California Association of Criminalists


Since 1954
 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board positions are open for election as follows:

  • Even numbered years: Regional Director North, Recording Secretary, Membership Secretary
  • Odd numbered years: Regional Director South, Treasurer, Editorial Secretary
  • Every year: President-Elect

    • President Günther Scharnhorst

    CA DOJ Jan Bashinski DNA Lab
    1001 W. Cutting Blvd
    Richmond, CA 94804
    (510) 620-3596
    FAX (510) 231-8744
    Email

    Responsibilities and Duties

  • Second year of a three-year term (One year as President-Elect, one as President, and one as Immediate Past President)
  • Calls for a Transitional Board Meeting immediately following the Business Meeting
  • Presides over regular business and board meetings
  • Organizes the board meetings not held in conjunction with a seminar
  • Answers all correspondence/inquiries or directs them to the appropriate board member or committee
  • Assigns tasks to board members or committees
  • Helps establish the board meeting agendas
  • Resolves disputes within the organization
  • Reads and hands off ethics matters to Ethics Committee Chairperson
  • Fills committee assignments
  • Passes the coconut and medallion of office to the President-Elect at the banquet

    • Click here for a listing of Past Presidents

    Immediate Past President Sheltri Grisham

    Cal DOJ-BFS Central Valley Laboratory
    1306 Hughes Lane
    Ripon, CA 95366
    (209) 924-6013
    FAX (209) 599-1240
    Email

    Responsibilities and Duties

  • Final year of a three-year term (One year as President-Elect, one as President, and one as Immediate Past President)
  • Transfers all files to the President
  • Ensures an orderly transition to the next President
  • Advises the President concerning on-going issues
  • Serves as the Chair of the New Member Committee
  • Ex-officio member of the CCI Advisory Committee
  • Helps coordinate the "New Member Reception" at each semi-annual seminar
  • Tracks the W. Jack Cadman award
  • Takes over the President's duties in case of the absence of the President and the President-Elect

    • President-Elect Adam Dutra

    San Diego Police Department
    1401 Broadway MS 725
    San Diego, CA 92101
    (619) 531-2517
    FAX (619) 531-2520
    Email

    Responsibilities and Duties

  • First year of three-year term (One year as President-Elect, one as President, and one as Past-President)
  • Replaces the President if the position is unfilled or the President is absent
  • Ex-officio member of the Endowment Committee
  • Maintains and updates the electronic inventory tracking system for CAC equipment
  • Ex-officio member of the Financial Review Committee
  • Responsible for the yearly Salary Survey to be completed for inclusion in the 1st quarter CAC News
  • Performs annual review of committee manuals
  • Assumes the Presidency at the Spring Banquet

    • Recording Secretary Darlene Espejo

    CA DOJ Jan Bashinski DNA Lab
    1001 W. Cutting Blvd
    Richmond, CA 94804
    (510) 620-3300
    FAX (510) 231-8744
    Email

    Responsibilities and Duties

  • Two-year term
  • Records the minutes during the Board of Directors and Business Meetings
  • Maintains a policy file which records all motions passed during the meetings
  • Keeps the service mark of the Corporation and renews it with the California Secretary of State’s Office every five years
  • Maintains the file of all official correspondence
  • Prepares and sends out announcements of Business Meetings to the Membership thirty days prior to the meeting
  • Sends out the announcement of Board of Directors Meetings to board members and committee chairs and assembles the package of reports for the meetings
  • Prepares the agenda in conjunction with the President

    • Treasurer Helena Wong

    Oakland Police Department Laboratory
    455 7th St Rm 608
    Oakland, CA 94607
    (510) 238-3386
    FAX (510) 238-6555
    Email

    Responsibilities and Duties

  • Two-year term
  • Receives and safely keeps all funds of the Corporation
  • Deposits funds in designated banks
  • Supervises and controls the keeping of the books and accounts of the Corporation
  • Maintains bank accounts, pays expenses, prepares financial reports, collects dues, pays taxes
  • Monitors all purchases made by the Seminar Planning Committee and the current seminar hosts
  • Orders journals
  • Prepares the CAC budget
  • Ex-Officio member of the Endowment Committee
  • Ex-Officio member of the Seminar Planning Committee
  • Ex-Officio member of the Financial Review Committee

    • Editorial Secretary Jonathan Charron

    Sacramento District Attorney's Office
    Laboratory of Forensic Services
    4800 Broadway, Suite 200
    Sacramento, CA 95820
    (916) 874-9910
    Email

    Responsibilities and Duties

  • Two year term
  • Edits and publishes the CAC News quarterly
  • Writes an editorial column for the CAC News
  • Communicates with the preparer of the CAC News
  • Communicates with the Journal of The Forensic Science Society and the Journal of Forensic Sciences (AAFS journal) staff
  • Communicates with other forensic associations
  • Communicates with the CAC Webmasters
  • Chairperson of the Publications Committee
  • Appoints a committee for any required technical edits of the CAC News

    • Membership Secretary Megan Caulder

    CA DOJ Jan Bashinski DNA Lab
    1003 W. Cutting Blvd
    Richmond, CA 94804
    (510) 620-3511
    FAX (510) 231-8744
    Email

    Responsibilities and Duties

  • Two year term
  • Maintains membership files
  • Reviews membership applications for qualifications and completeness
  • Corresponds with applicants to obtain additional information as required
  • Corresponds with applicants who have not successfully met the requirements or were not approved by the membership
  • Maintains log regarding each applicant to track his/her status
  • Prepares membership certificates
  • Ex-officio member of the New Member Committee
  • Maintains email correspondence with membership to update them as to meetings and other important information

    • Regional Director North Stephanie James

    Sacramento District Attorney's Office
    Laboratory of Forensic Services
    4800 Broadway, Suite 200
    Sacramento, CA 95820
    (916) 874-5031
    Email

    Responsibilities and Duties

  • Two-year term
  • Represents CAC members in the northern part of California (Fresno County/San Luis Obispo-Southern Boundary), northern Nevada, and all other states except Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas
  • Assigns and helps with organizing regional study group/luncheon or dinner meetings
  • Appoints study group chairs
  • Responsible for the publicity of the meetings

    • Click here for list Study Group Chairpersons

    Regional Director South Lauren Sautkulis

    San Diego County Sheriff's Department Regional Crime Lab
    5590 Overland Ave.
    San Diego, CA 92123
    (858) 285-6306
    FAX (858) 505-5860
    Email

    Responsibilities and Duties

  • Two-year term
  • Represents CAC members in the southern part of California (Kern County/Santa Barbara-Northern Boundary), Arizona, southern Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas
  • Assigns and helps with organizing regional study group/luncheon or dinner meetings
  • Appoints study group chairs
  • Responsible for the publicity of the meetings

    • Click here for list Study Group Chairpersons