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Board of Directors 2026 - 2027

Our Board of Directors is governed by 18 individuals. The 6 Officers are elected by membership each year. The remaining 12 Directors are elected by their respective sections for a term of 3 years on a staggered annual basis.

Directors

Gregory Berg, PhD

Director - 2/26
Anthropology
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Vincent Desiderio, MS

Director - 2/27
Criminalistics
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Jason Paroff, JD

Director - 2/28
Digital & Multimedia Sciences
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Carole Chaski, PhD

Director - 2/29
Engineering & Applied Sciences

Brian Janysek, MFS

Director - 2/29
General
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Pamela King, JD

Director - 2/28
Jurisprudence
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Raymond Miller, DDS

Director - 2/28
Odontology
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Jamie Ferrell, MBA

Director - 2/27
Forensic Nursing Science
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Chris Milroy, MD, LLB

Director - 2/28
Pathology/Biology
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Karen Rosenbaum, MD

Director - 2/27
Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
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Samiah Ibrahim, BSc

Director - 2/27
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Dan Anderson, MS

Director - 2/26
Toxicology
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Parliamentarian

Helen McFadden, JD

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Executive Committee

James Caruso, MD

2026-27 AAFS President
Pathology/Biology
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Sarah Kerrigan, PhD

President-Elect
Toxicology
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Marcus Rogers, PhD

Vice President
Digital & Multimedia Sciences
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Linton Mohammed, PhD

Treasurer
Questioned Documents
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Matthew Wood, PhD

Secretary
Criminalistics
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Joanna Collins, MFS

Past President
General
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Pamela King, JD

Member-at-Large
Jurisprudence
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Gregory Berg, PhD

Member-at-Large
Anthropology
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Jamie Ferrell, MBA

Alternate Member-at-Large
Forensic Nursing Science
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