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

 

2010-11 Officers

President

*Joseph P. Bono, MA

Forensic Sciences Program
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
402 N Blackford Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(703) 303-3851
bonojp@gmail.com

President-Elect

*Douglas H. Ubelaker, PhD   

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

Vice President

Daniel A. Martell, PhD

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

Vice President

John L. Sang, MS

1 Harbor Lane
Glen Head, NY 11545
(516) 656-0443
sangjohn@aol.com

Secretary

*Robert E. Barsley, DDS, JD

LSU School of Dentistry
Dental Health Resources, Rm 2115
New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 619-8693
rbarsl@lsuhsc.edu

Treasurer

*Barry K. Logan, PhD

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

Past President

Thomas L. Bohan, PhD, JD

MTC Forensics
54 Pleasant Avenue
Peaks Island, ME 04108
(207) 766-5184
tbohan2@maine.rr.com
 

2010-11 Directors

Criminalistics

Susan M. Ballou, MS

NIST
Law Enforcement Standards
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8102
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8102
(301) 975-8750
susan.ballou@nist.gov

Pathology/Biology

*Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD

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

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

Robert N. Anderson, PhD, PE

RNA Consulting, Inc.
27820 Saddle Court
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
(650) 949-1092
robertna@aol.com

Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

Stephen B. Billick, MD

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

General

*John E. Gerns, MFS

AFOSI 4FIS/IOC
PSC 2 BOX 7922
APO AE 09012
+49-630-387-0988
john.gerns@ogn.af.mil

Questioned Documents

William M. Riordan, BA

IRS Forensic Laboratory
29 N Wacker Drive, 3rd Fl
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 553-7018
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

Marilyn A. Huestis, PhD

Chemistry & Drug Metabolism
Intramural Research, NIDA, NIH
251 Bayview Boulevard, Rm 05A721
Baltimore, MD 21224
(443) 740-2524
mhuestis@intra.nida.nih.gov

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. 409
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 integrity, competency, education, foster research, improve practice, and encourage collaboration in the forensic sciences. 

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