FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING, FEBRUARY 25-26
Committee Charge and Sponsor Expectations for Study
- Howard Spivak, Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice
- Gerry LaPorte, Director, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, National Institute of Justice
Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States Report Brief
- Anne-Marie Mazza, Director, Committee on Science, Technology, and the Law, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Strengthening the National Institute of Justice Report Brief
- Jay Siegel, Member, Committee on Strengthening the National Institute of Justice
- George Sensabaugh, Vice Chair, Committee on Strengthening the National Institute of Justice (via telecom)
SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING, APRIL 1-2
Strengthening Science at NIJ
- John Laub, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland
Standards and Practices of Forensic Science from a NIST perspective
- John Butler, NIST Fellow and Special Assistant to the Director for Forensic Science, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Mark Stolorow, Director, Law Enforcement Standards Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation Process
- Gerry LaPorte, Director, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, National Institute of Justice
- Danielle McLeod-Henning, Program Manager, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, National Institute of Justice
PI Panel on Impact of Research
- Bruce McCord, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University (video conference)
- John Nelson, Principal Scientist, General Electric Global Research
Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Budget
- Gerry LaPorte, Director, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, National Institute of Justice
NIJ Peer Review Panels
- Phillip Danielson, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver
- Eric Bartelink, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico (teleconference)
Standing Review Panels at NIJ
- Eric Buel, Laboratory Director, State of Vermont Forensic Laboratory (retired)
- Brooke Weinger Kammrath, Associate Professor, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven (video conference)
- Martin Wells, Professor and Chair, Cornell University (video conference)
Advancing Forensic Science at NIJ (video conference)
- Greg Ridgeway, Associate Professor of Criminology, Director of the M.S. Program in Criminology, University of Pennsylvania
PI Panel
- Ann Bunch, Interim Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, State University of New York–Brockport
- Cedric Nuemann, Associate Professor, South Dakota State University (video conference)
- Hanlee Ji, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University (video conference)
THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING, MAY 7-8
Conversation with the NIJ Director
- Nancy Rodriguez, Director, National Institute of Justice
Past NIJ Director Discussion (via video conference)
- Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Federal Forensic Sector
- Mark Weiss, Division Director, National Science Foundation (retired)
- Kelsey Cook, Program Director, National Science Foundation
- Thomas Callaghan, Chief Biometrics Scientist, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Rick Tontarski, Chief Scientist, Defense Forensic Science Center
Center of Excellence—Transitioning Products Out to the Community
- John Morgan, Senior Director, RTI International Center for Forensic Sciences
- Nicole McCleary, Forensic Technology Center of Excellence Project Manager, RTI International
- Jeri Ropero-Miller, Forensic Technology Center of Excellence Project Director, RTI International (via telecom)
Technology Working Groups
- George Herrin, Deputy Director, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Division of Forensic Science
- Mike Gorn, Supervisor, Forensic Services Unit, Sarasota County Sheriff
- Steve Renteria, CODIS Administrator/DNA Tech Lead, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
OIFS Dissemination/Strategic Plan
- Gerry LaPorte, Director, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, National Institute of Justice
- Danielle McLeod-Henning, Program Manager, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, National Institute of Justice
Perspectives of Forensic Labs
- Peter Stout, Chief Operations Officer, Houston Forensic Science Center
- Kristine Olsson, Forensic Scientist, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory