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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)
Sarah Lathrop, Task Group Vice Chair, University of New Mexico (member of OSAC's Medicolegal Death Investigation Subcommittee)
Vacant, Task Group Executive Secretary
Members
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)
William Guthrie, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) retired (OSAC's FSSB statistician)
Sandra Koch, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Chair of OSAC's Trace Materials Subcommittee)
Terminology Affiliates
Gerald LaPorte, Florida International University (Vice Chair of OSAC's Physics/Pattern Interpretation SAC)
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)
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)
Richard Thomas, Federal Bureau of Investigation (member of OSAC's Forensic Anthropology Subcommittee and Trace Materials affiliate)