2024 Drug Recognition & Enforcement Conference

About Greg Stube

                                     SFC (RET) GREGORY ALLEN STUBE

US ARMY SPECIAL FORCES

GREEN BERET

• Enlisted to US Army Infantry in July, 1988.
• Selected for the Green Berets in November, 1992.
• Stube served as a Special Forces Medical Sergeant (18D).  Training included surgery, anesthesia, trauma management, pharmacology, minor dentistry, veterinary subjects and more, in order to help the “A-Team” thrive where there is no doctor. 
• Attended Defense Language Training, acquiring proficiency in Russian Language, which was maintained throughout Special Forces career.
• Received additional skill training as a Dive Medical Technician at the Special Forces Underwater Operations Facility in Key West, FL.
• SERE Qualified (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape)
• As a career parachutist, Stube earned the qualification of Jumpmaster and was ultimately awarded the Master Parachutist Badge.
• Participated in initial development of Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat training doctrine and 10^th SFG(A) SFAUC course.  Weapons capabilities and shooting remained at the core of Special Forces proficiency and competency throughout a career on the teams.
• With years in hostile fire zones, Stube was selected to be Cadre in the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, helping to select and train a new generation of Green Berets.
• In Combat Operations in the Global War on Terror, Stube was wounded in Afghanistan during Operation Medusa.  Stube’s A-Team encountered overwhelming numbers of Taliban fighters in The Battle of Sperwan Ghar, which lasted over a week.  Stube’s wounds from a remotely detonated IED and enemy fire seemed fatal, but instead he survived to endure months of hospitalization and surgeries. 
• Stube has since retired with 23 years of service, to become the host of his own television show on NBC Sports, “Coming Home with Greg Stube.” Since the conclusion of the tv series, he has developed what he calls “Lessons Learned from the Battlefield,” to give these products back to society through youth development, business consulting and Law Enforcement training.
• For over a decade, Stube has served as a leadership presenter for the FBI and the FBI National Academy, the DEA, the NYPD Homicide Detective’s Academy and many other agencies and major corporate entities.
• His new book is CONQUER ANYTHING; A Green Beret’s Guide to Building Your A-Team.
• Author, James Patterson, included Stube in his most recent Best Seller, Walk in my Combat Boots.  The New York Post chose Stube’s story to lead its article introducing Patterson’s new book.

About Chris Heartsill

Chris Heartsill is currently certified by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology as a Diplomate - Forensic Toxicology and received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from East Central University in 1991.  Chris has been working in analytical chemistry for over 30 years with more than 29 years of forensic toxicology experience including the areas of human performance forensic toxicology, postmortem forensic toxicology, and forensic laboratory quality management.  Chris is currently working as the Regional Toxicology Liaison for NHTSA Region 7.  He was previously the Quality Manager for the Dallas Police Department Crime Scene Response Section and the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office in Fort Worth, Texas.  He spent most of his career as a Toxicology Supervisor, Toxicologist, Quality Manager, and Breath Testing Technical Supervisor at the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office in Dallas, Texas.   Chris is an active member of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists, currently serving as the President Elect, member of the Finance Committee, and Editor of ToxTalk.  Other professional organizations include the Southwestern Association of Toxicologists, serving two individual terms as President, Grant Committee Chair, and Historian, and the National Safety Council Alcohol, Drugs & Impairment Division, serving on the Executive Board as Secretary and performing duties on the Administrative Committee.  Chris promotes the creation and advancement of forensic standards by serving on the Organizational Scientific Area Committees Toxicology Subcommittee. 

About Ryan Hutton

Ryan Hutton is a full-time law enforcement officer for the state of Missouri.  He created Extract-ED Training, which provides training to law enforcement, prosecutors, and civilian entities on various topics, including marijuana, drug trends, drug impairment, officer wellness, and leadership.  He has given presentations on drug impairment for the Colorado District Attorneys Council, the Florida Coalition for Highway Safety, the National Life Savers Conference and International Chiefs of Police.  He is the lead marijuana instructor for the state of Missouri, Missouri Office of Prosecution Services, University of Central Missouri, and Missouri Southern State University. He was awarded Officer of the Year in 2013 by Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Trooper of the Year in 2017, by the Law Enforcement Traffic Safety Advisory Council.  

 About Nick Tiscione

Nick Tiscione is the Manager of the Toxicology Unit at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) in West Palm Beach, Florida. Mr. Tiscione holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Grove City College (2000) and a Master of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Florida (2006). Mr. Tiscione was a Staff Assistant (2000) and Crime Laboratory Analyst (2000-2006) in the Toxicology Section at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement prior to his employment as a Senior Forensic Scientist (2006-2018) and Manager (2018-present) in the Toxicology Unit at the PBSO. Mr. Tiscione is board certified as a Diplomate in Forensic Toxicology by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology (ABFT). He is a Member of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT), the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists, the International Association for Chemical Testing, the National Safety Council Alcohol, Drugs and Impairment Division and the Florida Impaired Driving Coalition. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS).  He currently serves on the board of directors for the ABFT, the editorial board of the Journal of Analytical Toxicology, and as the Chair of the SOFT/AAFS Drugs and Driving Committee.