NCIAI OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Last Updated:10/2022
NCIAI OFFICERS
President: Doreen Huntington
1st Vice President: Casson Reynolds
2nd Vice President: Adria Gharati
Sergeant at Arms: Clint Babb
Historian: Melissa Southern
Last Updated:10/2022
NCIAI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair and Immediate Past President: Kelly Moore
Last Updated:10/2021
NCIAI OFFICER BIO AND CONTACT INFORMATION
President: Doreen Huntington
Doreen Huntington is currently the Supervisor of the Latent Print Unit for the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office and maintains current certification through the International Association for Identification as a Certified Latent Print Examiner. Doreen began her career in law enforcement in 1985 in Ohio with the Cleveland Police Department. She began in tenprint comparison and advanced to latent prints. In 1991, Doreen moved to Wisconsin and became employed through the Wisconsin Department of Justice in their State Crime Lab in Milwaukee. As a Forensic Scientist III, Doreen specialized in Latent Fingerprint Analysis and Footwear Analysis. In 1994, Doreen accepted the position with the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office to manage their new AFIS section.
Doreen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology/Criminal Justice from the Ohio State University. She achieved Latent Print Certification with the IAI in 1993.
Doreen is a Sustaining Active-Life member of the International Association for Identification (IAI) and is currently a member of the IAI’s Latent Print Subcommittee. She is a Life Active member of the North Carolina Division of the International Association for Identification (NCIAI). She is currently the President of the NCIAI. Doreen implemented and has hosted a Latent Print Examiners meeting for fellow North Carolina examiners since 2007.
Doreen Huntington
Latent Print Supervisor
Guilford County Sheriff’s Office
508 Industrial Ave
Greensboro, NC 27406
(336) 641-5976
dhuntin@guilfordcountync.gov
2nd Vice President: Adria Gharati
Adria Gharati is currently a Latent Print Examiner for the City of Orlando, FL Police department, and has been preforming latent print examinations for over 18 years. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice & a Certificate in Criminalistics from the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton, TX, and began her Latent Print Examiner training as a college intern for the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office in Fort Worth, TX. After graduating from UNT, she was accepted to the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine Latent Print Fellowship Program in Richmond, VA.
During her career, Adria has had the honor of working for local, state, and federal laboratories to include the City of Durham, NC Police Department, the Virginia Department of Forensic Science, the United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Western Laboratory, and the United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) Expeditionary Forensics Division where she deployed twice and worked in forensic laboratories in Afghanistan for the Department of Defense. Her experience working at multiple laboratories has given her an opportunity to train and teach latent print analysis, comparisons, and chemical processing techniques to CSIs, law enforcement officers, forensic educators, national and international students, as well as US military and coalition forces.
Adria is also currently an active member of the International Association for Identification (IAI) and the North Carolina Division of the International Association for Identification (NCIAI).
Adria M. Gharati
Latent Print Examiner
Orlando Police Department
185 George DeSalvia Way
Orlando, FL 32807
Office: (407) 246-2413
Email: adria.gharati@orlando.gov
BOARD OF DIRECTORS BIO AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Chair and Immediate President: Kelly Moore