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CFSI Board Members comprise the Honorary Board, the Advisory Board, and the Coordinating Council. They include leaders from fields as diverse as business, law enforcement, academia, the arts, and public office.

 
 
Honorary Board
     
Alan Skobin,
Vice President,
Galpin Ford
Andrew Cherng,
President,
Panda, Inc.
Arthur M. Kassel,
President,
Eagle & Badge Foundation
Billie Jean King,
Tennis player
Darlene Kuba,
D.P.A., Kuba + Associates
  
    
Dennis Hathaway,
Securitas Security USA
 James M. Rosser, Ph.D.,
President, CSULA
 Jan Burke, AuthorJerry Brown,
Governor of California
John Van De Kamp,
Former California
Attorney General
     
 Joseph Wambaugh, AuthorPatricia Cornwell, AuthorRick Caruso, Esq., President, Caruso AffiliatedRonald Iden, Senior Vice President of Security, Disney Worldwide Scott LaChasse, Vice President of Security, Paramount Pictures
     
 Scott Witter, SVP & Private Banking Manager, City National Bank     
 
 
 
Honorary Board

    James M. Rosser, Ph.D., President, California State University, Los Angeles
    Jan Burke, Author
    Rick Caruso, Esq., President, Caruso Affiliated
    Andrew Cherng, President, Panda, Inc.
    Patricia Cornwell, Author
    Dennis Hathaway, Securitas Security USA
    Ronald Iden, Senior Vice President of Security, Disney Worldwide
    Arthur M. Kassel, President, Eagle and Badge Foundation
    Billie Jean King, Tennis player
    Darlene Kuba, D.P.A., Kuba + Associates
    Scott LaChasse, Vice President of Security, Paramount Pictures
    Jerry Brown, Attorney General, State of California
    Alan Skobin, Vice President, Galpin Ford
    John Van De Kamp, Esq., Former California Attorney General, Dewey Ballantine           
    Joseph Wambaugh, Author
    Scott Witter, SVP & Private Banking Manager, City National Bank
 
 



Advisory Board

     
Albert DeBlanc, Jr.,
Attorney
Ashish Vaidya, Ph.D.
Provost, CSULA
Charlie Beck
Chief, LAPD
Elizabeth Devine
Consulting Producer,
CSI: Miami
Gerard Orozco,
Senior VP CH2MHILL
     
Greig Smith, President, Optiflex Solar James Dowling, Director of Forensics, KPMGJill Spriggs, Bureau Chief, CA Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic ServicesLakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, M.D., Medical Examiner/Coroner, Los Angeles Co Dept of CoronerLeroy D. Baca, Sheriff, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
     
Lupita Sanchez, Office of External Affairs, AT&TMaryann Reyes, Public Affairs Director, Southern California EdisonMaurice Suh, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPMichael Judge, Public Defender, Los Angeles CountyMyrna Raeder, Professor, Southwestern University School of Law
     
Paula Petrotta, Former Executive Director, City of Los Angeles Commission on the Status of WomenRaymond P. Ciranna, Interim City Administrative Officer, City of Los Angeles Rod Uyeda, Chief of Police, Manhattan Beach Police DepartmentSalvador Hernandez, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Los Angeles Office)Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
     
William T Fujioka, Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles County    
 
 
 
Coordinating Council

    California State University, Los Angeles
 
    Beatrice Yorker, JD, RN, MS, Dean of College of Health and Human Services
    James Henderson, Ph.D. Dean of College of Natural and Social Sciences
    Susan Crimmins, Ph.D., Professor, School of Social Work
    Joann Edmond, Associate Director of Extension Programs, Division of Extended Education
    Mitchell L. Eisen, Ph.D., Director, Forensic Psychology Graduate Program
    Colleen Friend, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Director of Child Abuse and Family Violence Institute
    Alfredo Gonzalez, Ph.D., Dean, Undergraduate Studies
    Donald J. Johnson, Assistant Professor, School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics
    Elizabeth Miller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Anthropology
    Nancy Miron, Assistant Executive Director for Marking Communications, Office of Public Affairs
    Alan Muchlinski, Ph.D., Dean, Office of Graduate Studies and Research
    Karen Nielsen-Menicucci, Ph.D., R.N., Professor, School of Nursing
    Parviz Partow-Navid, Ph.D., Acting Dean, College of Business and Economics
    Joseph Peterson, D. Crim., Director, School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics
    Katherine Roberts, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics    
    Amelia Russo-Neustadt, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept of Biological Sciences
    Wayne Tikkanen, Ph.D., Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry
    Howard Xu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science

    Los Angeles Police Department, Scientific Investigations Division
   
    Winters Reef Hardy, Ph.D., Criminalist II
    Joe Hourigan, Assistant Director
    Doreen Hudson, Assistant Director
    Greg Matheson, Laboratory Director
    Yvette Sanchez-Owens, Commanding Officer

    Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, Scientific Services Bureau
   
    Barry A. Fisher, Director
    Ruben Flores, Supervising Criminalist
    Wesley P. Grose, Assistant Director
    Steve Renteria, Senior Criminalist
    Earl Shields, Captain
    David Walters, Captain
 
Other
    
    Sue L. Frauens, Supervising Attorney, L.A. Office of the City Attorney
    Lisa Kahn, LA Co. Deputy District Attorney, Forensic Science Advisor