The Host
Francie’s career as a licensed Private Investigator includes cases that have sparked media projects. Unsolved Mysteries portrayed one of her missing person cases. British author Val McDermid featured a capital case in A Suitable Job for A Woman. True crime writer Ann Rule chronicled a case involving a missing nightclub owner, In the Name of Love. Francie drew on her investigative and retail experience to create the 3-part video, Loss Prevention – The Big Picture. International results included an invitation to Moscow, where she spoke to Russian nationals interested in privatization. Recently she started hosting an internet radio show on VoiceAmerica.com called PI’s Declassified! where she features private investigators and their intriguing cases. Listen to show
Francie is the former two-term president of the National Council of Investigation & Security Services and former two-term president of the California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI). Awarded by both organizations for her work, she serves on their Legislation Committees and regularly testifies before the California State Legislature regarding bills concerning PI’s. She chairs CALI’s Legislation committee and formerly chaired the same committee for the National Association of Legal Investigators. Francie has been recognized by her state regulatory agency for outstanding service to her profession and has served as a subject matter expert for the California private investigator licensing examination. She holds memberships in the Council for International Investigators, World Association of Detectives and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. In addition, Francie works with the Santa Clara University Innocence Project and is a Certified Conflict Mediator.





