Executive Board

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President

Annie Mitchell is a member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and is currently a Supervising Crime Analyst. She has been a crime analyst for 30 of her 42 years of service with her department, also holding the title of Sheriff’s Dispatcher during her tenure. Annie is the crime analysis training coordinator for the Sheriff’s Analysis Unit, providing foundational training for new hires and continued professional development for the 70 analysts employed within the Criminal Intelligence Bureau. She is a California Peace Officer’s Standards and Training (POST) advanced instructor, providing crime analysis training for investigators and analysts throughout the state. Annie developed the 40-hour curriculum and teaches in the first POST certified Crime Analysis training offered in California. Annie previously served as the Southern California Crime and Intelligence Analysts (SCCIAA) president and is a longstanding member of the IACA.

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Vice-President of Membership

Rachel Carson is a passionate career analyst and Director of two specialist training companies in the UK, Futurum Consulting and Training Ltd and Inspired Acts Ltd. Rachel delivers training to foreign government agencies and businesses to help build their capabilities in multiple areas of intelligence and analysis including OSINT, i2 Analyst’s Notebook and operational analysis. Before her training career developed, Rachel spent three years as Principal Analyst for the British Transport Police and eight years as the Head of Intelligence and Analysis for Transport for London. It was during her time at Transport for London, that she became an IACA member and in 2016 became Chair of the International Outreach Committee.

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S. Potts

Secretary

Sabrina Potts has been in crime analysis since 2009. She started as a volunteer at Shawnee, Kansas Police Department before moving to a full time crime analyst with Olathe, KS PD. She returned to Shawnee, KS PD as their only crime analyst in 2017. She studied at Missouri State University and obtained her Bachelors in Criminology and Masters in Administrative Studies with an emphasis Criminal Justice. She obtained her IACA Certification in August of 2019 with her first recertification in 2024. Sabrina served as the IACA Webinar Coordinator for over a decade and has served as the Mid-America Regional Crime Analysis Network (MARCAN) VP of Membership, VP of Administration, and President.

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Kristen LottmanTreasurer

Kristen Lottman began her journey in crime analysis over 20 years ago when she was placed as a college intern in a law enforcement crime analysis unit. She became a full-time crime analyst a few years later and has loved her job ever since. She has worked as an analyst in several areas of the police department, including administrative/process improvement, patrol operations, Real Time Crime Center and criminal investigations. Kristen has been a long-time member of the IACA and served terms in different roles for her statewide crime analysis association just prior to joining the IACA Executive Board.  Kristen served as IACA Secretary from 2020-2024 before transitioning into the role of IACA Treasurer in 2025.  Kristen has a bachelor’s degree in Justice Studies and a master’s degree in Leadership, and currently teaches crime analysis classes in a master's program at a university.

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To contact all members of the Executive Board, email [email protected].