Board of Directors

The founding Board of Directors of the Nebraska Institute of Forensic Sciences, Inc. are:

Dr. Matthias I. Okoye, M.D., J.D. (Chairman), Lincoln, NE
Dr. Cordelia N. Okoye, R.N., M.P.H., Ph.D. (Treasurer), Lincoln, NE
Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D., Coroner, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA.
Dr. Michael M. Baden, M.D. Co-Director, New York State Police Forensic Investigation Unit, Albany, New York
Dr. Henry C. Lee, Ph.D., (Secretary) Chief Emeritus Connecticut State Police Forensic Science Lab, Meriden, CT
Dr. Michael Welner, M.D., (Chairman), The Forensic Panel, New York, New York.

The members of the advisory board include Professor James E. Starrs, LL.M., Professor of Law and Forensic Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; Victor Weedn, M.D., J.D., Director of Biotechnology and Health Initiatives, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.; and Al. Harper, Ph.D., J.D., Executive Director, Henry C. Lee Institute, West Haven, CT.; and Professor Karl Reinhard, Ph.D., University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Nebraska.