Forensics Journal - Stevenson University 2010 | Page 6

STEVENSON UNIVERSITY FORENSICS JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD CAROLYN HESS JOHNSON, ESQ. is an attorney and a full time Associate Professor of Forensic Studies in the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Stevenson University. She has worked in private practice, as a Senior Assistant State Prosecutor for the State of Maryland and as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Baltimore City, Maryland. STEPHEN W. OLINER, CPA, CFE, CVA is a partner at Hertzbach & Company, P.A., a regional public accounting firm located in Owings Mills, MD. He is a director of the Business Valuation, Forensic and Litigation Consulting Group at Hertzbach, and concentrates his efforts in business valuations, forensic accounting and litigation support services. PATRICIA ELLIS, ESQ. has served in many capacities at Stevenson University, currently as an Associate Dean in the School of Graduate and Professional Studies. Among her accomplishments, she has published and presented at national conferences and has given several workshops. She is currently the Vice Chair for the Executive Board of the Commission for Accelerated Learning and is Editor of its Newsletter. MIKE RYMAN is Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors, International AntiCorruption Resource Center, Washington, D.C. and is Chief Operating Officer and Director of Compliance, Lone Star International, LLC. Retired from Federal Service in 1991, he served as a White Collar Crime and Public Corruption Field Supervisor, Operations Auditor on the Director’s Staff, and a Field Staff Program Manager for Anti-Racketeering. He then received an appointment to the Federal Senior Executive Service, Office of Inspector General, in the Commerce, HHS and Labor Departments. Mr. Ryman also served as Senior Policy Advisor and Chief Investigator with the House of Representativ