Within these links below you’ll find the story of the Defense Investigatiors Association. The members, the events, and the volunteers that make this professional organization a leading source of training for Defense Investigators
The Defense Investigator Training Academy was established by vote of the Board of Directors of the Defense Investigators Association in 1998. DITA provides certified training in criminal defense investigations. The individuals listed below have successfully completed the four modules to earn their Certificate in Criminal Defense Investigations (C.C.D.I.).
Elizabeth Aguilar / 2017Omaid Amedi / 2017Grace Alvarado / 2001Margarita Andrade / 2001Kimberly Arellanes / 2001Sarah Astor / 2019Marisela Avila / 2019Samuel Baez / 2019Ann Bartoe / 2001Tyler Beal / 2017Pascual Benitez / 2005 Marisa Berg / 2017 Hector Botello / 2005 Bob Brandenberg / 2001 Melvin Buford / 2005 Notty Bumbo 2009 Candace Cabales-Gonzales / 2002 Esther Cadua / 2017 Carla Calix / 2003 Carmina Camacho / 2022Larry Carlton / 2005 Wendy Carlton Calderon / 2005 Lauren Carr / 2016 Carlos Carrera / 2007 Michelle Carroll / 2018 Michael Carruth / 2005 Erick Castellanos / 2018 Marivel Castellanos / 2018 Jorge Castro / 2019 Robert Caturegli / 2009 Josie Ceniceros / 2001 Richard Chavez / 2014 Robert Childs / 2001 Anita Cook / 2019
Ysabella Costa / 2018 Beth Cotton / 2001 Terry Courtney / 2017 Herbert Crumb / 2001 Jonathan Dagg / 2005 Lubna Debbini / 2001 Krista DeBusschere / 2019 Phillip DeGennarov / 2019 Luisa DeJesus / 2003 Carlos Del Carmen Romero / 2019 Patricia DeLaCruz / 2004 Elena Demetriou / 2002 Courtney Denice / 2017 Paige Devereaux / 2014 Carlos Diaz / 2022Jean Dittmyer / 2001 Scott Dittmyer / 2001 Faytera Doddy / 2018 Juan Doig / 2018 Alanna Dubois / 2019 Giselle Enriquez / 2017 Charlotte Epps Stowers / 2016 Mariana Errahebi / 2018
Ezmeralda Garcia / 2016 Bianca Garcia / 2018 Israel Garcia / 2019 Dana Gary / 2019 Cynthia Getta / 2001 Victor Gomez / 2003 Alejandra Gomez / 2017 Melissa Gort / 2018 Shannon Goss / 2005 Karen Gould / 2017 Adriela Guzman / 2017 Cynthia Hayes / 2002 Carmen Hernandez / 2001 Esmeralda Herrera / 2022Aron Hershkowitz / 2014 Danielle Hidalgo / 2019 Carla Jacobs / 2001 Damaris James / 2017 Emily Jantz / 2019 David Jaquez / 2001 Stephani Johnson / 2019 Rachel Kidd / 2022Sheila Klopper / 2002 Francie Koehler / 2001 Joseph Kral / 2014 Sheila Lacambra / 2017 Kristin Lahaszow / 2018 Janice Lansaw / 2002 James Larma / 2003 Daniel Legge / 2018 Celia Lennon / 2005 Marc Levi / 2019 Edith Lopez (Villapudua)/ 2014Joel Lopez / 2019Joslynn Lopez / 2019
Patricia Lopez / 2019Tiffany Lopez / 2018Luis Lozano / 2004 Lawanda Lyons-Pruitt / 2001 Leticia Macias / 2001 Daniel Malasavanh / 2017 Susan Mangum / 2005 Sonya Mariscal / 2005 Rene Markley / 2001 Christina Markwardt / 2005 Allison Marquez (Flores) / 2019 David Martinez / 2017 Jeremy Maurer / 2017 Jerry Maya / 2002 Kyndra Maya / 2014 Lauren Mayfield (Crecelius) / 2019 William McCastle / 2001 George McCauley / 2001 Michael McDaniel / 2001 Marty McKenney / 2001 Donna Medley / 2003 Eliseo Mendez / 2019 Veronica Mendieta / 2018 Aron Miller / 2017 Maria Miracle / 2018 Alicia Mongarro / 2005 Delicia Morales / 2016 Stan Morgan / 2001 Terry Morris / 2017 Ricardo Murillo / 2005 Erika Naylor / 2019 Cathy Nguyen / 2019 Amanda Nguyen / 2019 Ryan Niss / 2017
Michael Noffsinger / 2017 Amber Nordgren / 2019 Darling Ortega / 2019 Rocio Perez-Garcia / 2019 Carlos Perez-Zarazua / 2019 Charles Pfister / 2012 Yadira Plaza / 2014 Patrick Quintana / 2002 Rich H. Ramirez / 2019 Adela Ramos / 2005 Jack Reime / 2001 Margarita Reyes / 2015 Gabriela Reynolds / 2017 Gregory Risby / 2014 Roberto Rivera / 2001 Manuel Rivera / 2005 Claudia Rivera / 2019 Patricia Roberts / 2018 Darryl Robinson / 2005 Vicky Rodriguez / 2001 Krysta Rogala / 2018 Sasha Ruiz / 2019 Kathleen Sakoguchi / 2001 Alex Salazar / 2002 Javier Salazar / 2004 Lisa Salinas / 2017 Camille Savedra / 2016 Sean Shopes / 2014 Donna Sideman / 2001 Mychele Sims / 2017 Larry Smith / 2005 Equaan Smith / 2018 Juan Solis / 2014 Toni Soogoff / 2002 Kathryn Stansbury / 2001 Dana Sullivan-Munoz / 2002 Tamara Thompson / 2002 James Tinetti / 2014 Jim Toguchi / 2001
