Ed O’Carroll began his public service as an Emergency Medical Technician and Assistant Chief of an Ambulance Squad in New York. After relocating to the National Capital Region, Ed started his law enforcement career on September 11, 1989, with the Fairfax County (Virginia) Police Department and retired in early 2023. During more than 33-year career in law enforcement, he has served in every position from cadet to major. His recent executive assignments have included Director of the Media Relations and Internal Affairs. He is the immediate past Bureau Chief of the Major Crimes, Cyber and Forensics Bureau. Ed is a graduate of the prestigious FBI National Academy. Currently, Ed also serves as a national certified trainer for the Refuse to Be A Victim program. Ed just completed a decade of service as a trustee on the Fairfax Police Officers Retirement System Board that provided oversight to a nearly 2-billion-dollar investment fund.

Eric Kovanda is currently a Lieutenant with the Carlsbad Police Department in San Diego County, CA. He began his law enforcement career in Connecticut in 1995. He has worked most of his career as a detective specializing in violent crime investigations. He spent several years assigned to the Cold Case Unit of the Connecticut Chief State Attorney’s Office and the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force. During his most recent investigative assignment with the Carlsbad Police Crimes of Violence Unit, he utilized Genetic Genealogy to solve the cold case murder of Jodine Serrin, which occurred in Carlsbad, CA on Valentine’s Day in 2007. The Serrin murder, solved in November of 2018, was the first case in San Diego County to be solved using Forensic Genetic Genealogy.