Washoe County’s Chief Medical Examiner and Coroner, Dr. Laura Knight was elected to the Board of Directors for the National Association of Medical Examiners. NAME is the premiere professional medical organization for forensic pathologists in the U.S. Knight also received the organization’s “Outstanding Service Award” in recognition of significant contributions to the advancement of the medicolegal investigation of deaths in the United States. Besides serving Washoe County as Chief Medical Examiner, Knight also serves as an editorial board member for the medical journal Academic Forensic Pathology, and teaches medical students as an associate professor at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.