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AAFS would like to thank the following financial supporters for their generous contributions that led to the success of the 2018 American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) 70th Annual Scientific Meeting:
| A & M Forensics and Engineering, Inc. supported the General Section Reception |
Laurelanne Bundens supported the Anthropology Section Reception |
| Agilent Technologies, Inc. supported the Toxicology Section Open Forum |
Lemos Toxicology Services, LLC |
| American Polygraph Association supported the General Section Reception |
Lipomed, Inc. supported the Toxicology Section Scientific Session |
| Anthropology Section supported the Young Forensic Scientists Forum’s Program |
NMS Labs supported the Toxicology Section Open Forum |
| Cayman Chemical Company supported the Toxicology Section Awardees Recognition |
Odontology Section supported the Young Forensic Scientists Forum’s Program |
| Center for Forensic Science Research and Education at the Fredric Rieders Foundation supported the Toxicology Section Awardees Recognition Workshop 20 |
Pathology/Biology Section supported the Young Forensic Scientists Forum’s Program |
| Criminalistics Section supported the Young Forensic Scientists Forum’s Program |
PinPoint Testing, Inc. supported the Toxicology Section Scientific Session |
| The Ellis R. Kerley Forensic Sciences Foundation supported the Anthropology Section Reception |
Psychiatry & Behavioral Science Section supported the Young Forensic Scientists Forum’s Program |
| General Section supported the Young Forensic Scientists Forum’s Program |
Thermo Fisher Scientific supported the Criminalistics Section Events |
| Immunalysis Corporation supported the Toxicology Section Scientific Session |
UCT supported the Toxicology Section Scientific Session |
| John Wiley & Sons supported the Anthropology Section Reception |
UTAK Laboratories, Inc. supported the Toxicology Section Scientific Session |
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Jurisprudence Section |
Waters Corporation supported the Toxicology Section Scientific Session |
2018 “Friends of the General Section” (FOGS):
| Denise Abboud, MS | Gina Londino, MS |
| William B. Andrews, MFS | Carlos J. Lopez-Gobernado, PhD |
| Lindsey A. Bayer, MS, MPA | David G. Lord, PhD |
| Danielle Bishop, BS | Philip W. Lucas, PhD |
| Alan F. Boehm, MFS | Matthew G. Manns, MS |
| Ryan P. Brokaw, MFS | Daniel Marion, Jr., PhD |
| Bryan R. Burnett, MS | Thomas P. Mauriello, MFS |
| Amy Y. Carney, PhD | Henry P. Maynard III, MSFS |
| Charlotte A. Carter, MS | Heather E. McKiernan, MSFS |
| Arthur S. Chancellor, MA | Audrey L. Meehan, BS |
| Brian S. Clark, MFS | Angel L. Miles, MA |
| Steven C. Clark, PhD | Cheryl F. Nelson, DVM |
| Scott A. Cohen, MS | Maher Noureddine, PhD |
| Joanna L. Collins, MFS | Carraugh Reilly Nowak, MFS |
| Melissa A. Connor, PhD | Timothy M. Palmbach, MS, JD |
| Carrie Costello, BA | David G. Pauly, MFS |
| Phillip M. Curran, MFS | Mark A. Platt, MFS |
| Steven L. Downs, MFS | Sharon L. Plotkin, MS |
| Carrie E. Edwards, RN, PhD | Gary W. Reinecke, MA |
| Christen C. Eggers, MS | Amber D. Riley, MS |
| Sandra R. Enslow, BA | Scott Roeske, MFS |
| Colleen Fitzpatrick, PhD | Melanie Rouse, MS |
| Janean M. Fossum, BSN, RN | Catherine G. Rushton, EdD |
| Winnie Furnari, MS | Stewart D. Ryckman, MD |
| Serena Hare, BS | Douglas D. Scott, PhD |
| Theodore N. Hariton, MD | L. Kathleen Sekula, PhD |
| Donald Hayden, MFS | Lt. Richard A. Spotts |
| Tanisha V. Henson, MFS | Edmund D. Tamburini, MFS |
| Dayle L. Hinman, BS | Ronald R. Thrasher, PhD |
| Julie A. Howe, MBA | Alan A. Ubbens, MFS |
| Todd M. Howell, MFS | Julie L. Valentine, PhD |
| Brian L. Janysek, MFS | Crystal L. Wagoner, MFS |
| Kelly Keyes, BS | T.L. Williams, MFS |
| Paul E. Kish, MS | David J. Zeliff, MFS |
| Erin P. Koester, MS |