ADVISORY BOARD

Mr. David Gaylor

Mr. Ben Ermini

Mr. Ermini (retired) was the former Executive Director of the National Center's Missing and Exploited Children's Division, overseeing the handling of over five thousand current cases in which the National Center plays an active role. Joining the NCMEC in 1989, Mr. Ermini brought to the Center almost 30 years of law-enforcement experience during his career with the Yonkers, New York, Police Department. As Captain of the force when he retired in 1985, he was Patrol Commander for Field Operations. He had previously been appointed Lieutenant, serving as Commanding Officer of the Intelligence Division; Executive Officer, Detective Division; and Project Director of the Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program.

Mr. Ermini is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Academy, Quantico, Virginia, and has attended the University of Virginia, focusing his studies on Police Administration/Management and Contemporary Police Problems and Crime Resistance. He has served as an instructor for the United States Department of Justice's Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program (SHOCAP) and received numerous awards and citations for his work in law enforcement in Westchester County, New York.
 
Mr. Mark Hilts

Mr. Mark Hilts has over 24 years of law enforcement experience, including 17 years as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He is currently the Unit Chief of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU-2), Crimes Against Adults, which is a component of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC). Supervisory Special Agent Hilts has been assigned to the NCAVC since 1995. During that time he has consulted with hundreds of investigators and prosecutors from law enforcement agencies throughout the United States, as well as Europe, South/Central America, and the Caribbean. Mr. Hilts has provided crime analyses, offender profiles, investigative suggestions, major crime management, and other services to law enforcement agencies involved in serial murder, child abduction, sexual assault, and other violent research projects at the NCAVC, and is one of the co-authors of the FBI's Child Abduction Response Plan. Mr. Hilts spent seven years on a violent crime squad in the FBI's Miami Division, where he was an assistant team leader of the SWAT Team, and his investigative responsibilities included kidnappings, extortions, bombings, and other violent crime matters.

Prior to joining the FBI, he spent six years as a police officer with the Plant, Texas, Police Department, holding positions in the Patrol Division, Crime Prevention Unit, and Criminal Investigation Division. Mr. Hilts received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Stephen Austin State University.
Mr. Hilts is a member of the IHIA Advisory boards for the Department of Justice grants, the National Registry of Unidentified and Missing Persons and Basic Homicide Investigation Standards. He also serves on the IHIA Advisory Board.
 
Dr. Michael Murphy

P. Michael Murphy is the Coroner for the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner and has been with the office since 2002. In addition, he served as the Interim Director of Juvenile Justice Services for Clark County while dual filing department head positions for over six months in 2005. As Coroner, Dr. Murphy brings thirty plus years of law enforcement and public service experience to the position, working as an entry level police officer in Kansas City, Kansas to serving as Chief of Police. He has worked for several municipalities including Boulder City, Mesquite, City of Las Vegas and now Clark County.

Michael has served and continues to serve on numerous committees at the federal, state and local levels. Michael has a doctoral degree is Business Administration with California Pacific University . He received Administrator of the Year Award from ASPA's Nevada Chapter in 2004 and Clark County Director of the Year for 2006.

Dr. Murphy has been a guest lecturer and instructor regarding law enforcement topics and a wide variety of motivational presentations. He has been honored to provide instructional guidance internationally to law enforcement agencies in Russia, China, Azerbaijan and most recently Tanzania.