |
| Kyle Tom Mr. Tom has worked at the FBI Laboratory since 2009, and is the Validation Program Manager for the Latent Print Units. Since 2013, he has helped validate and examine best management practices for computer systems, validate procedures for latent print development, and develop SOPs and procedures for latent print validation. Prior to his employment at the FBI Laboratory, Mr. Tom spent three years working in the field of ecotoxicology and learning about study design at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at the College of William and Mary. | |
| Brian Turner Brian Turner is currently a Crime Scene Technician with the Broward Sheriff's Office for about two years. Prior to working in the crime scene unit, Brian worked for the Biometric Identification Unit as a tenprint examiner for about 4 years. Brian holds a bachelor's degree in Biology from Ramapo College of New Jersey and a Master's Degree in Forensic Science from University of New Haven in Connecticut. Brian is currently IAI Certified Tenprint Examiner as well as IAI Certified Crime Scene Investigator. | |
| Nichole Tuscher Nichole Tuscher is a Deputy Sheriff Criminalist III with the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff, Criminalistics Laboratory for over 15 years. Nichole obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biotechnology from UC Davis, a Master of Forensic Science Degree from National University, and possesses POST Certificates. Nichole performs casework in the Forensic Biology Unit as a biological fluids screener and a DNA analyst. Nichole provides support to the Comparative Evidence Unit by performing casework in Serial Number Restoration and Ballistic Imaging, training in Shoeprint and Tire Examination, and is a member of the Crime Scene Unit. | |
| Lee Wade Dr. Lee M. Wade currently teaches law enforcement courses and criminal investigation courses to both forensic science and criminal justice students at Middle Tennessee State University. His research interests involve crime scene investigation methods and documentation, police use of technology in operations, and management issues in law enforcement. Dr. Wade has over a decade of experience as a law enforcement officer in the state of Georgia, where he worked as a patrol supervisor, DUI task force officer, investigator and supervised the office of professional standards. | |
| Jenna Walker Walker, Jenna M. is employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Physical Scientist in the Digital Forensic Analysis Unit's Forensic Audio, Video and Image Analysis Program. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology from Michigan State University. She has over 15 years experience in Forensics and currently her casework includes Audio/Video enhancement, Image Analysis, Image Comparison, Reverse Projection Photogrammetry, Image Enhancement and Image Authentication. | |
| Aliah Wasserman SA Ali Wasserman is a Special Agent in the Office of Special Investigations, serving the Department of the Air Force. After multiple years of criminal investigative work, she expanded her area of expertise into forensics through additional Crime Scene training, then obtaining the IAI CSI certification. She was selected for an academic degree program through the Air Force Institute of Technology, where she attended George Mason University and obtained a Master of Science Degree in Forensic. She continued on to be a Forensic Science Consultant in Colorado, covering the majority of the US for Air Force/Space Force forensics issues. | |
| Dawn Watkins Ms. Watkins holds a Masters degree in Criminal Justice, and is a Certified Latent Print Examiner, Certified Forensic Photographer & Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst with the IAI. Ms. Watkins is on the IAI Ten Print Sciences and Practices Committee. She has been in the field of Forensics for 44 years, formally with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Washington DC. She retired as the Senior Latent Print Examiner/Crime Scene Investigator with the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department in Florida and is currently a private contractor. Ms. Watkins serves on the Educational Board of the Gold Coast Forensic Association and is an instructor teaching Crime Scene Photography, Basic & Advanced Crime Scene Search & Recovery and Advanced Latent Fingerprints. Ms. Watkins is also a member of the Advisory Board for Keiser University. Dawn has been a lecturer at the IAI Training Conferences since 1998. | |
| Mallory Webb Latent Print Examiner, Latent Print Identification Unit, Indiana State Police Mallory graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental health science and a minor in forensic science from Purdue University. She has been employed by the Indiana State Police as a latent print examiner since 2012. Mallory is an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner and an ISP Electronic Evidence Custodian. She is the point of contact for all electronic case submissions. | |
