Narciso Amigó, MD

Head of Heathcare Resources and Prevention
Barcelona Port Authority
Spain

Barcelona Port Authority

Jennifer Ashmore

Position - FedEx
USA

Per Björklöv

CEO - Drugtest Scandinavia
Sweden

Born in Uppsala, Sweden. Studies at University of Stockholm (teaching, information and marketing) and University of Uppsala, (Biology and Geography). Started 1991 at Department of pharmacology at Huddinge university hospital with the project "workplace drugtesting". Since 1995 also marketing and information manager for LabMedicin, which is a laboratory organisation in Stockholm which perform about 8 million analyses per year and has about 800 employees. Initiator of the first European symposium on Drugtesting at Workplace and European Workplace DrugTesting Society.

Kurt Bothner

Vice President - Compliance Information Systems
USA

Drug testing industry

Francisco Cermeron

Director of Spanish Police
Spain

Sue Clark

President / CEO
Alpha Pro Solutions, Inc., Alpha Protection Solutions, LLC, DNA Drug & Alcohol Testing Services, LLC
USA

Ms. Clark is a Certified Substance Abuse Program Administrator (C-SAPA) and internationally recognized leader in workplace drug and alcohol testing, training and consulting, and related product sales and marketing with over 18 years of experience. U.S. and global clients include employers, medical facilities, government agencies and more. Developed the first full line of Web-based drug and alcohol testing training courses, and provides worldwide classroom training via VideoCam through Alpha Pro Solutions, Inc. and its resellers. Past President of SAPACC, the Substance Abuse Program Administrators Certification Commission. Member: SAPAA, DATIA, EWTS, IFWT, APIC, FAFP

Jerry Crosby

Head of International Employer Solutions
Current Workplace, Quest Diagnostics Inc.
USA (India/Singapore)

Mr. Crosby received his Bachelors of Science degree in Biology from St. Joseph's University and a Masters Degree in Environmental Health/Industrial Toxicology from Temple University. Mr. Crosby has over 26 years of experience in the clinical laboratory industry. In 2007, Quest Diagnostics opened a new laboratory in Gurgaon India and Mr. Crosby was responsible for developing and growing the Employer line of business in India.

Professor Bertin Dufaux

Laboratory Krone, Bad Salzuflen
Germany

After medical studies at the universities of Leuven (Belgium), Cologne and Düsseldorf Professor Dufaux became 1990 manager at the Laboratory Krone, which is a leading provider of laboratory services in Germany. During the last few years the department of forensic drug testing of the Laboratory Krone expanded rapidly. It is one of the few private German laboratories with a forensic accreditation according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 for drugs of abuse and alcohol testing. The Laboratory offers a large number of screening and confirmation methods in urine, blood, hair and oral fluid and its expertise in the interpretation of analytical results is widely recognized.

Monica Eneholm, MD, MRO

Previa
Sweden

Occupational Health Consultant and MRO at Previa. Responsible for drug testing and training of collecting officers.

Lisa Gallagher

HireRight
USA

Lisa Gallagher joined HireRight in October 2000 and is currently responsible for all aspects of HireRight’s international business operations. From 2000 to 2008, Ms. Gallagher built HireRight’s service delivery for global background screening and drug and health screening. Previously, Ms. Gallagher was responsible for human resources for Access360, a software development company that carved a new market in resource provisioning. From 1995 to 1999, she served as Director of Human Resources for Fujitsu Business Communication Systems, Inc., where she developed an innovative hiring and resource provisioning process to accelerate new employees’ productivity. Earlier in her career, Ms. Gallagher was Director of Administration for a regional law firm, where she managed all aspects of pre-trial litigation, finance and operations. Ms. Gallagher holds a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from California State University at Fullerton.

Dr. Benjamin Gerson, MD, MRO

University Services PA
USA

Dr. Gerson is Medical Director of University Services, a private healthcare organization that provides MRO and other drug testing support services. He is Board Certified in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, in Toxicology and also is Board Certified as an MRO and is an Officer of the Board of Directors of MROCC, which certifies MROs. His academic career has been at Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine, and Jefferson Medical College.

Mary Hines

President - SAPAA
USA

Anders Isaksson

Lund University Hospital

Dr. Bill Isles

Manager Medical Services - Qantas Airlines
Australia

20 years with the aviation industry. Specialist Occupational Physician providing occupational and aviation medical services to the Airline, including management of the Qantas Group Drug and Acohol Program.

Josephine Kenney

Senior VP of Compliance - First Advantage
Employment Screening Services Division,
Occupational Health Group
USA

Josephine Elizabeth Kenney is the Senior Vice President of Compliance for First Advantage Corporation’s Occupational Health Group, Employment Screening Services Division and is responsible for legal and regulatory compliance. Josephine produces a large number of workplace testing related compliance support materials for First Advantage, contributes to the First Advantage Quarterly E-Newsletter, is widely published on the subjects of drug testing and drug testing law and is a frequent speaker at conferences sponsored by organizations such as the Substance Abuse Administrator’s Association (SAPAA), the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA), and the American Association of Medical Review Officers (AAMRO). Josephine is a recognized expert in Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and in federal and state drug testing law including matters of privacy and compliance. Josephine is on SAPAA’s Board of Directors, is SAPAA’s President Elect, chairs its International Committee, and Co-Chairs its Governmental Affairs Committee.

Per Månsson, Ph.D.

