National Leadership Assembly
The NLA is a critical entity for ASDFED. It is composed of the democratically elected President and Senior Vice President from each Chapter. This entity's mission is to identify and document the standards and best practices for the Digital Forensics & eDiscovery professions.
The ASDFED bylaws defines the role of The National Leadership Assembly in section 9.1
The role is:
- Research, propose, compile and facilitate the creation of a Common Body of Knowledge for the Digital Forensics & eDiscovery professions;
- foster, promote, study best practices, procedures, and protocols within the Common Body of Knowledge;
- aid, encourage, and effect the voluntary information exchange among Digital Forensics & eDiscovery professionals; and
- create recommendations and proposals regarding the Chapters for the Board of Directors.
Original members were as follows:
- Angela Turlington, Atlanta Chapter,
- Beth Messick, Atlanta Chapter,
- Dennis Macy, San Diego Chapter,
- Keith Chval, Chicago Chapter,
- Margaret Morton, New York Chapter and
- Warren Kruse, New York Chapter.