Britton is an experienced DNA analyst and laboratory manager. She is the Laboratory Director at the Union County Prosecutor’s Office Forensic Laboratory, where since 2016 she has supervised Forensic Biology and Controlled Dangerous Substances sections. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Delaware and a Master of Science in Forensic Science from Pace University. She served on the NIST/NIJ Expert Working Group on Human Factors in Forensic DNA Interpretation as a member of the Management sub-group. She has also served on the advisory boards for the Union County Sexual Assault Response Team and Thomas Jefferson University’s PSM Program in Forensic Biology, and was a fellow for the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education.

Prior to joining UCPO, she was a criminalist for the NYC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Department of Forensic Biology, working in both the Homicide/Sex Crimes and Property Crimes Groups. She was also the DNA Technical Leader at NMS Labs, a private forensic testing agency. In addition to supervising casework there, she was responsible for the validation and implementation of a number of new technologies. She also served as an adjunct professor at Arcadia University, giving graduate level lectures and serving as an advisor on graduate thesis projects.