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CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD
 JANICE JOHNSON
Janice Johnson has had
extensive experience in multiple fields of criminalistics to include
fingerprint identification, crime scene investigation, and bloodstain
pattern analysis. Jan’s career initially started with 10 years of
experience in ten-print identification with the FBI. She then went to work
for the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), becoming a Senior Crime Laboratory
Analyst throughout the state for the next 22 years. At the beginning of her
career with FDLE she developed a love for the science of bloodstain pattern
analysis and became one of the less than a handful of analysts certified by
the State of Florida
in both crime scene analysis and bloodstain pattern analysis. Jan has
testified in hundreds of criminal cases in both of these specialties. Jan
is also certified by the International Association for Identification (IAI)
as a Senior Crime Scene Analyst as well as being on the founding Crime Scene
Certification Board. Jan believes in commitment to the science of forensics
and as such is extremely active in promoting certification within the IAI.
Jan had previously served on the Board of Directors for numerous years and
has risen through the ranks of the organization. Jan is currently retired from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office
in Pensacola
Florida.
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PRESIDENT
Gary
brannen
Gary has been a Law
Enforcement Officer in the State of Florida since 1978. He has served with
the Florida Department of Corrections, Wildwood Police Department, Eustis
Police Department, Umatilla Police Department, Tavares Police Department and
the Sumter County Sheriff's Office since 1990. Gary currently holds the rank
of Captain and commands the Criminal Investigations and Forensic Services
Division. Gary is the Latent Print Examiner for the Sumter County Sheriff's
Office, however that agency provides forensic services for all of the local,
state and federal agencies in the county. Gary has an Associate in Science
degree in Criminal Justice from Lake-Sumter Community College and a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Criminology from Saint Leo University. He is a certified
law enforcement instructor by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and
an Adjunct Instructor in the Withlacoochee Technical Institute Law
Enforcement Academy. He is also an Adjunct Instructor at Lake-Sumter
Community College in the Criminal Justice Program. He has been a member of
both the FDIAI and IAI since 1999. Gary was certified as a Crime Scene
Technician by the IAI in 2000.
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1st
Vice President
 KOREN
COLBERT
Koren received her Bachelor
of Science Degree in Criminology from Florida State University 1984. She has
been employed by the Bay County Sheriffs Office since 1991 as a Deputy
Sheriff She was transferred to the Criminal Investigations Division November
of 1992. Koren was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on January 1, 1998 as
Supervisor of the Bay County Sheriffs Office Crime Laboratory and Crime
Scene Investigations. She has been a member of FDIAI since 1996 and is a
FDLE certified instructor
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2nd
Vice President
erica
lawton-mcwhite
Erica Lawton-McWhite is currently
employed by the Broward Sheriff's Office in their Crime Laboratory
as a Firearms and Toolmark Examiner. She has a Bachelor of Science
degree in Chemistry with a emphasis in Criminalistics from Metropolitan
State College of Denver in 2002. During her last 6 months attending school,
she was fortunate enough to have an internship with the Colorado Bureau of
Investigation where she spent the majority of her time in the Firearms and
Tool mark section of the lab. On completion of her internship she received
an Award of Excellence from the Director of the Colorado Bureau of
Investigation for her service there as an intern. Erica has taught
at both the FDIAI and the Association of Firearms and Tool mark Examiners
conferences and participates in training at the Metropolitan Police
Institute. She also serves on the Shoe Print and Tire Track Evidence
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3rd
Vice President
king brown
King is currently the Crime Scene Supervisor for the West Palm Beach
Police Department and is the Chairman of the Forensic Photography
Certification Board for the Florida Division of the IAI. King has been
in the field of Forensic Science for 21 years. He holds a Masters Degree
in Criminal Justice and a Graduate Teaching Certificate from Florida
International University and is a Senior Certified Crime Scene Analyst,
Certified Latent Print Examiner and Certified Forensic Photographer with
the IAI. Mr. Brown has been an instructor for the past 10 years,
teaching at IPTM—Orlando, The Taylor Group, Benchmark Professional
Seminars and the North Alabama Law Enforcement Training Center teaching
Crime Scene Photography, Basic & Advanced Crime Scene Search & Recovery
and Advanced Latent Fingerprints. Mr. Brown is also an Adjunct Professor
at Palm Beach Community College, Crime Scene Technology Associates
Degree Program. King has been a lecturer at the IAI Training Conferences
since 1998.
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REGION I Director
melissa riley adams
Melissa graduated from
Florida State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology in December
of 2004. She also received her certification in Underwater Crime Scene
Investigation through Florida State University in April of 2005. She began
her career as an intern with the Bay County Sheriff’s Department under the
tutelage of Sgt. Koren Colbert and was then employed by Washington County
Sheriff’s Department as Crime Scene Investigator, Evidence Custodian, and
Underwater Crime Scene Investigator in January of 2005. Recently she has
completed her Law Enforcement Certification and is now a certified Law
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2 Director
 CHRISTINA
BARBER
CHRISTINA BARBER – is currently employed by the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement as a Crime Laboratory Analyst assigned to the
Latent Print Section. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal
Justice from the University of Central Florida. Ms. Barber has been working
in the field of fingerprint identification for over ten years and is
currently certified as a latent print examiner by the International
Association for Identification.
