Transcripts of the Attorney General's Initiative on DNA Laboratory Backlogs (AGID-LAB) Working Group

March 4, 2002, Meeting

PARTICIPANTS AND SPEAKERS

NIJ STAFF PARTICIPANTS:

On behalf of the NIJ Staff:

SARAH V. HART, Director
GLENN R. SCHMITT, Deputy Director
JOHN S. MORGAN, Science Advisor to the Director

National Institute of Justice
810 Seventh Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20531

On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology:

DAVID G. BOYD, Director
LISA FORMAN, Director
ROBIN W. JONES, Forensic Analyst

National Institute of Justice
810 Seventh Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20531

GUEST SPEAKERS:

JOHN BEHUN
Unit Chief
Forensic Science System Unit
FBI Laboratory
GRB-3R
Washington, D.C.

DANIEL J. EHRLICH
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Cambridge, Maine

GEORGE HERRIN
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Decatur, Georgia

LISA HURST
Smith Alling Lane
Tacoma, Washington

MARK S. NELSON
North Carolina Department of Justice
State Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory
Raleigh, North Carolina

MARK W. PERLIN
Chief Executive Officer
Cybergenetics
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

TIMOTHY SCHELLBERG
Smith Alling Lane
Tacoma, Washington

WORKING GROUP MEMBERSHIP:

JOHN BUTLER
Biotechnology Division
DNA Technologies Group
National Institute for Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, Maryland

MAUREEN E. CASEY
Giuliani Partners, LLC
New York, New York

GEORGE W. CLARKE
Deputy District Attorney
Office of the District Attorney
San Diego, California

PHILIP CLINE
Chief of Detectives
Chicago Police Department
Chicago, Illinois

DAVID COFFMAN
Crime Laboratory Analyst Supervisor
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Tallahassee, Florida

CECELIA CROUSE
Supervisor
Serology/DNA Section
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Crime Laboratory
West Palm Beach, Florida

STEVEN DILLINGHAM
Chief Administrator
American Prosecutors Research Institute
National District Attorneys Association
Alexandria, Virginia

JOSEPH DIZINNO
Section Chief, DNA Unit II
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Laboratory Division
Washington, D.C.

PAUL FERRARA
Director
Virginia Division of Forensic Science
Richmond, Virginia

TOM GEDE
Executive Director
Conference of Western Attorneys General
Sacramento, California

DEAN GIALAMAS
Assistant Director, Scientific Services Bureau
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles, California

SYNDI GUIDO
Deputy General Counsel
Office of General Counsel
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

KIM HERD
Assistant U.S. Attorney
U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.

NOLAN JONES
National Governor's Association
Washington, D.C.

JOHN F. KREBSBACH
Forensic Scientist
Albuquerque Police Department
Albuquerque, New Mexico

SUSAN D. NARVESON
Laboratory Services Bureau
City of Phoenix Police Department
Phoenix, Arizona

MARIE SAMPLES
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Department of Forensic Biology
New York, New York

DARRELL SANDERS
Chief of Police
Frankfort Police Department
Frankfort, Illinois

BARRY SCHECK
First Vice President
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Cardozo Law School
New York, New York

CARL SELAVKA
Director
Crime Laboratory System
Massachusetts State Police
Sudbury, Massachusetts

STEVE SIGEL
Chair, ASCLD-LAB
Director, Western Lab
Virginia Division of Forensic Science
Roanoke, Virginia

WILLIAM J. TILSTONE
Executive Director
National Forensic Science Technology Center
Largo, Florida

MARY ANN VIVERETTE
Chief of Police
Gaithersburg Police Department
Gaithersburg, Maryland

MARY WEST
Commander of the Forensic Service Division
Chicago Police Department
Chicago, Illinois

PARTICIPANTS:
CHRIS TURNER
LOIS TULLY
LISA KAAS
ANJALIR SWIENTON
SHARLA RAUSCH
RAY KIMBLE
THURSTON BRYANT
LISA KREEGER
RHONDA HONES
LEE MOCKENSTURM