IABPA Committees

 

To find out more about these committees, please follow the links below:

 

Standing Committees

Awards Committee

Education Committee

Ethics Committee

Publications Committee

Bylaws Committee


Additional Committees

Certification Research Committee

Dan Rahn Research Grant Committee

SWGSTAIN Document Review Committee

Translation Committee

Standing Committees

Awards Committee

The Awards Committee receives and evaluates written nominations for award recipients and make recommendations to the Board regarding recipients. It will also draft award descriptions of and criteria.

 

  • Chair - Todd A. Thorne
  • Emily Williams
  • T. Paulette Sutton
  • Tony Mangione


Education Committee

The Education Committee carries out issues as directed by the IABPA Bylaws

 

  • Chair- Leah Innocci
  • Josita Limborgh
  • Brett McCance
  • Erin Sims

Ethics Committee

The Ethics Committee carries out ethics issues as directed by the IABPA Bylaws

 

  • Chair- Rex Sparks
  • Rob Jones
  • Gillian Leak
  • Matt Noedel
  • Todd A. Thorne

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee carries out membership issues as directed by the IABPA Bylaws

 

  • Chair-Norman Reeves
  • Don Schuessler
  • Leah Innocci
  • Peter Lamb
  • Anthony Mangione
  • Brett McCance
  • Rex Sparks

Publications Committee

The Publications Committee consists of associate editors of the Journal of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. The committee is responsible for the continuous recording of information concerning our organization and the discipline of BPA. The associate editors are responsible for the peer review of articles submitted to the Journal for possible publication. They also research current literature for abstracts of BPA articles as well as new ideas for the Journal

 

  • Chair – Stuart James
  • Carolyn Gannett
  • Barton P. Epstein
  • Daniel Mabel
  • Paul E. Kish
  • Jon J. Nordby
  • Joe Slemko
  • Robert P. Spalding
  • T. Paulette Sutton
  • Todd A. Thorne

Additional Committees

Bylaws Committee

The Bylaws Committee will review the Bylaws and draft recommendations for changes

 

  • Chair- Mark Reynolds
  • Silke Brodbeck
  • Andre Hendrix

Certification Research Committee

The Certification Research Committee will utilize existing polling data and all other gathered data to report on how to implement and structure BPA certification test(s)

 

  • Chair- Don Schuessler
  • Co-Chair - Anthony Mangione
  • Collin Byrne
  • Carolyn Gannett
  • Dean Gialamas
  • Colin Hoare
  • Misty Holbrook
  • Leah Innocci
  • Lisa Perry
  • Timothy Scalan
  • Jon Thomas
  • Tina Young

Dan Rahn Research Grant Committee

The Dan Rahn Research Grant Committee will receive applications from the Secretary/Treasurer, review them, and make recommendations to the Board

 

  • Chair- Lynne D. Herold, PhD., Senior Criminalist
  • Silke M.C. Brodbeck, MD, Ph.D.
  • Martin Eversdijk
  • T. Paulette Sutton, MS, MT (ASCP)
  • Brian Yamashita, Ph.D., Research Scientist

SWGSTAIN Document Review Committee

The SWGSTAIN Document Review Committee will be responsible for the review of SWGSTAIN documents. Its primary role will be to review those SWGSTAIN documents that are available for public comment. Feedback to the SWG will be  provided in written format and presented by IABPA’s appointed liaison to SWGSTAIN

 

  • Chairs: Carolyn Gannett 
  • DeWayne Morris
  • Brett McCance
  • Anthony Mangione
  • Carol Ritter
  • Céline Nicloux-
  • Jeff Scozzafava
  • Margaret Barber
  • Scott Collings
  • Todd A. Thorne
  • Peter M Barker
  • Kacper Choromanski
  • Guido DeDier
  • Hector Martinez Raymundo Eaparza
  • Chris Gannicliffe
  • Lino Manuelo L Hen riques
  • Nigel Hodge
  • Acar Kemalettin
  • Chin Chin Lim
  • Oliver Peschel
  • Monica Salas
  • Andreas Schweitzer
  • Young-II Seo
  • Dion Sheppard
  • Rich Tewes
  • Elizabeth Toomer
  • Mikle Van Der Scheer
  • Anja Ikeri Ytti

 

Translation Committee

The Translation Committee will ensure that an accurate, true, and acceptable translation of the BPA glossary and definitions will be created for the various languages

 

  • Chair- Phillipe Esperanca
  • Co-Chair- Peter Lamb
  • Sabine Hess
  • Silke Brodbeck
  • Celine Nicloux
  • Andrea Berti