Aisling Kelly

Aisling Kelly is a Quality Assurance Manager (Supervising Criminalist) at Santa Clara County's Office of the District Attorney, overseeing the Crime Laboratory’s quality assurance and accreditation programs in forensic science. With a robust background in DNA analysis, Aisling has progressed through various roles including Quality Assurance Manager (Criminalist III) and DNA Analyst (Criminalist III), focusing on complex casework and method validation. Additionally, Aisling served as an Assessor for the ANSI National Accreditation Board, conducting assessments of accredited forensic laboratories nationwide, and contributed to forensic education as an Associate Instructor at West Valley College. Aisling holds a Master of Science in Forensic Science as well as a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, both from The George Washington University.