:: The Greater Pittsburgh Paranormal Society ::

Email Tonya	Founder Tonya is a Pittsburgh native who spent most of her childhood and some of her teenage years in Mount Washington. Her interest in the paranormal piqued when she moved into a home that had activity. It wasn't that she was a skeptic, Tonya will tell you first hand that she just "never thought of things like that" until she noticed suspicious activity herself. Prior to starting up G.P.P.S with Co-Founder Nancy Drexler, Tonya had the opportunity to take part in another team, The Center for Paranormal Study and Investigation (C.P.S.I.), and is forever grateful to have the chance to work under such dedicated, wonderful, interesting and fun-loving people. When she is not out trying to figure out the paranromal, she is enjoying much needed time with her three children, husband, and two insane but loving cats.

	Co-Founder Nancy is an invaluable member of GPPS. She brings her substantial knowledge in all aspects of natural home occurrences, and is excellent at historical research and collecting data. Her fun loving attitude, yet ability to sustain a certain level of assertiveness makes her a natural born leader. Nancy is our thinker, she is the very backbone of our team, and it shows anytime that she graces an investigation.

	Webmistress/Reviewer email Christine A transplant from Youngstown, Ohio, Christine discovered GPPS (and their need for a webmaster) online. Her interest in the paranomal has been a life-long one, and has been reaffirmed often, due to several personal paranormal experiences. Christine is keenly objective, observant, analytical and loves to research. She is also a sensitive empath, but does not consider her intuitions to be proof of the paranormal. In addition to her duties as webmaster, Christine also assists in the examination of photographic and audio evidence for GPPS. She would very much like to particiapte in on-site investigations in the future, as her hectic life allows. Christine earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Youngstown State University and has worked as a professional graphic and web designer since 1993. She is also a photographer, working with both film and digital cameras. Christine also designs digital scrapbooking supplies, availble at her online shop, Miss Crow's Magickal Emporium. She and her husband are intensely dedicated to their annual yard haunt, The Haunting of Ivy Hall. Christine is a wife and mother of two, with one more child on the way.

	Lead Investigator Shawn was born and raised in the heart of Pittsburgh, he is dedicated to his community and serves as a Volunteer Firefighter and as an Emergency Medical Technician. Shawn Works for a large retail chain doing criminal investigation and surveillance, he is dedicated to running paranormal investigations as if he was running a criminal investigation. Shawn grew up in a large family that all had some interest is the unexplained and a general belief that there were spirits everywhere. Shawn entered the field of Paranormal Investigation in hopes of finding proof of some other existence. Outside of his other duties, Shawn is happily married to another Pittsburgh native. Shawn also has a strong love for Celtic influenced and Irish Music, and is a Heavy Weapons fighter as part of the Society for Creative Anachronism.

	Chris Lead Investigator chrisp@pittsburghparanormal.com Over 20 years Law Enforcement Investigative Experience. B.S Degree in Liberal Arts from Seton Hill University with minors in Political Science and History Hobbies-Paranormal Investigations, Photography, Astronomy, History, and Ham Radio. Heidi Investigator heidi@pittsburghparanormal.com Over 5 years of work in Legal Field Housewife Chris and Heidi are married and enjoy their time together investigating the paranormal and helping people find answers.

	Investigator adam@pittsburghparanormal.com Adam was born and raised in the heart of the city of Pittsburgh. He first became interested heavily in the paranormal while attending college and going on ghost hunts in the surrounding areas. After having some phenomenal experiences, he decided to try and learn more about the paranormal field. When not dealing with the paranormal, Adam spends his time with his loving girlfriend, cats, and playing video games.

	Investigator rachel@pittsburghparanormal.com Rachel has lived in or around the city of Pittsburgh her entire life and has been interested in the paranormal since she was a small child. She can recall countless unexplained happenings in two of the homes she grew up in. After time it seemed there was just no logical explanation for things moving on their own and her curiosity regarding the paranormal was heightened to the extreme. She joined up with GPPS with the hopes of helping others face and understand the unexplainable and of finding evidence that what is beyond the veil may exist. In addition to working her regular day job, Rachel runs her own small business doing freelance photography work and can often spot a fake photo and can debunk most photos that claim to be of the paranormal. In her spare time, Rachel does a lot of volunteer work and is on the Board of Directors with a local non profit dog rescue group. She assists teaching dog training classes at the humane society, works diligently to help shelter dogs, and seeks to teach others who don't quite understand the importance of rescue. She lives to be compassionate to everything, and her husband, daughters and pets are the center of her world.

	Investigator Pam has called Pittsburgh home for the majority of her life. She is a geologist, working with an environmental company. She has been interested in the paranormal for a very long time, but her curiosity was piqued when she lived in a haunted dorm for three years in college. She first became acquainted with GPPS through the message boards, and enjoys the diverse opinions expressed there. She hopes to keep using her scientific analysis of situations to better aid GPPS in investigations.

	Investigator jimm@pittsburghparanormal.com Jimmy was born and raised in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, near Kennywood Park. He served four years in the Army as an Airborne Infantryman. Later, Jimmy worked in the law enforcement field and a medical laboratory. Also, he has taught lab techs and phlebotomists. His scientific and investigative nature is extremely useful doing paranormal research. Jimmy is also an active Field investigator with the Mutual UFO Network. He enjoys raising his three wonderful children when he's not busy investigating paranormal activities.

	Lead Investigator shawnev@pittsburghparanormal.com Shawn is 24 years old and lives in Wampum Pa (about an hour north of Pittsburgh). He got into the paranormal, possibly because of his religious background, and his belief that there had to be something out there beyond death. The paranormal always fascinated, yet terrified Shawn as a kid. Never having a personal experience before, hw was always worried about seeing spirits. As Shawn got older, the fear subsided and his fascination grew stronger. He saw the show Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi and always thought how great it would be to do the same thing. Shawn looked up G.P.P.S, submitted an application and been doing what he imagined doing ever since.

	Investigator mikem@pittsburghparanormal.com Michael joined GPPS in May 2008. He was looking for an explanation for paranormal phenomena. Michael was born in Arnold, PA and still lives there to this day. He attends the Art Institute of Pittsburgh for Digital Media Productions. He have been going there for about a year and a half. He also attended a vocational school for electronics. Michael believes these two combined educations give him a good technical debunking skill. He looks at the paranormal from a scientific perspective and tries to debunk everything before stating that it was something paranormal. Michael can say that since being with this group he has been able to help people understand what they are experiencing. May it be that they are experiencing something natural or genuinely experiencing something paranormal. When Michael started with G.P.P.S., he was the youngest member they had taken in. So, he felt he had to meet expectations and did not want to didn’t disappoint anyone. The group, after looking at his style of Investigation and his background in technology, decided to make him the Assistant Tech Manager. The head tech manager is Mike Gill who is a talented person with his knowledge technology and video skills. With their combined expertise, they have both helped make this group one of the best groups around.