| Alice White Alice (Maceo) White has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. She has worked in latent prints since 1997 and was the manager of the Latent Print Detail of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 12 years (2006 – 2018). Alice has served on several working groups and professional committees throughout her career. Alice currently serves as a member of the OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee, AAFS Standards Board Footwear and Tire Consensus Body, and RTI Human Factors in Forensic Practice Sourcebook ¬¬Working Group. She is currently a Technical Assessor for ANAB. Alice has published multiple articles and provided lectures, workshops, and courses throughout the United States and beyond. Due to COVID-19 Alice launched live webinars through her company, Evolve Forensics, in April 2020. | |
| Alicia Wilcox Dr. Alicia Wilcox earned her Bachelor’s degree with double honors in chemistry and statistics from the National University of Ireland. She holds Master of Science degrees in forensic science, criminal justice and business administration from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland and Husson University, Bangor, Maine, respectively. Alicia earned her Ph.D from the University of Dundee, Scotland with a particular focus on how juries interpret forensic science evidence. Alicia has practiced forensic science for the past 17 years. She was responsible for researching and implementing procedures for analyzing anabolic steroids and the date rape drug GHB at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in Dublin, Ireland. Alicia was employed by the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory for almost a decade as a forensic scientist specializing in impression evidence. She has processed numerous crime scenes and has qualified as an expert witness in Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada and Mississippi. Since 2012 Alicia has worked as a forensic consultant on current and post-conviction cases. | |
| Kevin Winer Kevin Winer is the Director of the Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory and is the Vice President and a forensic science consultant for Van Stratton, Winer & Associates, LLC. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.S. in Honors Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan. He has over 18 years of experience as a bloodstain pattern analyst, 21 years as a trace evidence analyst and four years as a DNA analyst. Mr. Winer has attended advanced workshops including Math and Physics for BPA, Fluid Dynamics of Bloodstain Formation and Fabrics-based BPA Workshops. He has been qualified as a BPA expert witness in six states and has provided BPA instruction in ten states. Mr. Winer is the Research Task Group Chair for the OSAC BPA Subcommittee and is a member of the NIJ Impression, Pattern and Trace Technical Working Group. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Criminalistics. | |
| Michael Wisniewski Michael Wisniewski joined the FBI in November of 2004 after serving over 4 years in the Air Force. Mike has been an active member of the Cleveland FBI Evidence Response Team (ERT) since April 2007 and been an FBI certified instructor since 2013. Mike currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Identification and is an active officer of the Ohio Identification Officers Association (OIO) and a member of the Florida, Texas, Iowa and Wisconsin Divisions of the IAI, plus has been a presenter at 101st IAI, FDIAI 2016 and the WAI 2017 training conferences. | |
| Toby Wolson Toby L. Wolson, M.S., F-ABC, CBPA has a Master of Science degree from Michigan State University. He has received forensic training in serology, DNA analysis, and bloodstain pattern analysis. Mr. Wolson is certified as a molecular biology technical specialist by the American Board of Criminalistics (ABC) and as a bloodstain pattern analyst by the International Association for Identification (IAI). | |
| Thomas Wortman Thomas Wortman is a forensic scientist with more than 15 years of forensic experience. Originally from Alaska, he started his professional career as a forensic at the Alaska State Crime Detection Laboratory (ASCDL). In 2014, he moved to Seattle and became a latent print examiner for the Seattle Police Department (SPD) where he also served as the quality manager. In 2016, Tom accepted a latent print examiner position at the Defense Forensic Science Center (DFSC) during a time when the United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) Latent Print Brach was moving away from the use of “identification” while implementing a statistical system for associative conclusions. In 2019, Tom was promoted to Branch Chief of USACIL’s Latent Print Branch. In 2020, Tom and his wife decided to move back to the West Coast and are non-permanently living in California. Tom is currently certified by the IAI as a Certified Latent Print Examiner and has served as the Vice-Chair of the OSAC Friction Ridge subcommittee. | |
