Micah Batchelder, MS ’13, was part of GW's Masters HTCI program, which gave her an immediate impact in the InfoSec field. Micah is now the federal lead for  cybersecurity incident management at HHS CMS, which protects 100 million Americans’ health information in the second largest government network.

JoAnn Becker, MA ’81, retired in 2005 from the federal government after 25 years of service.  She currently lives by the ocean in Rehoboth Beach, Del., and is an artist and photographer. Her work can be found at Lavender Fields and her Facebook page.

Naila Bhatri, MS ’06, worked for seven years at AFDIL in the Research and Quality Management sections, then started at the GWU Hospital as the Molecular Technical Specialist. There, Naila single-handedly set up all the current molecular diagnostics testing being performed.

Samantha Blake, MFS ’15, moved to Tucson, Ariz., after graduation, where she currently works for the Tucson Police Department Crime Laboratory as a toxicologist.

Stephanie Bourgeois, MFS ’04, has been working at the Apache Junction Police Department in Arizona as a crime scene investigator under the Criminal Investigations Division since 2007. She is also a reserve police officer for the same police department and works in the Cold Case Unit.

Thomas Brady, MFS ’00, currently teaches full time in the Bachelor of Science,  Forensic Investigation program at Keiser University, in Jacksonville, Fla.  He retired as a senior forensic consultant from US NCIS in 2013.

Ryan Brokaw, MS ’11, currently serves as the forensic science officer for the Benning CID Battalion, US Army Criminal Investigation Command, in Fort Benning, Ga.  He is also involved in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Tod Burke, MFS ’84, is a professor of criminal justice at Radford University in Radford, Va.  He served as the associate dean of the college from 2010-2016. Tod also serves as the interdisciplinary minor forensic studies coordinator.

Julie Burrill, MFS ’11, just wrapped up nearly five years at the Public Defender Service in D.C. She received a Fulbright grant and is moving to London in September to work on PhD research on forensic DNA.

Cassandra Clyde, MFS ’15, accepted a position at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office in Cleveland, Ohio, as a forensic scientist 1- toxicology in October 2015.

Melanie DeMayo, MS ’99, graduated from film school in Austin, Texas, in 2013. Her first film, Sorrow, was released in April 2015, and is about a forensic psychologist and serial killers. Melanie is currently working on producing her next film.

Carolyn Fernan (Graves), MS ’97, is the senior firearm examiner at Corpus Christi PD in Texas. She has worked as a crime scene investigator, military and civilian and the past 12 years as an examiner. Carolyn has published in the AFTE Journal and is certified in all areas of firearms examination.

Kimberlene Franklin, MS ’11, has worked as an analyst at the Trinidad & Tobago Forensic Science Center since October 2011. She is attached to the chemistry section where she analyzes drugs of abuse, gunshot residues and trace evidence.

Wesley Grose, MFS ’84, is currently the director of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Crime Lab and is serving in several professional organizations and national forensic science committees.

Paul Hojnacki, MFS ’83, retired in December 2011, after a 33 year career, from the Erie County CPS Forensic Science Lab in Buffalo, N.Y.  He worked as a forensic biologist for 30 years and experienced the advancements in technology from ABO blood group typing to DNA analysis.

Ihuoma Igwilo, MS ’16, currently works in the confirmatory department of Friends Medical Laboratory in Maryland.
Susan Jones, MFS ’00, is completing her last year of medical school.

Irene Kahline (Liunoras), MFS ’09, started working full time for the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory after graduation. She is currently a DNA analyst-forensic scientist 2.

Bryan Laliberte, BS ’02, MFS ’03, was recently appointed chief of pediatric anesthesia service at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He is entering into his tenth year of service in the U.S. Army. Bryan is married with four wonderful children and living in Silver Spring, Md.

Ashley LeBlanc, MS ’13, is currently a physical scientist with the Federal Bureau of Investigation working in trace evidence analysis.

Christina Lindquist (Lund), MS ’06, is now the director of the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory Forensics unit which is the only accredited forensic laboratory in the United States specializing in DNA analysis of domesticated animal species.

Thomas Mauriello, MFS ’76, retired after 30 years of service as a special agent at the U.S. Department of Defense. For the last 39 years, Thomas has been an adjunct professor of criminalistics at the University of Maryland College Park. He is the founder and CEO of ForensIQ, Inc. and the host of a webcast at ForensicWeek.com.

