Beth Roche, HTL(ASCP)

Until her retirement in April 2019, Beth Roche, HTL (ASCP) was a senior technical consultant at Roche Diagnostics with 40 years’ experience in the field of histotechnology. Experience in clinical and research laboratories with the University of Florida, Baxter Healthcare, WL Gore & Associates, and Ventana Medical Systems/ Roche Diagnostics gives her a hands-on background in the field. Additionally, she has trained technologists from labs across the world. Blending a background in basic histotechnology with cutting edge technology and equipment and more recent applications in immunohistochemistry, she brings both breadth and depth of experience to her seminars and presentations. A frequent presenter at national and state meetings, she enjoys the opportunity to discuss a wide variety of applications and situations with her audiences. 

Her strength is in breaking down topics into simple, easy-to-follow steps; in encouraging the exchange of information among attendees; and in seeing when her students and attendees reach that “Aha!” moment of understanding.

Traci DeGeer, HT(ASCP)HTL, QIHC(ASCP)

Director- Advanced Staining Innovation

Leica Biosystems

Traci DeGeer is the Product Innovation Manager for the BOND RX platform and Advanced Staining Business Unit at Leica Biosystems. In this capacity she helps access new technologies for the Life Science research business, manages relationships with partners, works with legal partners to put agreements in place and liaises with Business Units to meet partner/customer needs as technologies are being developed. Traci holds a Bachelor of Science, in Biology, an HT, HTL, and QIHC for the anatomic pathology lab and recently graduated the HBx core program. Traci also holds a patent in small molecule detection for PDL-1 and has spoken at over one hundred state, regional and global symposia on various topics. Traci also sits on the ASCP Board of Certification (HT, HTL and QIHC Exam) and is the current Education Chair for the National Society of Histotechnology.

Sheila Criswell, MS, CT(ASCP), HTL, MLS, MB, SH, QIHC

UTHSC

National meeting presentations should be informative and stimulate intellectual understanding in areas relevant to the field of histotechnology. I have worked in the field of histology for 11 years and, after receiving HTL ASCP certification, have been teaching for 8 years at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, a position which has been very gratifying. I am currently course director for six courses directly related to histology/histotechnology and several other courses related to the clinical lab. In addition to teaching, I currently am pursuing a doctorate degree in molecular biology at the University of Memphis.

Jerry Santiago, PhD, HTL(ASCP)QIHC

Professor of Histology/HT Program Director

Florida State College at Jacksonville

Jerry Santiago is currenlty the Program Director and a Professor of Histology for Florida State College at Jacksonville Histologic Technology Program. He has been involved with the National Society in several key volunteer roles including sitting on the Board of Directors, leading NSH Committees as a Chair and serving in the House of Delegates. He has participated in committees for the College of American Pathologist and has presented numerous workshops at the local, state, national and international level both in English and Spanish.

Jamie Pert, BS, HTL(ASCP)cm, MBcm, QIHCcm

Jamie is the Program Director of the Schools of Histotechnology (HT and HTL) programs at Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, Michigan. Previous to that she worked as a bench histotechnologist in the immunohistochemistry/molecular lab of anatomic pathology at Beaumont Hospital, and in that time she also worked as a contingent histotechnologist in private GI and Dermatopathology laboratories. Jamie completed her B.S. at Grand Valley State University and she is certified as a histotechnologist (HTL), molecular biologist (MB), and also has her Qualification in Immunohistochemistry (QIHC) through ASCP.