| Rainer Wortmann Commander Rainer Wortmann is the head Forensic Artist for the Department of Biometrics at the State Office of Criminal Investigation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He has been creating composites for more than 20 years and is the head of the Federal Workgroup Police Artists in Germany. In 2008 he was trained by the FBI-Academy (Quantico, USA) in Forensic Facial Imaging and in 2010 by the NCMEC at USF (Tampa, USA) in Forensic Imaging Techniques. As Forensic Artist Supervisor, Wortmann continually researches the best techniques in creating composites, develops best practices in working with victims and eyewitnesses as well as searches for new scientific findings in how the memory of the brain works to facilitate acquiring detailed information from recall. Additionally, Wortmann organizes seminars, workshops and conferences while collecting and providing the newest reference materials for creating composites. He frequently provides training to Forensic Artists throughout Europe. Together with PsyD Heike Schmidt, he published the book “Composite Images” that includes all components necessary in composite sketching. | |
| Robert Wyman Robert Wyman serves as a consultant and expert witness in criminal and civil cases regarding photography, photogrammetry, audio/video analysis, GPS analysis, facility lighting surveys at incident sites (for Municipal Code Compliance), and related evidence documentation, crash reconstruction and crime scene reconstruction cases. | |
| Lucas Zarwell Lucas Zarwell serves as Office Director with the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences in Washington, DC. Mr. Zarwell leads a team of dedicated scientists to facilitate research and development in forensic science nationwide. Before this position, Mr. Zarwell served as Chief Toxicologist for the District of Columbia Chief Medical Examiner (2011-2020). | |
| Ken Zercie Sr. Mr. Kenneth B. Zercie has more than forty-six years’ experience in the criminal justice system. First as a Police Officer and Detective with the City of New Haven, retiring in July of 1984 and for the next twenty – nine years with the State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) – Division of Scientific Services – Forensic Science Laboratory, retiring as it’s Director in October 2012. His formal education includes numerous specialized training programs in the Identification and Criminalist Sciences, as well as an A.S in Criminal Justice Administration, B.S. in Police Science and an M.S. in Forensic Science all from the University of New Haven, West Haven, CT as well as post graduate work in Education at the University of Hartford. This combination of field, laboratory and academic experience has provided a unique understanding of the application of the Identification and Criminalistics Disciplines Sciences in the investigative process. Mr. Zercie also served as adjunct faculty at Western Connecticut State University, and Middlesex Community College. He currently is a “Practitioner in Residence" at the University of New Haven – Henry C. Lee School of Criminal Justice, Special Instructor for the Henry C. Lee Institute, adjunct faculty at Southern Connecticut State University, Quinnipiac University, Instructor for the University of Rhode Island Detective Training Program (State Forensic Laboratory) and has guest lectured for Yale University, Quinnipiac University Law School, University of Connecticut Law Schools, and is P.O.S.T Certified Instructor as well as participation in numerous professional societies and organizations. As Director at the DPS (DESPP) Division of Scientific Services Director responsible for the daily administration and operation of the Forensic Science Laboratory for the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Safety. He also continues to support the Forensic Science Community as a Vice President of the International Association for Identification, Assessor for A.S.C.L.D – L.A.B. (ANAB) ISO 17025 Accreditation Program, and is a member of fifteen Professional Organizations and I.A.I. Regional Divisions (including New Jersey, New York, California, and Florida). Mr. Zercie has provided expert testimony in the areas of administrative procedures and practices, document examination, latent fingerprints, impression evidence, crime scene examination, photography and crime scene reconstruction in multiple states and all levels of courts. Mr. Zercie remains active in the fields of Forensic Science by participating with professional organizations, especially the I.A.I. for over 40 years and as the current First Vice President, teaching and as a private consultant. In addition, he is the proud father of three adult children and five grandchildren that he shares with his wife and partner. | |
