Beyond the Technology:
The Law & Policy Implications of Increased Biometric Use

Sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, and SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics

New York City
November 5-6, 2002

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES D - G

W. Mark Dale
W. Mark Dale is Director of the New York City Police Department Laboratory. Mr. Dale’s law enforcement career began as a patrol officer with the New York State Police in 1973 following a tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Mr. Dale pursued an interest in science by seeking and obtaining a Laboratory Director position with the New York State Police Mid-Hudson Crime Laboratory in 1982. He progressed through the laboratory administration as a Regional Laboratory Director and then Assistant Director to the Laboratory System. Mr. Dale retired from the New York State Police in 1996 to become Director of the Washington State Patrol Laboratory System in Olympia, Washington. He was lured back to the New York State Police in 1997 and was reinstated as a Staff Inspector in charge of the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center and Laboratory System. Mr. Dale recently retired from the State Police for a second time to assume his present position. 


Mr. Dale served as President of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors in 1994. He is presently Chair of the New York Crime Laboratory Advisory Committee, comprised of New York State laboratory directors, and is a Member of the New York State Commission on Forensic Science.  Mr. Dale holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Florida State University, and is presently enrolled in the University of Albany Master of Business Administration Program.  


Lucy A. Dalglish 

Ms. Lucy A Dalglish is the Executive Director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a voluntary, unincorporated association of reporters and news editors dedicated to protecting the First Amendment interests of the news media. Based in Arlington, Va., the Reporters Committee has provided research, guidance and representation in major press cases in state and federal courts for 30 years.


Prior to joining the Reporters Committee in January 2000, Ms. Dalglish was a Media Lawyer for almost five years in the trial department of the Minneapolis, Mn., law firm of Dorsey & Whitney. Ms. Dalglish was a reporter and editor at the St. Paul, Mn,  Pioneer Press from 1980 to 1993.

She was awarded the Wells Memorial Key, the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), in 1995 for her work as Chairman of SPJ's national Freedom of Information Committee from 1992 to 1995, and for her service as a national board member from 1988 to 1991.

In 1996, she was one of 24 journalists, lawyers, lawmakers, educators, researchers, librarians and historians inducted into the charter class of the National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame in Washington D.C.


Ms. Dalglish earned a Juris Doctor Degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1995; a Master of Studies in Law Degree from Yale Law School in 1988; and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of North Dakota (UND) in 1980. While attending UND, Ms. Dalglish worked as Managing Editor of the Dakota Student and as a reporter and editor for the Grand Forks Herald.


Rebecca Dornbusch
 
Ms. Rebecca Dornbusch is Deputy Director of the International Biometric Industry Association. Ms. Dornbusch is Vice President of French & Company, a leading governmental relations consulting firm based in Washington D.C.. At French & Company, she has senior responsibility for strategic planning, management, monitoring, and advocacy on behalf of several clients of the firm. Ms. Dornbusch also shares responsibility for planning and executing events, fundraising, campaign finance reporting, communications, and publications. Her prior experience includes posts with the Chemical Manufacturers Association and the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association. Ms. Dornbusch received an Advanced Degree from the Graduate School of Political Management of George Washington University in 1996.  

Daniel M. Foro
Mr. Daniel M. Foro serves as Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), where he is responsible for the activities of both the Office of Systems and the Office of Operations.  In this capacity, Mr. Foro provides oversight of fingerprint identification services, the Missing Children Clearing House, the Sex Offender Registry, as well as the information technology initiatives of four agencies: DCJS; the New York State Commission on Corrections; the Office of Prevention of Domestic Violence; and the Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives.  

Prior to serving in his present position, Mr. Foro was Chief Information Officer and served since 1984 in various management capacities in DCJS’ Office of Systems.  Prior to joining DCJS, Mr. Foro was a Probation Officer Supervisor with the Albany County, New York, Probation Department.  He holds an M.S. in Public Administration and a B.S. in Political Science.  Mr. Foro completed the New York State Leadership Program and attended the Program on Strategic Computing at the Kennedy School of Government.

Kael S. Goodman
Mr. Kael S. Goodman was appointed Assistant Commissioner, Chief Information Officer, of the New York City Department of Probation in May 2002. Since joining the department, Mr. Goodman has undertaken to re-engineer the department's information technology systems through process automation and enterprise integration. 


Prior to joining the department, Mr. Goodman was President of USMoving.com. Inc., a software company serving the moving industry that was acquired by Allied Van Lines. Previously, Mr. Goodman served in the corporate finance group at Dabney/Resnick/Imperial, an investment bank, and also as a chief financial officer and management consultant to numerous companies. Mr. Goodman earned a Bachelor's Degree from Vassar College and an M.B.A. from UCLA.

Lawrence A. Greenfeld
Mr. Lawrence Greenfeld was nominated by President George W. Bush on November 28, 2001 to be the fifth Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), U.S. Department of Justice. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved his nomination on June 20, 2002. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 29, 2002.

Mr. Greenfeld came to BJS in 1982 as a Statistician primarily responsible for the analysis of data on the administration of justice throughout the United States. During the next two decades, he assumed increasing responsibility for the oversight and management of BJS statistical series and programs culminating in his selection as the Principal Deputy Director in 1996. He served twice as the Acting Director of the agency during Presidential transitions (January 1993-September 1994 and January 2001-July 2002).

Mr. Greenfeld began his career in criminal justice in 1969 as a Probation Officer with the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. In 1972, he became the Planning Coordinator for the Maryland Governor’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, the State’s criminal justice planning agency. The following year, he became a Technical Staff member of the MITRE Corporation, where he was responsible for the evaluation of program planning and implementation of the High Impact Anti-Crime Program, a Federal initiative targeting the reduction of street crime in eight large cities. In 1976, Mr. Greenfeld joined the National Institute of Justice where he managed research activities related to correctional programs and institutions.


Mr. Greenfeld received his B.S. in Sociology with a specialization in Criminology from the University of Maryland and his M.S. in the Administration of Justice from American University. He has a certificate in Systems Analysis from Carnegie-Mellon University. He has authored more than 90 publications which have appeared in refereed journals, government reports, and as chapters in books. He was the 1993 recipient of the Lejins Award for Research from the American Correctional Association and was selected as the "Best of the Best" in the field of corrections by Corrections Today Magazine. 


In 1996, he received the Alumnus of the Year Award from the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. He has served on numerous national panels and commissions including the Surgeon General’s National Advisory Commission on Drunk Driving. His most recent publications have examined the role of alcohol abuse in violent crime, the prevalence of offending among women, the victimization experiences of American Indians, and the varieties of contact between police and the public.

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