Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick
Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick, Founder of Identifinders International, is an internationally recognized forensic genealogist and pioneer in the development of Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (FIGG). She is credited as the first to help solve a cold case using FIGG (1992-1993 Phoenix Canal Murders.) She has since worked hundreds of cold cases using autosomal SNP testing and Y-STR-based FIGG.
Dr. Fitzpatrick received her PhD in Nuclear Physics from Duke University. She worked for 25 years on the development of high-resolution laser measurement techniques for NASA, the Department of Defense, and other government agencies.
Founder | Identifinders International
Kim Gun
Kim Gin is currently the Owner/CEO of Kim Gin Professional Solutions. In 2021, she retired from the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office where she began her 24-year long career as a death investigator and retired as the Sacramento County Coroner.
Her expertise lies in victim identification, particularly in mass fatality incidents and has written two chapters in two different textbooks, as well as multiple articles on disaster victim identification. She has extensive experience in working mass fatality events including the Camp Fire in 2018, the Santa Barbara Dive Boat Fire in 2019 and the Maui Wildfire in 2024.
Owner/CEO | Kim Gun Professional Solutions
Dr. Claire Glynn
Dr. Claire Glynn is a Professor of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven, Connecticut, and the Co-Executive Director of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science. Claire previously was employed as a Forensic Scientist at LGC Forensics (now called Eurofins) within the Homicide and Sexual Assaults team, in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Claire is the Founding Director of the online Graduate Certificate in Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy at the University of New Haven, which is the first program of its kind in the world. Claire actively consults and provides subject matter expertise on FIGG and Forensic Science to law enforcement agencies in the United States and internationally.
Professor of Forensic Science | University of New Haven & Co-Executive Director | Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science