SWGDVI has established Committees to develop guidelines and best practices for several areas of specific interest to the DVI community. Draft documents will be posted on this website for comment as they are completed and approved by the Committees and the Board. SWGDVI strongly encourages feedback regarding published documents as well as any other suggestions relevant to SWGDVI work. The procedure for modifying existing guidelines, best practices, and other SWGDVI products is outlined in the SWGDVI Bylaws, Article VII. Please address any comments to the Committee Presiding Officers, the SWGDVI , or visit the Feedback Forum to post a comment on this website.
Presiding Officers:
Dennis Dirkmaat
Richard Marx
Advisory Members:
Luis Cabo-Perez, Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute and University of Burgos
Christian Crowder, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Eric Emery, National Transportation Safety Board
Michael Hochrein, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gary Reinecke, Boston University
Presiding Officers:
Robert Barsley
David Senn
Advisory Members:
Bradley Adams, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Kenneth Aschheim, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Gary Berman, Wayne County, Michigan Sparrow Forensic Pathology Services
Bryan Chrz, State of Oklahoma - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Larry Dobrin, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Christopher Fielding, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
Adam Freeman, Connecticut Dental Identification Team
Peter Loomis, New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator
Jim McGivney, St. Louis University Medical School
Roger Metcalf, Tarrant County Medical Examiner District
Alain Middleton, Forensic Dental Examination and Consulting; Syndey, Australia
Lillian Nawrocki, Suffolk County Medical Examiner
Emilio Nuzzolese, Medicina Legale, Università degli Studi di Bari - Bari, Italy
David Sweet, BOLD Laboratory - University of British Columbia and Office of the Chief Coroner - British Columbia
Warren Tewes, Maryland - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Dick Weems, University of Alabama School of Dentistry
Presiding Officers:
Thomas Parsons
Timothy Zolandz
Advisory Members:
Jack Ballantyne, University of Central Florida
Taylor Dickerson, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory
Ron Fourney, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Brian Harmon, California Department of Justice
Susan Hitchin, INTERPOL
Mark Wadhams, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory
Steven Myers, California Department of Justice
Presiding Officer:
Aaron Uhle
Advisory Members:
Jeffery Carlyle, FBI Laboratory - Latent Print Support Unit
David Charlton, Sussex Police - United Kingdom
Kimberly Crumbliss, FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division
Michelle Gallant, FBI Laboratory - Latent Print Operations Unit
Mitchell Hollars, DHS Biometrics Support Center - East
Marzena (Mary-Ann) Mulawka, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Michelle Waldron, Missouri State Highway Patrol - Crime Laboratory Division
Heather Wigington, DHS Biometrics Support Center - West
Presiding Officers:
Andrew Baker
Yvonne Milewski
Advisory Members:
Amy Hart
Peter Knudsen
Richard Shepherd
Suzanne Utley
Presiding Officers:
Dennis Dirkmaat
Laura Regan
Advisory Members:
John Byrd, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command - Central Identification Laboratory
Angi Christensen, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Christian Crowder, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Shuala Drawdy, International Committee of the Red Cross
Anthony Falsetti
Amy Mundorff, University of Tennessee
Presiding Officer:
Jason Wiersema
Advisory Members:
Kenneth Aschheim, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner, American Dental Association
Donald Bloom, Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
Franklin Damann, National Museum of Health and Medicine - Anatomical Division
Frank DePaolo, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Shuala Drawdy, International Committee of the Red Cross
Rene Pape, Plass Data
Amanda Sozer, SNA International
Sharon Stanford, American Dental Association
Naeem Ullah, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Brad Wing, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Allison Woody, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
Presiding Officers:
Frank DePaolo
Kyle Scherrer
Advisory Members:
Benjamin Figura, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Mary-Ann Mulawka, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Kari Reiber, Dutchess County Department of Health
Amanda Sozer, SNA International
Jason Wiersema, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
Allison Woody, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
Presiding Officers:
Thomas Parsons
Paul Sledzik
Morris Tidball-Binz
Advisory Members:
Angi Christensen, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Shuala Drawdy, International Committee of the Red Cross
Benjamin Figura, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Lyle Konigsberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David Sweet, BOLD Laboratory - University of British Columbia and Office of the Chief Coroner - British Columbia
Suzanne Utley, Florida - District 12 Medical Examiner Office
Presiding Officers:
Elias Kontanis
Helena Ras
Advisory Members:
Frank DePaolo, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Dennis Dirkmaat, Mercyhurst College - Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute
Dennis McGowan, University of Tennessee - SAC International
Yvonne Milewski, Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner
Mary-Ann Mulawka, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Laura Regan, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
Gary Reinecke, Boston University
Robert H. Shaw, San Bernardino County Sheriff - Coroner
Paul Sledzik, National Transportation Safety Board
