Training Contacts by State for Child Passenger Safety
ALABAMA
Alabama Department of Public Health
Child Passenger Safety Program
Bentasia Parker
State Coordinator
201 Monroe Street, Suite 960M
Montgomery, AL 36104
334-206-7941
Bentasia.Parker@adph.state.al.us
ALASKA
Center For Safe Alaskans
Mandi Seethaler
4241 B Street #100
Anchorage, AK 99503
907-929-3939
AMERICAN SAMOA
Government of American Samoa
Office of Highway Safety
Tutasi Ripley
P. O. Box 1086
Pago Pago, AS 96799
684-733-1101
684-782-7097
Fax: 684-633-7964
ARIZONA
Arizona HSO
Gabriella Gallegos
1700 West Washington Street
Executive Tower, Suite 430
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-255-3216
Fax: 602-255-1265
ARKANSAS
Children's Hospital/CFAR&E
Holly Terry
1 Children's Way
Slot 512-26
Little Rock, AR 72202-3591
501-364-2478
866-611-3445
Fax: 501-364-3112
Arkansas CPS Coordinator
Maurice Long, OP Program Manager
501-618-8486
CALIFORNIA
California Office of Traffic Safety
Nancy Wolf
2208 Kausen Drive
Suite 300
Elk Grove, CA 95758
916-509-3027
COLORADO
Colorado State Patrol
Kent Trimbach
CPS State Training Coordinator
15183 S. Golden Road
Golden, CO 80401
Office: 303-445-1041
Cell: 720-762-9837
Colorado State Patrol
Angel Giffin
CPS State Training Coordinator
15185 S. Golden Road
Golden, CO 80401
Office: 303-273-1919
Cell: 720-376-1391
CONNECTICUT
CT DOT - Highway Safety Office
Juliet Little
2800 Berlin Turnpike
P.O. Box 317564
Newington, CT 06131-7546
Office: 860-549-2365
Fax: 860-549-2374
Waterbury Police Department Community Relations
Patricia Zainc
240 Bank Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
Office: 203-346-3908
Fax: 203-346-3926
DELAWARE
OHS-Fitting Station Coordinator
Aubrey Klick
800 S. Bay Road
Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901
302-744-2749
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
District Department of Transportation - HSO
Karen Gay
Franklin D Reeves Center
2000 14th Street, NW 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
202-409-0234
FLORIDA
Florida Department of Transportation
State Safety Office
Jasper Masciocchi
850-414-3100
GEORGIA
Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety
Kelly Sizemore
7 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Unit 643
Atlanta, GA 30334
470-366-3020
GUAM
Department of Public Works
Jane M. Almandres
Office of Highway Safety
542 North Marine Corp Drive
Tamuning, GU 96913
671-647-3215
HAWAII
Christy M. Cowser
Highway Safety Specialist
98-339 Ponohana Place
Aiea, HI 96701
808-587-2360
IDAHO
Lemhi County Sheriff
Carma McKinnon
205 Courthouse Drive
Salmon, ID 83467
208-742-1683
Fax: 208-756-2288
Highway Safety Planning & Child Passenger
Vulnerable Users (Youth)
Lisa Losness
Grants Contracts Officer for Impaired Driving
3311 West State Street
P.O. Box 7129
Boise, ID 83707
208-334-8103
ILLINOIS
Rochelle Gillespie
Occupant Protection Coordinator
Illinois Department of Transportation
Bureau of Safety Programs & Engineering
2300 South Dirksen Parkway, Room 007
Springfield, Illinois 62764
217-524-0999
Rochelle.Gillespie@illinois.gov
INDIANA
Automotive Safety Program
Craig Robinson
Child Passenger Safety Coordinator
1002 Wishard Blvd
Suite 0001
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-2977
Automotive Safety Program
Bobbie Priester BA, MBA
Program Director
IU School of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics
1002 Wishard Blvd
Suite 0001
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-278-3168
Fax: 317-274-6710
www.preventinjury.medicine.iu.edu
Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
Kathy Vasilopulos
Traffic Safety Division
Child Passenger Safety Specialist Supervisor
402 W. Washington Street
Room W469
Indianapolis, IN 46204-3414
317-499-2372
INDIAN NATIONS (BIA)
BIA, Indian Highway Safety Program
Kimberly Belone
1001 Indian School Road NW
Suite 251
Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-563-3900
Fax: 505-563-5375
IOWA
Riley Maher
Blank Children’s Hospital / Unity Point Health
1200 Pleasant Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
515-241-6293
Iowa CPS Coordinator
Marigrace Porcelli, Program Administrator
Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau
215 East 7th Street, 3rd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319-0248
Office: 515-302-9993
KANSAS
Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office
Tenille Kimberlin
Director of Traffic Safety
2930 SW Wanamaker Drive, Suite 100
Topeka, KS 66614-4116
800-416-2522
785-233-5885
Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office
Cynthia Callaway
Traffic Safety Specialist
2930 SW Wanamaker Drive, Suite 100
Topeka, KS 66614-4116
800-416-2522
785-430-4029 Direct
KS DOT Bureau of Transportation Safety
CPS Coordinator
Maura A. Fitzgerald, Behavioral Safety Coordinator
700 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, KS 66603
Office: 785-296-0300
Fax: 785-291-3010
KENTUCKY
Kosair Children
Sharon Rengers
P.O. Box 35070
Louisville, KY 40232
502-629-7337
Fax: 502-629-7331
sharon.rengers@nortonhealthcare.org
Kentucky Office of Highway Safety
Tiffany Duvall
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-782-3988
Fax: 502-564-2629
LOUISIANA
Louisiana Passenger Safety Task Force
Bridget S Gardner, RN - Program Coordinator
University Medical Center - New Orleans
Injury Prevention Center
2000 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-702-2296
bridget.gardner@lcmchealth.org
Louisiana Highway Safety Commission
Chanita Vazquez
7919 Independence Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70896
225-925-6846
Fax: 225-922-0517
MAINE
Maine Bureau of Highway Safety
Erica Davis
Highway Safety Coordinator
45 Commerce Drive, Suite 1
Augusta, ME 04333
207-530-6399
MARYLAND
MD Safety Highway Office
Mark Wall
6601 Ritchie Highway
Glen Burnie, MD 21062
410-787-7265
MD Kids In Safety Seats
Tracy Whitman
Program Coordinator
410-767-1363 (Direct)
800-370-SEAT (Helpline)
410-333-5030 (Fax)
MASSACHUSETTS
Baystate Children’s Hospital
Mandi Summers
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-6510
mandi.summers@baystatehealth.org
MICHIGAN
Office of Highway Safety Planning
Kara Rueckert
Michigan State Police
P.O. Box 30634
Lansing, MI 48913-0635
517-275-0464
MINNESOTA
Minnesota Safety Council
Tara E. Helm, MPH, CPST
Community Programs and Occupant Protection Manager
474 Concordia Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55103
651-228-7318
Minnesota Safety Council
Lisa Kons
Traffic Safety & Advocacy Director
4474 Concordia Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55103
651-228-7330
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Office of Highway Safety
Leslie McCree
Occupant Protection Division Director II
1025 Northpark Drive
Ridgeland, MS 39157
601-977-3724
Fax: 601-977-3701
Mississippi State Department of Health
Erica Cousin
Occupant Protection State Coordinator
715 Pear Orchard Road
Suite 100
Ridgeland, MS 39157
601-206-1559
MISSOURI
Missouri Department of Transportation
Lillian Hinkson
830 MoDOT Drive
P.O. