Members of the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence
The Commission was chaired by the Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the Honorable Shirley S. Abrahamson. The nineteen commissioners, who encompassed a broad range of policy makers and authorities concerned with the use of DNA evidence, are listed below.
Chair:Shirley S. Abrahamson, J.D., S.J.D.
Chief Justice
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Members:
Dwight E. Adams, Ph.D.
Section Chief, Scientific Analysis
FBI
Jan S. Bashinski
Chief, Bureau of Forensic Services
California Department of Justice
George W. Clarke
Deputy District Attorney
San Diego, California
Professor James Crow, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Hon. Lloyd N. Cutler
Wilmer, Cutler, & Pickering
Washington, DC
Joseph H. Davis, M.D.
Medical Examiner Department
Metro-Dade County, Florida
Paul B. Ferrara, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Forensic Sciences
Commonwealth of Virginia
Norman Gahn
Assistant District Attorney
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Terrance W. Gainer
Executive Assistant Chief
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington, DC
Terry Hillard
Superintendent
Chicago, Illinois Police Department
Sheriff Aaron D. Kennard
Salt Lake County, Utah Sheriff's Office
Philip Reilly, M.D., J.D.
President and CEO
Shriver Center for Mental Retardation
Hon. Ronald Reinstein
Associate Presiding Judge
Superior Court of Arizona
Chief Darrell Sanders
Frankfort Police Department
Frankfort, Illinois
Professor Barry C. Scheck
Carodozo Law School
New York City
Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke
Office of the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland
Professor Michael Smith
University of Wisconsin Law School
Jeffrey E. Thoma
Public Defender
Mendocino County, California
Kathryn Turman
Acting Director
Office for Victims of Crime
Judge William Webster
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, & McCloy
Washington, DC
James R. Wooley
Assistant U.S. Attorney
U.S. Department of Justice
Cleveland, Ohio
Executive Director:
Christopher H. Asplen, AUSA
National Institute of Justice
Deputy Director:
Lisa Forman, Ph.D.
National Institute of Justice
Executive Assistant:
Robin S. Wilson
National Institute of Justice