Membership Committee

The Membership Committee is composed of AAFS Section Officers — a Chair and Secretary from all eleven sections with the rank of Fellow. Terms of office shall be for one year beginning at the conclusion of the Academy's annual meeting. The primary responsibility of processing membership and promotion applications in the Academy rests with each Section Chair and Secretary.

Membership Committee - Term: 2/10- 2/11

Membership Committee Chair

Daniel A. Martell, PhD

Park Dietz and Associates
2906 Lafayette
Newport Beach, CA 92663
(949) 723-2211
Fax: (949) 786-7478
damartell@aol.com

Criminalistics

Chair:

Matthew R. Wood, MS

New Jersey State Police
Technology Complex
1200 Negron Road
Hamilton, NJ 08691
(609) 584-5054 x5445
Fax: (609) 584-9976
wood8176@aol.com

Secretary:

Barbara E. Llewellyn, PhD

574 Babcock Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126
(847) 204-1859
barb4n6@sbcglobal.net

Digital and Multimedia Sciences

Chair:

David W.Baker, MFS

7515 Colshire Drive Mailstop T240
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 983-3658
Fax: (703) 983-1002
bakerd@mitre.org

Secretary:

Douglas S. Lacey, BS

DL Technology LLC
4 Averil Court
Fredericksburg, VA 22406
(540) 850-9689
Fax: (703) 266-4461
dltech@cox.net

Engineering Sciences

Chair:

Helmut G. Brosz, PE, BASc

Brosz and Associates
64 Bullock Drive
Markham, ON L3P 3P2 CANADA
(905) 472-6660
Fax: (905) 472-6665
info@brosz.net

Secretary:

Anastasia Micheals, MS

Forensic Materials Consulting
1784 Sanchez Street
San Francisco, CA 94131-2741
(408) 646-4959
anastasia@forensicmaterials.com

General

Chair:

Robert C. Gaffney, MFS, MBA USACIL     

Investigative Support
4930 N 31st Street
Forest Park, GA 30297-5205
(404) 469-7483
Fax: (404) 469-4621
robert.gaffney@us.army.mil

Secretary:

Julie A. Howe, MBA

Saint Louis University
Division of Forensic Pathology
1402 S Grand Boulevard, R512
St. Louis, MO 63104-1028
(314) 977-7830
Fax: (314) 977-5695
howej@slu.edu

Jurisprudence

Chair:

Joseph J. Maltese, JD

New York Supreme Court
355 Front Street
Staten Island, NY 10304
(718) 876-6429
Fax: (718) 876-6428
jmaltese@courts.state.ny.us

Secretary:

Andrew Sulner, MSFS, JD

Forensic Document Examinations, LLC
220 E 57th Street, Ste 200
New York, NY 10022
(212) 888-8181
Fax: (212) 888-6006
andysulner@aol.com

Odontology

Chair:

Richard A. Weems, DMD, MS

Univ of AL School of Dentistry
SDB Box 39
1530 3rd Avenue
S Birmingham, AL 35294-0007
(205) 934-1186
Fax: (205) 996-5287
rweems@uab.edu

Secretary:

Paula C. Brumit, DDS

PO Box 608
Nocona, TX 76255
(214) 244-7008
lovtx@aol.com

Pathology/Biology

Chair:

Kim A. Collins, MD

1333 Martins Point Road
Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487
(843) 557-1935
kimcollinsmd@gmail.com

Secretary:

Jeffery K. Tomberlin, PhD

Department of Entomology
TAMU 2475
College Station, TX 77843-2475
(979) 845-9718
Fax: (979) 845-6305
jktomberlin@ag.tamu.edu

Physical Anthropology

Chair:

Bradley J. Adams, PhD

New York OCME
520 1st Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 447-2760
Fax: (212) 447-4339
badams@ocme.nyc.gov

Secretary:

Susan M. T. Myster, PhD

Hamline University
MB 196
1536 Hewitt Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104
(651) 523-2554
Fax: (651) 523-3170
smyster@gw.hamline.edu

 

Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Chair:

John L. Young, MD

Whiting Forensic Division
Connecticut Valley Hospital
Box 70, O'Brien Drive
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 262-5487
Fax: (860) 262-5477
jlmyoung@pol.net

Secretary:

Manuel Lopez-Leon, MD

276 5th Avenue, Ste 307-A
New York, NY 10001
(212) 260-1439
Fax: (212) 889-1617
drlopezleon@mac.com

Questioned Documents

Chair:

Carl R. McClary, BA

2600 Century Parkway, Ste 410
Atlanta, GA 30345
(404) 417-2706
Fax: (404) 417-2701
carl.mcclary@atf.gov

Secretary:

Martha A. Blake, MCrim

San Francisco Police Dept Crime Laboratory
850 Bryant Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 671-3232
Fax: (415) 671-3190
martyblake@mindspring.com

Toxicology

Chair:

Kenneth E. Ferslew, PhD

Section of Toxicology
East Tennessee State Univ
Box 70422
Johnson City, TN 37614
(423) 439-6424
Fax: (423) 439-8413
ferslew@etsu.edu

Secretary:

Philip M. Kemp, PhD

Analytical Research Labs
840 Research Parkway, Ste 546
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
(405) 271-1144
Fax: (405) 271-1174
pkemp@arlok.com

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