As the Director of Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy at the Cold Case Coalition, Alison is the genealogy case manager for the unidentified remains in the 1921 Graves Investigation related to the Tulsa Race Massacre.  (The Cold Case Coalition is the founder of Intermountain Forensics, a fully accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofit forensic laboratory.)  Alison took her first genealogy class in 1988 and has been a genealogy lecturer and mentor for the last ten years.   She transitioned to full time, professional genetic genealogy work in 2016 and is the owner of Tri DNA Genealogy, LLC.  Alison has been with the Cold Case Coalition since January of 2020.  Previously Alison was a project and department manager for a large financial services company.