Officers & Directors

COMMISSIONER

Edward J. Gaughan

Expertise: Criminal investigation, death investigation, cold case investigation, surveillance, interviewing and interrogation, polygraph, law enforcement training.
Background: Mr. Gaughan retired following twenty two years of service to the Philadelphia Police Department. During that time he served in the elite Highway Patrol, Stakeout Unit (corporal) and as a detective in the Intelligence Unit and Major Crimes Unit. In addition to serving as Commissioner for The Vidocq Society, he has also served for the last twenty five years as the training coordinator for the Vidocq Society.

COMMISSIONER EMERITUS AND SUPERNUMERARY

Michael F. Rieders, Ph.D.

COMMISSIONER EMERITUS

William L. Fleisher

COMMISSIONER EMERITUS

Benjamin J. Redmond

FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Scott A. Duffey

Expertise: Criminal investigation of White Collar, Robbery, Violent and other major crimes
Background: Adjunct Professor, co-director of Wilmington University Criminal Justice Institute. Retired as Supervisory Special Agent of the FBI after 22 years of service.

SECOND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR, AND CASE MANAGER

Thomas C. McAndrew

Expertise: Cold case homicide investigation
Background: Mr. McAndrew serves as Chief of Investigations for Innovative Forensic Investigations (IFI). IFI works with law enforcement agencies in an effort to resolve cases through the use of  Investigative Genetic Genealogy.  He was formerly a Homicide Detective with the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and also served with the Pennsylvania State Police for 26 years.  During his career with the Pennsylvania State Police, he was a member of the Criminal Investigation Assessment (CIA) Unit, a unit that specializes in behavioral analysis of violent crimes and is designed to supervise and investigate homicides and missing person investigations.  He has served as President of Pennsylvania Homicide Investigators Association, is a member of a national “Cold case working group” by the National Institute of Justice, a member of the Middle Atlantic Cold Case Homicide Investigators Association, and is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

SECRETARY

Stacy T. Forchetti, Esq.

Expertise: Jury Trials, Appeals, Criminal Law, Hearings, and Evidence Collection.
Background: Former Assistant District Attorney; currently Senior Litigation Counsel for a Philadelphia law firm.

TREASURER

Jon Cohen, CFE (Ret.)

Expertise: Criminal investigations, narcotics, public corruption, intelligence collection and analysis.
Background: Retired FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst and Senior Instructor – FBI Academy, Quantico, VA. Retired Senior Narcotics Agent – Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Barbara J. Cohan-Saavedra, Esq. – Board Member

Expertise: Criminal Investigations, litigation, prosecution, narcotics, national security, espionage, foreign languages
Background: Former Assistant District Attorney, former Assistant U.S. Attorney

Walter B. Donaldson II, CFE, CFCI, CFSSP – Board Member

Expertise: Criminal Investigations, White Collar and Cyber Crimes, Missing Persons, Interviewing and Interrogations, Operational Security.
Background: Mr. Donaldson has been working internationally as an investigator and leader of criminal investigations and security operations for forty-five years. He served as Global Director of Special Investigations for multiple Fortune 50 institutions before retiring. He is a Veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard – Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACLET), part of the Coast Guard Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF). He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Global Compliance Investigations LLC, and the Chief Operating Officer of the law firm, Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan LLP.

Todd Giliberto

Expertise: Investigation of Homicides, Cold Cases, Sexual Offenses, Crimes Against Children and Missing Person Cases. 

Background: Retired Pennsylvania State Police Corporal - Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit.  Former Amber Alert Designee for the State of Pennsylvania.  Executive Board Member of the Pennsylvania Homicide Investigators Association.  Member of the Mid Atlantic Cold Case Homicide Investigators Association.  Currently, a Law Enforcement Liaison for Innovative Forensic Investigations. 

Joseph F. Itri – Board Member

Expertise: Investigation of Homicides and Cold Cases.
Background: New Jersey State Police 18 years, Major Crimes Unit, Cold Case Unit, Assistant Unit Head of the Cold Case Unit which comprises a Cold Case Regional Task Force.

David MacNeil – Board Member

Expertise: Crime Scene Investigation, Interviews & Interrogations, Cold Case & Missing Persons
Background: Currently CEO Mac Neil Investigations & Forensic Consulting; Currently an Instructor for US Dept of Justice LEIC National Forensic Academy; Retired after thirty-seven years with Watertown PD.

John T. Maxwell – Board Member

Expertise: Criminal Investigations, Civil Matters, Special Victims, Juvenile Aid.
Background: Forty-two years on Philadelphia Police Department, Chief of Detective Bureau. Served as a supervisor or commander in every major operational bureau.

John G. Nemec – Board Member

Expertise: Investigations, Interviewing and Interrogations, Cold Case, Missing Persons. 
Background: Over thirty years of experience in investigations and training for both public and private entities. Currently provides training for the U.S. Department of State; provide investigation and security consulting and is Retired as a Special Agent of the FBI after serving 27 years.