Meet The Team
To become member, please read SWGGSR ByLaws to find information about your organization's eligibility for membership in SWGGSR. Complete the member application form and email it to SWGGSR Membership Committee Chair Mike Martinez
SWGGSR Participants
Bell, Suzanne
West Virginia University
Berk, Robert
Illinois State Police FSC Chicago
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Crippin, James
Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center
Crowe, Carol
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Cavaleri, Joseph J
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.
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DeGaetano, Douglas
Department of Forensic Sciences
Drugan, John
Massachusetts State Police
Davis, Russ
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
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Garcia, James
U.S. Army Crime Lab
Giacalone, John R.
State of Alaska Dept. of Public Safety
Gunaratnam, Lawrence, National Bureau of Inv., Crime Laboratory
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Kopina, Michael
Illinois State Police FSC Chicago
Kowal, Debra
Los Angeles County Dept. of Coroner
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Lebiedzik, Jozef
ARI Corp. GSR Residue Division
Levin Nadav
Div. of Identification and Forensic Science DIFS
Lueftl, Karl
Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt
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Martinez, Michael
Bexar County Criminal Investigation Laboratory
McVicar, Michael
Centre of Forensic Science, Gov. Ontario
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Niemeyer, Wayne
McCrone Associates, Inc.
Niewöhner, Ludwig
BKA, KT23
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Hanger, Koren
West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory
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Ross, Peter
Victoria Police Forensic Services Department
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Simmons, Rodney
Wyoming State Crime Laboratory
Smith, Jenny
Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Lab
Springer, Faye
Sacramento County District Attorney
Schwoeble, AJ "Skip"
R.J.Lee Group, Inc.
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Trimpe, Michael
Hamilton County Coroner's Laboratory
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Warman, Geoff
Forensic Science Service
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Uhlig, Steffin
QuoData GmbH
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White, Thomas
Texas Department of Public Safety - CLS
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IWG/SWG Representative
James Garcia
Statistician
Steffen Uhlig (Germany)
Membership Committee
Mike Martinez
Peter Ross
Ludwig Niewöehner
Faye Springer
Jamie Crippin
Electronic Committee
Wayne Niemeyer
Mike Martinez
Jamie Crippin
Former Chair
(2007 - 2012)
Former Chair
(2012- 2014)
Chair
Former Vice Chair
(2007 - 2015)
Vice Chair
Ammunication
James Garcia(Chair), Georgia
Karl Lueftl, Germany
Nadav Levin, Israel
Jozef Lebiedzik, Colorado
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Contamination
John Giacalone(Chair), Alaska
James Crippin, Colorado
Geoff Warman, England
Debra Kowal, California
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Instrumentation
Wayne Niemeyer(Chair), Illinois
Robert Berk, Illinois
Peter Ross, Australia
Ludwig Niewöehner, Germany
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Methodology
Doug DeGaetano(Chair), Virginia
Carol Crowe, Colorado
Koren Powers, West Virginia
Lawrence Gunaratnam, Finland
Michael Kopina, Illinois
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Training
Thomas White(Chair), Texas
Jenny Smith, Missouri
Skip Schwoeble, Pensylvania
John Drugan, Massachusetts
Rodney Simmons, Wyoming
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Testimony
Faye Springer(Chair), California
Mike McVicar, Canada
Russ Davis, Tennessee
Mike Martinez, Texas
Mike Trimpe, Ohio
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