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Terminology Task Group
The FSSB’s Terminology Task Group is comprised of members from various OSAC units and is responsible for the management of the OSAC terminology processes. This includes the overall management of the OSAC Lexicon as well as managing and providing internal training on the OSAC preferred terms process. The group is available for consulting with the FSSB and all OSAC committees on terminology-related issues.
Officers
Christian Westring, Task Group Chair, Purdue University Northwest, (member of OSAC's Human Forensic Biology Subcommittee)
Sandra Koch, Task Group Executive Secretary, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Chair of OSAC's Trace Materials Subcommittee)
Members
Karin Athanas, OSAC Affiliate
John Ellis, Law Offices of John C. Ellis, Jr. INC. (member of OSAC's Digital Multimedia SAC and Legal Task Group)
Benjamin Figura, West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (member of OSAC's Medicolegal Death Investigation Subcommittee)
Matthew Gamette, Idaho State Police Forensic Services, OSAC Affiliate
William Guthrie, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) retired (OSAC's FSSB statistician)
Jeff Horlick, NIST, OSAC Affiliate
Gerald LaPorte, Florida International University (Vice Chair of OSAC's Pattern/Impression SAC)
Alicia McCarthy, Thomas College (member of OSAC's Pattern/Impression SAC & Human Factors Task Group affiliate)
Reta Newman, Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory (Vice Chair of OSAC's Seized Drugs & Toxicology SAC)
Cathy Nigra, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Crime Laboratory, (OSAC's FSSB Quality Representative from AFQAM)
Lora Sims, Ideal Innovations, Inc. (Chair of OSAC's Digital Multimedia SAC)
Michele Smith, Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory (Vice Chair of OSAC's Scene SAC)
Ashley Spicer, CA Department of Fish and Wildlife (member of OSAC's Wildlife Forensic Biology Subcommittee)
Richard Thomas, Federal Bureau of Investigation (member of OSAC's Forensic Anthropology Subcommittee and Trace Materials affiliate)