Officers & Directors

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences is governed by a 18 member Board of Directors. Seven of the members are Officers of the Academy: President, President-Elect, two Vice Presidents, Immediate Past President, Secretary, and Treasurer.

The remaining eleven members of the Board are elected by their respective sections for a period of three years on a staggered basis according to a rotational plan established by the Board (AAFS Bylaws, Article V, Section 2).

* Indicates Member of the Executive Committee

2013-14 Officers

President

*Barry K. Logan, PhD

NMS Labs
3701 Welsh Road
Willow Grove, PA 19090
(215) 366-1317
barry.logan@nmslabs.com

President-Elect

*Daniel A. Martell, PhD

Park Dietz & Associates
2906 Lafayette Avenue
Newport Beach, CA 92663
(949) 230-7321
damartell@aol.com

Vice President

Stephen B. Billick, MD

901 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10021-4157
(212) 570-5300

 

Vice President

Betty Layne DesPortes, JD

Benjamin & DesPortes, PC
PO Box 2464
Richmond, VA 23218
(804) 788-4444
bldesportes@aol.com

Secretary

*John E. Gerns, MFS

PSC 2
Box 7922
APO, AE 09012
(GERMANY)
+49-630-387-0988
john.gerns@ogn.af.mil
 

Treasurer

*Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD

George Washington University
2100 Foxhall Road, NW
Somer's Hall, Lower Level, L12
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 242-5758
vweedn@gwu.edu
 

Past President

Robert E. Barsley, DDS, JD

LSU School of Dentistry
Oral Health Resources, Room 5345
1100 Florida Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 619-8693
rbarsl@lsuhsc.edu
 

2013-14 Directors

Criminalistics

*Lucy A. Davis, BHS

LDH Consultants, LLC
2944 North Mayo Trail
Pikeville, KY 41501
(518) 258-5428
lucy.a.davis@gmail.com

Pathology/Biology

Gregory G. Davis, MD

Jefferson County
Medical Examiner's Office
1515 6th Avenue S, Room 220
Birmingham, AL 35233-1601
(205) 930-3603
gdavis@uab.edu

Digital & Multimedia Sciences

David W. Baker, MFS

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

Physical Anthropology

Laura C. Fulginiti, PhD

Forensic Science Center
701 West Jefferson
Phoenix, AZ 85007
(602) 506-3322
drfulgi@cox.net

Engineering Sciences

*Laura L. Liptai, PhD

BioMedical Forensics
1660 School Street, #103, Moraga, CA 94556
1877 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, FL 32804
(925) 376-1240
manager@biomedicalforensics.com

Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

John L. Young, MD, MS

Yale University School of Medicine
203 Maple Street
New Haven, CT 06511-4048
(203) 623-5623
john.young@yale.edu

General

Julie A. Howe, MBA

Saint Louis University
College of Health Sciences
Allied Health Professions, 3084
St. Louis, MO 63104-1028
(314) 977-8707
howej@slu.edu

Questioned Documents

Jane A. Lewis, MFS

544 East Ogden Avenue, Suite 700-289
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 224-5429
janealewis@sbcglobal.net

Jurisprudence

Roderick T. Kennedy, JD

New Mexico Court of Appeals
PO Box 25306
Albuquerque, NM 87125-0306
(505) 841-4611
rkennedy@loquitur.com

Toxicology

Jeri D. Ropero-Miller, PhD

RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Road
PO Box 12194, Building 7, Rm 211
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
(919) 485-5685
jerimiller@rti.org

Odontology

John P. Kenney, DDS, MS

101 South Washington Street
Park Ridge, IL 60068-4290
(847) 698-2088
frnscdds@aol.com
  
 

AAFS MISSION

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences is a multi-disciplinary professional organization that provides leadership to advance science and its application to the legal system. The objectives of the Academy are to promote professionalism, integrity, competency, education, foster research, improve practice, and encourage collaboration in the forensic sciences. 

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