Staff
Barry K. Logan, PhD, DABFT
Executive Director
Dr. Barry K. Logan is a leading international authority on forensic toxicology with specific interests in alcohol and drug impaired driving. He served for nineteen years as state toxicologist for the state of Washington, overseeing the State’s forensic alcohol and drug testing programs. Dr. Logan is Board Certified by the American Board of Forensic Toxicologists (ABFT), and has over 80 publications in peer-reviewed literature. He has testified in civil and criminal cases in over 200 trials in ten states and in federal court. Since 2001, Dr Logan has served as Director of Indiana University’s Center for Studies of Law in Action, where he has hosted experts in alcohol and drug impairment from around the world as members of the faculty. In 2008 he joined NMS Labs in Willow Grove, PA as Director of Toxicological and Forensic Services. In 2010 he also became Executive Director of the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education, at the Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation.
Jill Yeakel, MSFS
Program Director
Jill Yeakel achieved her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry from Lock Haven University. She then attended Arcadia University where she earned a Master of Science in Forensic Science and was awarded the Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation Award for academic excellence. While attending Arcadia University she also was a mentor for the Forensics Mentors Institute where she guided two high school students through a project studying the Stability of Salvinorin-A, a Hallucinogenic Herb, in Various Biological Matrices. This program spawned her interest in the combination of research and education. She was given the opportunity to remain at the Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation post-graduation to continue researching Salvinorin-A along with teaching. Through her research at the Foundation, Jill won the Society of Forensic Toxicologist’s Education Research Award in 2009. She is currently the program director at the Center for Forensic Science and Education where she organizes and operates the G. John DiGregorio Summer Science Program along with being the Course Director for Research Methods in Forensic Science and Survey of Forensic Science courses for the Arcadia University’s Master of Forensic Science Program.
Warren Korn
Laboratory Manager
Warren received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from Widener College in 1975. During this time he did two internships at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office Toxicology Laboratory which cemented his interest in toxicology and led him to getting a job with Upjohn Clinical Laboratory in their toxicology department. Warren continued with Upjohn until 1996 during their acquisition by Smithkline Laboratories, and then again by Hahnemann Hospital. In 1998 the laboratory was sold to NMS Labs and Warren has worked for NMS and the Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation ever since.
Katherine Sas
Executive Assistant
katherine.sas@frfoundation.org
Katherine Sas graduated from Messiah College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, where she concentrated in literature and communications. While an undergraduate, she had the opportunity to study abroad at England’s Oxford University and to present her senior thesis at the 2009 C.S. Lewis and Inklings Society Conference at Calvin College, MI. In her position as Executive Assistant for the Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation, she oversees such daily operations as office management, academic administration, and marketing for the Foundation’s various programs.
Brandon Presley
Recruitment Coordinator: The Forensics Mentors Institute
Brandon was born and raised in North Philadelphia. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School, majoring in Environmental Technology. Brandon heard about the Forensics Mentors Institute and during the summers of 2004 and 2005 he worked on research projects there; this experience led Brandon to major in Chemistry at Temple University and he graduated in 2009. Brandon completed three separate research projects, assisted in the development of a curriculum for after school science programs and summer camps, and also received several scholarships and awards for his achievements. He is currently employed at NMS Labs in Willow Grove, PA. As the new Recruitment Coordinator for the Forensics Mentors Institute, Brandon visits Philly-area schools, meeting with faculty and students to discuss the purpose and nature of the FMI.
G. John DiGregorio, MD, PhD
Director Emeritus: The Forensics Mentors Institute
Dr. G. John DiGregorio, MD, PhD is a clinical pharmacologist. He has been on the academic staff at the Hahnemann Medical College/Drexel University College of Medicine for the past 45 years, involved in clinical practice and basic pharmacological and toxicological research. He has been the recipient of several research and teaching awards, including the Golden Apple Excellence in teaching for, voted by the student body six times. Dr. DiGregorio has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles in leading academic journals, and has been a guest lecturer in locations throughout the country. During his 15 years as Executive Director the Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation, Dr. DiGregorio co-founded the Forensics Mentors Institute and the Master of Science in Forensic Science Program with Arcadia University. Dr. DiGregorio currently works for NMS Labs and is a tenured, full professor in Pharmacolgy and Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine