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

 

2011-12 Officers

President

*Douglas H. Ubelaker, PhD   

Department of Anthropology
NMNH - MRC 112
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560
(202) 633-1980
ubelaked@si.edu

President-Elect

*Robert E. Barsley, DDS, JD

LSU School of Dentistry
Oral Health Resources, Rm  4345
New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 619-8693
rbarsl@lsuhsc.edu

Vice President

Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD

Maryland State
Office of the Medical Examiner
111 Penn Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 333-8840
weednv@ocmemd.org

Vice President

Carrie M. Whitcomb, MSFS

National Center for Forensic Science
University of Central Florida
PO Box 162367
Orlando, FL  32816-2367
(407) 823-6469
carrie.whitcomb@ucf.edu

Secretary

*Daniel A. Martell, PhD

Park Dietz & Associates
2906 Lafayette Avenue
Newport Beach, CA 92663
(949) 723-2211
damartell@aol.com

Treasurer

*Barry K. Logan, PhD

NMS Labs
3701 Welsh Road
Willow Grove, PA 19090
(800) 522-6671
barry.logan@nmslabs.com

Past President

Joseph P. Bono, MA

PO Box 2509
Leesburg, VA  20177
(703) 303-3851
bonojp@gmail.com
 

2011-12 Directors

Criminalistics

*Susan M. Ballou, MS

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Office of Law Enforcement Standards
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8102
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8102
(301) 975-8750
susan.ballou@nist.gov

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

Zeno J. Geradts, PhD

Netherlands Forensic Institute
Ministry of Justice
Laan van Ypenburg 6
Den Haag 2497 GB
NETHERLANDS
+31-70-888-6413
z.geradts@nfi.minjus.nl

Physical Anthropology

Norman J. Sauer, PhD

Department of Anthropology
Michigan State University
354 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 353-6722
nsauer@msu.edu

Engineering Sciences

*Laura L. Liptai, PhD

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

Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

Stephen B. Billick, MD

11 East 68th Street, Suite 1B
New York, NY 10065-4955
(212) 570-5300
stephen@billick.com

General

Robert C. Gaffney, MFS

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

Questioned Documents

William M. Riordan, BA

IRS National Forensic Laboratory
525 West Van Buren Street, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 542-7818
william.riordan@ci.irs.gov

Jurisprudence

Betty Layne DesPortes, JD

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

Toxicology

Jeri D. Ropero-Miller, PhD

RTI International
3040 Cornwallis Road
PO Box 12194, Bldg 3, Room 116
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
(919) 485-5685
jerimiller@rti.org

Odontology

Robert B.J. Dorion, DDS

Laboratoire S.J.M.L.
Edifice Wilfrid-Derome
1701 Parthenais, 12ieme
Montreal, QC H2K 3S7
CANADA
(514) 873-3300, Ext. 61409
dorionr@gmail.com
 
 

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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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