Presiding Officers:
Edward Kilbane
Victor Weedn
Advisory Members:
Shuala Drawdy, International Committee of the Red Cross
Ginger A. Gruters, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command - Central Identification Laboratory
Alex J. London, Carnegie Mellon University
Sarah E. Wagner, The George Washington University
Presiding Officers:
Dennis Dirkmaat
Richard Marx
Advisory Members:
Luis Cabo-Perez, Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute and University of Burgos
Christian Crowder, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Eric Emery, National Transportation Safety Board
Michael Hochrein, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gary Reinecke, Boston University
Presiding Officers:
Robert Barsley
David Senn
Advisory Members:
Bradley Adams, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Kenneth Aschheim, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Gary Berman, Wayne County, Michigan Sparrow Forensic Pathology Services
Bryan Chrz, State of Oklahoma - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Larry Dobrin, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Christopher Fielding, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
Adam Freeman, Connecticut Dental Identification Team
Peter Loomis, New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator
Jim McGivney, St. Louis University Medical School
Roger Metcalf, Tarrant County Medical Examiner District
Alain Middleton, Forensic Dental Examination and Consulting; Syndey, Australia
Lillian Nawrocki, Suffolk County Medical Examiner
Emilio Nuzzolese, Medicina Legale, Università degli Studi di Bari - Bari, Italy
David Sweet, BOLD Laboratory - University of British Columbia and Office of the Chief Coroner - British Columbia
Warren Tewes, Maryland - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Dick Weems, University of Alabama School of Dentistry
Presiding Officers:
Thomas Parsons
Timothy Zolandz
Advisory Members:
Jack Ballantyne, University of Central Florida
Taylor Dickerson, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory
Ron Fourney, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Brian Harmon, California Department of Justice
Susan Hitchin, INTERPOL
Mark Wadhams, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory
Steven Myers, California Department of Justice
Presiding Officer:
Aaron Uhle
Advisory Members:
Jeffery Carlyle, FBI Laboratory - Latent Print Support Unit
David Charlton, Sussex Police - United Kingdom
Kimberly Crumbliss, FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division
Michelle Gallant, FBI Laboratory - Latent Print Operations Unit
Mitchell Hollars, DHS Biometrics Support Center - East
Marzena (Mary-Ann) Mulawka, New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Michelle Waldron, Missouri State Highway Patrol - Crime Laboratory Division
Heather Wigington, DHS Biometrics Support Center - West
Presiding Officers:
Andrew Baker
Yvonne Milewski
Advisory Members:
Amy Hart
Peter Knudsen
Richard Shepherd
Suzanne Utley
Presiding Officers:
Dennis Dirkmaat
Laura Regan
Advisory Members:
John Byrd, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command - Central Identification Laboratory
Angi Christensen, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Christian Crowder, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Shuala Drawdy, International Committee of the Red Cross
Anthony Falsetti
Amy Mundorff, University of Tennessee
Presiding Officer:
Jason Wiersema
Advisory Members:
Kenneth Aschheim, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner, American Dental Association
Donald Bloom, Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
Franklin Damann, National Museum of Health and Medicine - Anatomical Division
Frank DePaolo, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Shuala Drawdy, International Committee of the Red Cross
Rene Pape, Plass Data
Amanda Sozer, SNA International
Sharon Stanford, American Dental Association
Naeem Ullah, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Brad Wing, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Allison Woody, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
Presiding Officers:
Frank DePaolo
Kyle Scherrer
Advisory Members:
Benjamin Figura, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Mary-Ann Mulawka, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Kari Reiber, Dutchess County Department of Health
Amanda Sozer, SNA International
Jason Wiersema, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
Allison Woody, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
Presiding Officers:
Thomas Parsons
Paul Sledzik
Morris Tidball-Binz
Advisory Members:
Angi Christensen, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Shuala Drawdy, International Committee of the Red Cross
Benjamin Figura, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Lyle Konigsberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David Sweet, BOLD Laboratory - University of British Columbia and Office of the Chief Coroner - British Columbia
Suzanne Utley, Florida - District 12 Medical Examiner Office
Presiding Officers:
Elias Kontanis
Helena Ras
Advisory Members:
Frank DePaolo, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Dennis Dirkmaat, Mercyhurst College - Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute
Dennis McGowan, University of Tennessee - SAC International
Yvonne Milewski, Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner
Mary-Ann Mulawka, New York City - Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Laura Regan, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
Gary Reinecke, Boston University
Robert H. Shaw, San Bernardino County Sheriff - Coroner
Paul Sledzik, National Transportation Safety Board
Presiding Officers:
Edward Kilbane
Victor Weedn
Advisory Members:
Shuala Drawdy, International Committee of the Red Cross
Ginger A. Gruters, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command - Central Identification Laboratory
Alex J. London, Carnegie Mellon University
Sarah E. Wagner, The George Washington University