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CONFERENCE Saturday, 6th September 2025

SPEAKERS Seminar: Misty Gillis and Jay Rosenzweig - Investigating DNA

This presentation will focus on combining traditional
investigative methods with DNA. We’ll explore how direct-to-
consumer DNA testing can not only solve family mysteries, but
criminal ones too. We’ll discuss key investigative techniques
and how to combine them with the power of DNA testing.
The 100 th Misty Gillis is a nationally recognized genetic genealogist specializing in adoptee, NPE and law

Centennial enforcement cold cases. With 15+ years of genealogy experience, she has helped hundreds reconnect
with biological relatives and assisted 20+ agencies in solving cases. Misty works at BirthParentFinder.
Conference com and Parabon NanoLabs and is a member of the Vidocq Society.

THE DRAKE HOTEL, CHICAGO Jay Rosenzweig has been a licensed private investigator in California since 1988. He specializes in
SEPTEMBER 2 – 7, 2025 locating individuals, specifically birth relatives, connecting thousands with their birth families. Jay is
the founder and CEO of BirthParentFinder.com. He is a past president of CALI and currently their
Chairman of the Board. Jay was honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award from CALI in
June of 2021.

Past President’s Luncheon with Dr. Jeffrey Simon

Jeffrey D. Simon is an internationally recognized author, lecturer, and consultant
on terrorism and political violence. He is president of Political Risk Assessment
Company, Inc., and is a former RAND analyst who also taught at UCLA for
twenty years. He is the author of several books on terrorism: America’s Forgotten
Terrorists: The Rise and Fall of the Galleanists; The Alphabet Bomber: A Lone Wolf
Terrorist Ahead of His Time; Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing
Threat; and The Terrorist Trap: America’s Experience with Terrorism.

His latest book, The Bulldog Detective: William J. Flynn and America’s First War
Against the Mafia, Spies, and Terrorists was published in January 2024. His
writings on terrorism, political violence, and political risk have appeared in many
publications, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Foreign
Policy, Jane’s Intelligence Review, and the New York Times.

Dr. Simon has also lectured and given workshops on terrorism to university
audiences, law enforcement and military personnel, the emergency services, and
the medical community both in the United States and overseas. He earned a B.A.
in History from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.A. in Political Science from Indiana
University, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Southern California. Many media
outlets have interviewed him, including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, New
York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.

Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make history with the
World Association of Detectives as we celebrate 100 years
of professional excellence - join the legacy!

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