FORMAL EDUCATION

• Police Science (two years), Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, WI. 1972-74.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Administration of Justice. The American University, Washington, D.C.1980.
• Master of Forensic Science degree, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1981.
• Graduate Studies in Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI, 1985-87.
• Master of Science degree, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1996.
• Ph.D. Candidate in Safety Engineering, Kennedy-Western University, Boise, Idaho.

CERTIFICATION

• Certified by testing by the Board of Forensic Document Examiners, 2008. The BFDE 1s accredited by the Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board (FSAB).

INFORMAL EDUCATION

• Mentored in the field of Document Examination under the direction of Document Examiners Clarence Bohn, (Retired FBI Crime Laboratory and Professor at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.) and Viola Stevens (Retired Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory).
• Special Studies in Forensic Photography, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. (Msgt Brady and Dr. Thompson).
• College of Microscopy, Fundamentals of Microscopy Workshop for Forensic Document Examiners, McCrone College of Microscopy, Westmont, Il., October 24, 2006.
• Attended Association of Forensic Document Examiners 2006 continuing education symposium, October 25-28, 2006, McRone College & Laboratory, Westmont, IL.
• Rochester Institute of Technology in conjunction with the United States Secret Service Laboratory, Rochester, NY, Symposium and conference for Forensic Document Examiners, June 12-15, 2007. Topics included traditional, digital and contemporary printing processes as well as forensic identification of printing processes.
• Leadership Seminar Marian College
• Attended a Seminar by the Pointman Leadership Institute entitled “Principle Based Leadership, The Importance of Ethics”, June 6,7, 8, 2001 held at Marian College
• Attended Association of Forensic Document Examiners 2007 continuing education symposium, September 26-29, 2007, Tucson, AZ.
• Attended Association of Forensic Document Examiners 2008 continuing education symposium, October 17-20, 2008, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Attended AAFS Annual Meetings 1989, La Vegas, NV; 1990, Cincinnati, OH; 2008, Washington, D.C., and attended Workshop # 21, “The Impact of Confirmational Bias and Context Effect on Report Writing in the Forensic Science Laboratory”; Workshop # 5, The Applications of Color Analysis and Light Theory in the Forensic Examination of Documents”.
• Ongoing conferences and review of numerous books and publications in the above areas.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Over twenty five years of professional experience as a forensic document examiner.
• Presentation of a case of fraud involving the Green Bay Packers quarterback, Brett Favre, to the Association of Forensic Document Examiners, Tucson, AZ, 2007.
• Teaching and Research History, Undergraduate Level at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Blackhawk Technical College, Marian College and Concordia University.
• Qualified to teach the following courses:

  Criminalistics	Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure
  Constitional Law	Criminal Law
  Courts and Jurisdiction	Administrative Law
  History and Philosophy of Law Enforcement	Criminal Procedure
  Interviews, Interrogations, and Confessions	Police and Technical Photography
  Criminal Investigation	Rules of Evidence

• Certified Law Enforcement Instructor by Wisconsin State Department of Justice/Training and Standards Bureau, 1984-2007.

  Constitutional Law	Criminal Justice System
  Community Resources	Criminal Procedure
  Criminal Code	Ethics
  Evidence Collection	Phyiscal Evidence
  Interviewing & Interrogations	Professional Orientation
  Investigations	Testifying in Court
  Juvenile Code	Administrative Law and Procedure

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Police and Fire Commissioner for the Village of North Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, 1997 to present.
• Secretary 1998-1999, Vice President 1999 to present. Also served as a panel member - Employment Relations for Employment Evaluation of Police Officers and Fire Fighters
• Engaged in leadership roles in community and church activities.
• Past President, Vice President and Board of Directors Member of Bay Area Youth Development Services Inc. (Non-Profit), 1990 - 1995.
• Appointed to Marian University School of Criminal Justice Advisory Board 2008

MEMBERSHIPS

• Association of Forensic Document Examiners (AFDE)
• American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS)
• The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
• The National Safety Council (NSC)

FORMAL EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science, Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

CERTIFICATION

• Board certification was earned from the Association of Forensic Document Examiners (AFDE) in 1992. AFDE is an internationally recognized organization that is dedicated to research and in-depth study of handwriting and other document questions. Their philosophy is that 'people who share information, increase their own skills.' The testing consisted of a written, practical and oral examination plus presentation of my opinion to a mock jury of lay people.

COURT TESTIMONY & EXPERIENCE

• I have testified as an expert witness more than 100 times in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Nebraska. Testimony has been rendered in state courts in civil, criminal and probate matters. I have also testified in election and arbitration hearings.

  I have made presentations or lectures to corporations, banking associations across the country and to other document examiners in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Europe. My seminar on 'Forgery Detection' for banking personnel won an Award of Excellence for its effectiveness by the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Training and Development.

APPOINTMENTS

• The Wisconsin Supreme Court appointed me as a public representative to two terms on the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Wisconsin (1987 - 1993) and two terms as a public representative to the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (1993 - 1999).

ARTICLES

• Illegible Signatures and Writing in Litigation, 25 POF 3rd 637, 1994.
• Elements of Language and Handwriting, Journal of Forensic Document Examination, Vol 5, Fall, 1993 pp15-31.
• Forensic Case Study: Multiple Personality in Handwriting and Drawing: a Multidisciplinary Approach, Europia, 1994, pp 501-513 (Co-author with Lynn Wilson Marks).
• Numerous other articles for business and professional journals.