Head of R&D, VP
Biosensor Applications
Sweden

Dr. Mansson is head of R&D in the Swedish company Biosensor Applications AB. Past Head of Discovery and New project at Pharmacia & Upjohn and SBL Vaccine (Active Biotech). Biosensor Applications AB develops, manufactures, and sells biotechnology based trace detection systems. The Biosensor screening technique ("Rapid On-Site Screening") is based on wiping the arms for sweat and oral surfaces for oral fluid and delivers a test result within 2 minutes on the most frequently used drugs.

Christine Moore

Immunalysis

Christine Moore has more than 20 years of experience in forensic toxicology, developing procedures for the analysis of drugs in oral fluid, urine and hair. She is board certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Christine is a past-President of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists and a Vice-President of the Society of Hair Testing. She is credited with over 90 peer-reviewed publications in forensic toxicology.

Sue Nolan

Forensic Toxicologist and Company Director
DrugFree Sites
New Zealand

Sue Nolan has been both a forensic scientist and regular expert witness for 35+ years specializing in illicit drugs and toxicology. She established 35+ her own consultancy company, DrugFree Sites, in November 2007 but prior to that was employed by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd (ESR) and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). Since 1992 Sue has advised over 1000 New Zealand companies on developing and implementing Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policies and Programmes which include testing. She has regularly published in her disciplines and presented papers at New Zealand and overseas conferences.

As a member, since 1995, of the joint Australian/ New Zealand Standards Technical Committee CH-036, Sue has been collectively responsible for preparing the standard AS/NZS 4308:2008 "Procedures for specimen collection and the detection and quantitation of drugs of abuse in urine" and its 1995 and 2001 predecessors. Whilst at ESR, she was instrumental in establishing New Zealand's first AS/NZS 4308:2008 accredited laboratory for workplace drug testing.

DrugFree Sites provides drug and alcohol policy advice to Companies, educational programmes for managers and staff, training courses to certify collectors and drug screeners to AS/NZS 4308: 2008 compliance requirements and advice on accessing accredited testing service providers.

Anya Pierce

Past-President - EWDTS
Europe

Anya Pierce has worked in toxicology for more than 26 years. She is currently Head of Toxicology at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. Her unit supplies the national clinical toxicology service in Ireland as well as workplace drug testing and a service to addiction centres and coroners.

She was a founder member of the Irish Society of Toxicology in 1985 and was the Irish representative to the European Commission expert group on guidelines for the detection of drugs of abuse, especially in the workplace, and co-author of the resultant recommendations.

She is founder member of the European Workplace Drug testing Society (EWDTS) and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) as well as editor of the TIAFT Bulletin, the quarterly journal of the Association. She is a member of the committee on emerging trends/new synthetic drugs of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) and is secretary of the clinical toxicology committee of the International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology (IATDMCT).

Eric Quilter

President / CEO - Compliance Information Systems
USA

Dr. Annette Ruge

Chief Medical Officer
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Rulemaking Directorate, Section Manager Flight Crew Licensing
Europe

Laura Shelton

Executive Director - DATIA
USA

Experience, background or expertise: Laura has been involved in the drug and alcohol testing industry since 1996. She joined the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA) in its infancy, as part of a career in non-profit association management, and has been an integral part of its growth and success over the last 13 years. A firm believer and advocate of the benefits of workplace drug and alcohol testing, she strives to push DATIA forward in promoting the benefits of its members’ services to employers. Laura firmly believes that DATIA’s goals benefit the workplace in providing a way for employers to maintain a healthy workplace free of the effects of substance abuse, which ultimately will pass along to their family members and acquaintances. As the leading provider of industry education and training, DATIA offers certification for specimen collections that is recognized by federal and state agencies, and training for Designated Employer Representatives, Medical Review Officer Assistants, and Consortia/Third Party Administrators. The association is currently working with Congress on a number of legislative initiatives to further benefit employers and their benefits from employing drug and alcohol testing.

Dr. Carl Tevell

Sweden

Dr. Claude Thibeault

International Air Transport Association

Dr. Anthony Wong, MD, PhD

Professor of Clinical Toxicology - University of Sao Paulo
Director - Maxilabor Diagnosticos
Brazil

Graduated in Medicine in 1972 with a PhD in Clinical Toxicology (Use of Drugs in Pregnancy). Medical Director of Maxilabor since 1999 (Maxilabor performs drug testing in Brazil and Latin America for over 120 companies and is the major stakeholder in Drug Prevention Programs in Brazil, providing expertise for government, industry and academia). Chief of CEATOX Poison Control Centre and Drug Safety Programme of WHO.

Karen Young

KB Jodan Inc.
USA

Karen Young is a Canadian First Nations Aboriginal and is successful entrepreneur who makes her home and runs her business in the Town of Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada. Her company, KB Jodan Inc is incorporated in the provinces of Alberta & Saskatchewan. Voted the Alberta Chamber of Commerce’s Women Entrepreneur of the Year, early in 2008. Karen is a self-made, self taught business woman who, operates and maintains a Private Medical Clinic, Certified Drug & Alcohol Testing Centre, Safety Training Facility, among other things, trains, teaches and educates in Aboriginal Communities across the country, Private Sector, Government, Oilfield, Gas and Construction workers in safety techniques and medical emergency situations.

Karen has a passion for the medical field and is a Paramedic Graduate, a Student in the faculty of medicine, a graduate of the Labour College of Canada, paralegal, and is experienced in both TORT and Contract Law. She holds many medical and safety certificates and has spent countless hours educating herself, improving her business, and building for the future, all while helping others to realize their dreams.

Karen’s philosophy: "if I can help just one person each day to get a little closer to their goal, then I will say that I’ve definitely had a very good day!"