Marna McLendon (Dodge), MFS ’80, currently works for RTI International, Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) on an NIJ project to create a guidance document for states on state forensic science commissions.

Laura Merz, MFS ’02, has been working as a special agent for NCIS for the past 12 years. She focuses on contract fraud and public corruption investigations. Laura is also the author of Bunny Suits of Death, Tales of a CSI about her time as a CSI after graduating from GW.

Jeffrey Miller, MS ’99, retired from Fairfax County Police Department in 2006. He spent nine years working as an intel/defense contractor. This year, Jeffrey returned to the Fairfax County PD where he now does background investigations. He also went back to GW to teach forensic science.

Alison Morris, MS ’99, returned to her hometown of Toronto in 2001 after two years at Cellmark Diagnostics in Germantown, Md., to work as a forensic biologist at the Centre of Forensic Sciences. Alison lives in the Toronto suburbs with her husband and two children, ages 6 and 8.

Amy Motosue, MFS ’15, works as a criminalist for the Honolulu Police Department's Scientific Investigation Section in the Trace Evidence Unit.

Priyanka Newaskar, MS ’14, is in Bakersfield, Calif., working at the National Toxicology Laboratories, Inc. She performs drug testing and extraction procedures of drugs of abuse from biological samples such as urine, serum, saliva and also from hair.

Delia Rascher, MFS ’06, attended GW on a Fulbright Scholarship from South Africa. After graduation, she returned to South Africa and worked briefly on cold cases and with PI's on cases that hadn't been resolved by the police.

Carraugh Reilly Nowak (Reilly), MFS ’03, is an assistant professor of forensic science/CSI at Hilbert College after working as a death investigator and then training coordinator at the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office for 10 years. Both in the Buffalo, N.Y., area.

Sarah Riman, MS ’16, joined the Applied Genetics group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology as a research specialist. She has been working on projects involving the application of next generation sequencing technologies in forensic genetics.

Scott Roeske, MS ’11, continued his career with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command.  In 2013. he deployed to Afghanistan and was an integral member of a team that investigated insider attacks.  Scott is now the special agent in charge at Fort Sill.

John Stuart Showalter, MFS ’77, while in the Navy JAG corps, received an MFS degree from GW then worked as a hospital attorney and compliance officer for 40 years. He is now retired and living in San Diego, Calif.

Jennifer Snipe, MFS ’08, works for the Defense Forensic Science Center under the Department of the Army in Ft. Gillem, Ga.

Frank Traceski, MS ’80, retired in 2009 from the U.S. Department of Defense after 30 years as a chemist, materials engineer and missile and rocket scientist. This year he published a book, Concealed Carry and Self-Defense: Technical and Legal Considerations.

William B. Andrews, MA ’96
Khadijah A. Balfour-Jeffrey, MA ’13
Alan F. Boehm, MA ’88
Dr. Tod W. Burke, MA ’84
Michael Louis Cariola, MA ’99
Michael D. Coble, MA ’97, PhD ’04
Deanne F. Dabbs, MA ’86
Anna M. Dadhania, MA ’14
Melanie K. DeMayo, BA ’99
Erika Di Palma, MA ’08
Nelson Leif Eby, MA ’03
Julia Eldridge, MA ’01
Julie D. Flanagan, MA ’11
Jennifer Anne Franklin, MA ’92
Rebecca L. Grillo, MA ’09
Adam J. Hart, MA ’12
William E. Harward, Jr. , MA ’71
Bell P. Herndon, MA ’71
Anthony F. Mauro, Jr. , MA ’73
William R. McNamara, MA ’06

Eva Margarita Medina, MA ’04
Ksenia Nasielski, BA ’03, MA ’06
Michael J. Parker, MA ’13
Alan George Petersen, MA ’89
Robert Alan Relick, MA ’80
Cornelia M. Rutherford, MA ’86
Jennifer Anne Sampson, MA ’07
Samantha Sevilla, MA ’12
Clifford C. Stoddard, Jr., MA ’11
Trent R. Teyema, MA ’07
Wesley Rory Thomas, MA ’83
Amanda C. Thomson, MA ’12
Brian R. Trammell, MA ’08

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