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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
Tabitha Viner, Task Group Chair, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Vice Chair of OSAC's Wildlife Forensic Biology Subcommittee)
Christian Westring, Task Group Vice 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
Thomas David, Self-employed (member of OSAC's Forensic Odontology Subcommittee)
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
Robert Gillette, FBI (member of OSAC's Ignitable Liquids, Explosives, & GSR Subcommittee)
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 Physics/Pattern Interpretation SAC)
Joy Martin, Gila River Healthcare (member of OSAC's Forensic Nursing Subcommittee)
Alicia McCarthy, Thomas College (member of OSAC's Footwear & Tire Subcommittee & Human Factors Task Group affiliate)
Melanie McMillin, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (member of OSAC's Fire & Explosion Subcommittee and Quality Task Group)
Reta Newman, Pinellas County Forensic Laboratory (Vice Chair of OSAC's Chemistry: 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 Examination 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)