Dr. Midori Albert teaches the Buried Body Recovery course. She also co-teaches the Flies Foliage and Features course. She is a forensic anthropologist and associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She is also a forensic anthropology consultant who has worked with numerous law enforcement agencies including the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of North Carolina and the Naval Criminal Investigative Services at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C.

Dr. Jason Byrd co-teaches the Flies, Foliage and Features course. Dr. Byrd is a board certified forensic entomologist, a diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Entomology and a qualified expert witness in forensic entomology. Dr. Byrd is director of operations and chief investigator for the Office of the Medical Examiner for Volusia County (Daytona Beach), Florida. He is also a guest lecturer for the National Training Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a consultant to the Behavioral Science Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Florida, a faculty member of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine and a founding member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is the author or co-author of six books on forensic entomology.

Dr. John D. DeHaan, FABC, CFI, CFI, FSSDip, teaches Fire Scene Reconstruction with Dr. David J. Icove, P.E. Dr. DeHaan is a certified fire investigator with the International Association of Arson Investigators and author of the widely read textbook, Kirk’s Fire Investigation. He has been involved in hundreds of fire and explosion cases and has been an expert witness in civil and criminal trials in the U.S. as well as overseas. He holds a diploma in fire investigation from the Forensic Science Society, is a Fellow of the American Board of Criminalistics (Fire Debris Specialty) and has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences since 1975. He retired from the California Department of Justice and is now president of his own consulting firm, Fire-Ex Forensics, based in Vallejo, Calif. He is co-author with David Icove of Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction.

Ross M. Gardner teaches Bloodstain Pattern Analysis. He is co-author of the text Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, With an Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction, 2nd Edition and author of Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation. He is certified by the International Association for Identification (IAI) as a Senior Crime Scene Analyst. Gardner holds a Master’s degree in Computer and Information Systems Management from Webster University, a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Wayland Baptist University and an Associate’s degree in Police Science from Central Texas College. He is a former President of the Rocky Mountain Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (RMABPA) as well as the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction (ACSR) and has serviced as Chairman of the Education Committee for the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts (IABPA). He is a current member of the FBI Scientific Workgroup on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (SWGSTAIN).

Dr. David Hall co-teaches the Flies, Foliage and Features course. Dr. Hall is a forensic botanist, private consultant and former botany professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Dr. David J. Icove teaches Fire Scene Reconstruction with Dr. John D. DeHaan. Dr. Icove is an international forensic fire engineering expert with more than 30 years experience. He is an inspector with the U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority Police and was a program manager with the Behavioral Science and Criminal Profiling Unit of the FBI. He implemented the FBI and ATF Arson and Bombing Investigative Support Program. Dr. Icove also serves as adjunct assistant professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Tennessee. He is co-author with Dr. John DeHaan of Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction.

Calvin Jackson, MFS, is AAAF’s instructor of General Forensics. Jackson teaches the Basic Crime Scene Academy, Chemical Detection of Blood, and the Forensic Death Investigation courses. Jackson has more than 20 years experience in the field of forensic science as a forensic investigator, consultant and instructor. He has been a forensic science instructor at CPCC for eight years. Jackson is a retired United States Air Force officer who served as the Air Force’s regional forensics consultant for the Pacific Northwest as well as chief of forensic sciences for Northern and Southern Europe. While in Europe, Jackson also was a forensics consultant to New Scotland Yard and a visiting instructor at Oxfordshire Police Training Center, Oxford, England. He has also served as chief of Disaster Preparedness for the Air Force and as a special agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigation. Jackson is currently a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and was recognized as one of the top professors at CPCC when he was selected as the college’s first Ed O’Herron Fellow.

Jan Johnson teaches the Bloodstain Pattern Documentation, Cold Case Investigation, Crime Scene Reconstruction and the Advanced Crime Scene Techniques workshops. She is chairman of the board of the International Association of Identification (IAI) and president of her own forensic investigation consulting service, Forensic Pieces. She is the retired forensic units manager for Escambia County Sheriff Office, Pensacola, Florida.

Lisa Mayhew teaches the Medicolegal Death Investigation course. She is a child death scene investigator and trainer with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for North Carolina. Mayhew provides assistance and consultation statewide for law enforcement agencies on child death cases and develops and implements statewide training programs on child death investigation techniques to agencies involved in these cases.

Greg Rodgers co-teaches Basic Crime Scene Academy. Rodgers is an attorney and senior agency legal specialist at the North Carolina Justice Academy where he specializes in criminal law and procedure, search and seizure, use of force, law enforcement risk management, police canine issues and a number of other criminal law issues. Rodgers received his Juris Doctor degree from Campbell University School of Law and is a member of the NC State Bar, NC Police Attorneys’ Association and NC Sheriffs’ Association.

Sergeant Ken Schul teaches the Evidence and Property Room Management workshop. He is crime scene manager for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department supervising one of the largest crime scene divisions in the U.S. He also supervises the department’s forensic photo lab, one of the few totally digital-capable departments in the nation for crime scene photos. He is a member of the International Association for Identification (IAI).

David C. Schultz teaches the Fingerprint Comparison Workshop and a two week Advance Fingerprint. He is supervisor of the Latent Fingerprint Unit of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Crime Laboratory. He has also served as the commander of the MHQ Forensics & Crime Laboratory and chief of the Regional Forensics Units at the United Nations Mission in Kosovo for DynCorp Int. Schultz is a certified Latent Fingerprint Examiner, Senior Crime Scene Analyst, Identification Technician, Police Instructor and International Police Trainer.

Christopher Scott teaches Forensic Latent Fingerprint Development. He is currently manager of the forensics division for the Aiken County, SC, Sheriff’s Office and a former instructor with the State Law Enforcement Division of South Carolina.

Dr. Jeffrey Tomberlin teaches the Medicolegal Death Investigation course. Dr. Tomberlin is a board-eligible forensic entomologist who is an assistant professor and extension specialist with the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University.

Instructor for Crime Scene Cert Level 1
Kenneth Lewis has six years of experience as a Crime Scene Investigator for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. He was responsible for documenting, collecting and preserving physical evidence at various crimes scenes such as homicides, suicides, robberies, sexual assaults, child abuse and assault with deadly weapons. He has also performed, blood spatter analysis, shooting reconstruction and fingerprint development and processing on the various scenes. Kenneth has provided expert witness testimony in criminal and federal court proceedings. Kenneth is a certified Crime Scene Analyst by the International Association for Identification (IAI) and is an active member of the North Carolina Chapter of the International Association for Identification. He has currently 18 years of service with Air Force active and reserve forces. He has been deployed to over 50 countries worldwide. He serves as a Firearms and tactics instructor during his reserve weekends and also provides Air Marshall security to deploying DOD aircraft.

Instructor for Shooting Reconstruction and Advanced Shooting Reconstruction,
Don Mikko- USArmy Crime Lab, Chief, Firearms Branch, AFTE Certified, 4930 N. 31st Street, Forest Park, GA 30297-5205

Instructor for Questioned Documents and Handwriting Analysis
Charlotte Ware, US Postal Inspection Service, Charlotte, NC- Forensic Analyst, Former Questioned Document Specialist, Texas Dept of Public Safety Crime Lab- Austin, TX, MSFS- Master of Science in Forensic Science,