Stephanie Torres / 2018 Bobette Tryon / 2001 Shaina Tyler (Seivers) / 2018 Eliseo Uribe / 2001 Charlene Valdovinos / 2019 Erika Valiente / 2002 William Van Cleave / 2003 Jim Van Fleet / 2014 Joseph Vara / 2017 Ariana Vasquez (Ruiz) / 2017 Cristina Veloz / 2014 Yesenia Venegas / 2017 Erika Villa / 2019 Edith Villapudua (Lopez) / 2014 David Warkentine / 2002 Frankie Washington / 2001 Lia Wathen / 2018 Charles Wiggins / 2014 Brenda Wilson / 2018 Kyle Winnen / 2019 Joya Wright (Cazares) / 2014 Sergio Zamudio / 2004 Heather Zuberbier / 2004 There are hundreds more in the process of earing their certificate. DITA modules are held twice per year. List Updated Summer 2022
2022-2024 Ron Weber, Tulare County Public Defender 2019-2022 Elizabeth Aguilar, Los Angeles County Public Defender (COVID extra year) 2017-2019 Jerry Maya, Alameda County Public Defender 2016-2017 Pascual Benitez, San Diego County Alternate Public Defender (50th Anniv) 2015-2016 John Maness, San Mateo County Private Defender (Resigned) 2014-2015 Robert Childs, Santa Barbara County Public Defender 2013-2014 Ron Weber, Tulare County Public Defender 2012-2013 Leticia Macias, Los Angeles County Public Defender 2011-2012 Jerry Maya, Alameda County Public Defender 2010-2011 Leticia Macias, Los Angeles County Public Defender 2009-2010 Alayne Bolster, Santa Clara County Public Defender 2008-2009 Ann Favor, Ventura County Public Defender 2007-2008 Carla Jacobs, Sonoma County Public Defender 2006-2007 James Larma, Kern County Public Defender 2005-2006 Elizabeth Dea, Alameda County Public Defender 2004-2005 Scott Dittmyer, San Diego County Public Defender 2003-2004 Josie Ceniceros, Marin County Public Defender 2002-2003 Carmen Hernandez, San Diego County Alternate Public Defender 2001-2002 Robert Caturegli, Alameda County Public Defender 2000-2001 Scott Gould, San Diego County Public Defender 1999-2000 William Van Cleave, Santa Clara County Public Defender (Start of DITA) 1998-1999 Jean Dittmyer, San Diego County Alternate Public Defender
1997-1998 Les Durfee, Solano County Public Defender 1996-1997 Scott Gould, San Diego County Public Defender 1995-1996 Hector Botello, Alameda County Public Defender 1994-1995 David Fortman, San Diego County Alternate Public Defender 1993-1994 Elizabeth Dea, Alameda County Public Defender 1992-1993 Scott Gould, San Diego County Public Defender 1991-1992 Bob Caturegli, Alameda County Public Defender 1990-1991 Jim Larma, Kern County Public Defender 1989-1990 Julie Hanretty, Sacramento County Public Defender 1988-1989 Arthur Jimenez, Ventura County Public Defender 1987-1988 Bret Bandley, Yolo County Public Defender 1986-1987 Janna Fallon, Los Angeles County Public Defender 1985-1986 Janna Fallon, Los Angeles County Public Defender 1984-1985 Scott Wilmore, Sonoma County Public Defender 1983-1984 Lowell Salser, Los Angeles County Public Defender 1982-1983 Richard Goyette, San Joaquin County Public Defender 1981-1982 James Larma, Kern County Public Defender
1980-1981 John Smith, Sacramento County Public Defender (Charter Member) 1979-1980 Solimondi Coricelli, San Bernardio County Public Defender (Charter Member) 1978-1979 John McMahan, Yolo County Public Defender 1977-1978 George Mogle, Orange County Public Defender 1976-1977 Harlan Minshew, San Mateo County Public Defender 1975-1976 Richard Byrd, Los Angeles County Public Defender 1974-1975 Charles Gulseth, Alameda County Public Defender 1973-1974 James Johnson, Los Angeles County Public Defender (Charter Member) 1972-1973 Thomas Rauch, Alameda County Public Defender (Charter Member) 1971-1972 Neil Oudejans, Los Angeles County Public Defender 1970-1971 Mickey C. Preminger, Contra Costa County Public Defender 1969-70 Phillip Bennett, Los Angeles County Public Defender 1968-1969 Harry Guyton, San Francisco Public Defender (Charter Member) 1967-1968 James Hewitt, San Bernardino County Public Defender (Charter Member) 1966-1967 Jerry O’Connell, Santa Clara County Public Defender (Charter Member) – 3x Presidents: 2006-2007, 1990-1991, 1982-1983 Jim Larma 2000-2001, 1996-1997, 1992-1993 Scott Gould – 2x Presidents: 2022-2024, 2013-2014 Ron Weber 2017-2019, 2011-2012 Jerry Maya 2012-2013, 2010-2011 Leticia Macias 2005-2006, 1993-1994 Elizabeth Dea 2001-2002, 1991-1992 Robert Caturegli 1986-1987, 1985-1986 Janna Fallon
