Instructional Staff
Dr. Richard Poe (Director)
Has his Ed.D. from the University of Sarasota in Human Services, and has Master's, Bachelor's and Associates degrees in Business Management. His is a retired Law Enforcement Officer / Polygraphist from the Pinellas County, Florida, Sheriff's Office. Dr. Poe has served as the Director of (APA) Accredited Polygraph Schools, and has taught the basic course and lectured to various agencies and associations throughout the world. Dr. Poe is currently the Vice President-Private of the Florida Polygraph Association and holds F.P.A. Certified Polygraphist Certificate #127 and American Association of Police Polygraphist certificate #1745. The American and Florida Polygraph Association programs in Post Conviction Sexual Offender Testing and Monitoring also certify Dr. Poe. He was formerly Regional Director (Region 3), of the Ethics and Grievance Committee of the American Polygraph Association. Dr. Poe is a former member of the National Association of Polygraph Specialists in Sex Offender Testing / Monitoring. Dr. Poe serves on the ASTM subcommittee E52 on Examiner Education and Training Committee on Forensic Psychophysiology. Dr. Poe consults with various law enforcement agencies throughout the world.
Benjamin L. Blalock,
M.A. (Instructor)
Has a Bachelor of Arts from USNY Liberal Arts, a Master of
Arts in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix and a DACA
Graduate Study Certificate in Detection of Deception. Ben is also an APA Certified Primary Instructor, APA Certified PCSOT
Examiner, APA Certified PCSOT Course Instructor, and a Florida Certified
Polygraph Examiner. Ben was the Director & Chief Instructor for the International
Academy of Polygraph in 2009-2010.
Nancelyn M. Kniffin Poe, B.S. Criminal Justice (Instructor)
Degree received from Springfield College, Tampa Campus. First trained as a polygraph examiner in 1985 and retraining in computerized polygraph in 2004. Mrs. Poe is an American Polygraph Association certified Basic Instructor. She is a certified polygraph examiner by the American Polygraph Association, certified examiner by the Florida Polygraph Association #234, and a certified polygraph examiner by the American Association of Police Polygraphist #2533. She is also a member of the British and European Polygraph Association. Mrs. Poe also serves as registrar for the Academy of Polygraph Science.
Pam DiBernardo, M.S. (Physiology Instructor)
Received her degree from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl. Ms. DiBernardo is a Florida licensed registered nurse and a certified crime scene technician.
Jared Wayland, Doctor of Chiropractic Medcine (Physiology Instructor)
He received his degree from Palmer Institure, Chicago, IL. and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in bio-medical sciences from the State University of N.Y., Buffalo, N.Y. Dr. Wayland currently lectures at chiropractic training modules and lectures at various companies on health maintenance and life-style improvement.
David Ivan Lichter (Instructor)
He is a former State Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida where he specialized in Investigation, preparation and trial of criminal cases, including felony, misdemeanor, grand jury and capital cases and was the former training coordinator of that office. He was a former member of the Chairman of the Student bar Academic Affairs Committee, American Bar Association, Law Student Division at the Stetson University College of Law. He was educated at the Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida as a Doctor of Jurisprudence and also holds a B.B.A. in Business Management and Marketing from Florida State University.
Wade B. Moss (Instructor)
He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the Florida International University in Miami, Fl., Associate degree in Applied Science. He is also a member of the American Polygraph Association and The Florida Polygraph Association. Wade is also on the APA Standards Committee on Sex Offender testing. He is also currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Florida Polygraph Association. He is also a 2004 certified APA as an instructor for Sex Offender Testing. Wade also is a licensed private investigator.
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Contact Instructor Ben Blalock
Tel: (630) 258-9030
Fax: (630) 860-9775 