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3 Director
 HARIA
HAUGHT
Haria Haught is currently
employed by the Hernando County Sheriff's Office as the Manager of their
Biometric Identification Unit. She has a Bachelor in Arts degree in Criminal
Justice with a concentration in Forensics from Saint Leo University in
Florida. She also holds a Crime Scene degree from Saint Petersburg College
in Florida. Haria is an Adjunct Instructor with Saint Petersburg College
instructing Fingerprint Classification. Prior to her position at the
Hernando County Sheriff's Office, she was employed with the Pinellas County
Sheriff's Office as a Fingerprint Technician. Haria has taught the Science
and History of fingerprints at Saint Leo University as well as the National
Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC). In addition, Haria is currently
pursuing her Masters Degree in Criminal Justice with an emphasis in Forensic
Science also through Saint Leo University..
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4 Director
 JOEL SMITH
Joel H. Smith, has
served in law enforcement as a civilian investigator for approximately
eight years with a previous background in agricultural science and
religion. He is married with two daughters and currently supervises the
Crime Scene Investigation & Identification Section of the Port St. Lucie
Police Department.
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Director
NATALIE BORGAN
In December of 1996, Natalie graduated from Arizona State
University in BS in Justice Studies and a minor in the Japanese
Language. While she was an undergraduate student, she was an intern
with the FBI / Phoenix Field Office. In November of 1999, she was hired
and employed with the Coral Gables Police Department as a Crime Scene
Technician. In January of 2000, she completed her work and received a
MS in Forensic Science with a Concentration in Advanced Investigation
from University of New Haven (Sacramento Campus), in addition to a
Professional Certificate in Forensic Computer Investigation. As a
gradate student, she completed an internship with the Sacramento County
Coroner’s Office, working as an autopsy assistant. While working as a
Crime Scene Technician, she has received numerous awards, such as “The
Hero Award” December 2004/The Jr. Orange Bowl Committee; “Civilian
Police Department Employee of the Year” December 2004/Faternal Order of
Police Lodge #7; “The 9th annual Green Family Foundation
American Values Award” August 2004/ United Way of Miami-Dade; “Employee
Excellence Service Award” April 2004/ Coral Gables Police Department;
and “Employee of the Month” July 2002/City of Coral Gables. She is also
a member of the IAI, FDIAI, and Associate Member with the AAFS.
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Secretary / Treasurer
 M. FRANK SHONBERGER
Frank was employed with
the City of Miami from 1967 to 1999.
During his employment with
the City of Miami Police Department he had progressed through the
Identification Technician job family. Beginning as an Identification
Technician I, then being promoted to Shift Supervisor, He was promoted in
1984 to Criminal Identification Unit Supervisor. He managed the operation
of the functions of this Unit: Prisoner Processing, Photographic Laboratory,
Video Studio, Latent Print, Automated Fingerprint Identification System and
Crime Scene Investigation In January 1999, Frank retired to undertake the
challenge of establishing a New Crime Scene Investigation Unit for the City
of Coral Gables Police Department and currently works for that agency.
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Editor
 Igor pacheco
Igor
received his bachelors of science degree in Biology in 1998 from Texas Tech
University. He moved to Miami Florida in 2001 to attend Florida
International University's Forensic Science Certificate Program. While
attending FIU, Igor was hired in 2002 at the Miami-Dade Police Department
Crime Scene Investigations Bureau Fingerprint Identification Section as a
Fingerprint Analyst I in their MasterFile Unit. He finished his certificate
program in Forensic Science at FIU in 2003 having taken post graduate
classes in analytical chemistry, molecular biology, forensic
chemistry, and forensic biology. He is now been employed as a fingerprint
analyst for two years (at the end of 2004). Recently, he has been
transferred laterally to the AFIS unit within the CSI Bureau's Fingerprint
ID Section as a Fingerprint Analyst I AFIS administrator. In addition, he
also has one year experience as editor of the South Florida Forensic
Association newsletter
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Historian
 paula
bolivar
Paula
graduated from the
University of Virginia in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and
Latin-American Studies. Thereafter, she taught high school biology at
American Senior High School in Hialeah, Florida and was later employed by
the Miami-Dade Police Department as a Fingerprint Analyst I in June 2006.
Paula has provided presentations on the History of Fingerprints at the FDIAI
Educational Conference, Advanced Ten-Print Class in 2006 and 2007. She has
also presented at the Metropolitan Police Institute in Doral, Florida and
the National School of Technology in Kendall, Florida. She devised and
authored the MDPD Fingerprint Analyst I Training Program and is currently
working on her Master of Science in Forensic Science from Florida
International University with emphasis on Biology and Chemistry
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DANNY FORMOSA
 In
1979 after receiving an Associates of Art degree from
Miami Dade Community College, he started his career with
the Homestead Police Department. In 1980 he was assigned
to the Identification Unit. It was then that he started
his training in the Crime Scene and Fingerprint
Identification. In 1983, he became a member of the FDIAI
and after years of intense training and attending
several FBI courses, he testified as an expert
in the Latent field. In 1987 he received his Bachelors
of Science degree from Barry University. In 1993 he was
promoted to Sergeant where he supervised the
Identification Section. In 2003, he retired from the
Homestead Police Department and is currently working as
a Crime Scene Investigator with the Coral Gables Police
Department.
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