John Burke is president of the International Health Facility Diversion Association (IHFDA), a non-profit group that addresses drug diversion in health care facilities, which he co-founded in 2015 with Kimberly New JD, BSN, RN. He worked in law enforcement previously, having established the Pharmaceutical Diversion Squad (PDS) in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1990. The PDS unit was featured on Dateline in 1996, showcasing the team’s work in investigating diversion.