Officers & Directors

COMMISSIONER

M. Fredric Rieders, Ph.D.
Expertise: Forensic Toxicology
Background: Dr. Rieders has been a forensic toxicologist and laboratory director serving for over 30 years at NMS Labs where he was President, CEO and Chairman of the Board. Dr. Rieders is also a member of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT), the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT), the World Association of Medical Law (WAML), and the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) where he serves on multiple committees in support of the associations goals. In addition to serving as Commissioner for The Vidocq Society, he is also the Chief Science Officer.

COMMISSIONER EMERITUS

William L. Fleisher

COMMISSIONER EMERITUS

Benjamin J. Redmond

FIRST DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Howard Lebofsky, Esq.
Expertise: Interviewing, interrogation, and complex corporate and governmental agency investigations.
Background: Former Senior Attorney, City of Philadelphia, Solicitors Office and Philadelphia Police detective.

SECOND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR, AND CASE MANAGER

Thomas C. McAndrew
Expertise: Cold case homicide investigation
Background: Homicide Detective with the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, President of Pennsylvania Homicide Investigators Association, member of a national “Cold case working group” by the National Institute of Justice, Member of the Middle Atlantic Cold Case Homicide Investigators Association, 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.
Background: CEO of Global Compliance Investigations; COO of Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan; Retired Global Investigations Director of Fortune 10 financial institutions; Veteran of U.S. Coast Guard – Tactical Law Enforcement Teams.

Scott A. Duffey – Board Member
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.

Edward J. Gaughan - Board Member

Nathan J. Gordon – Board Member
Expertise: Polygraph, Forensic Interviewing, Forensic Statement Analysis, and Interrogation.
Background: Director of the Academy for Scientific Investigative Training, President of Keystone Intelligence Network.
President of the International Society of Polygraph Examiners (ISOPE)

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.

William Fleisher - Honorary Director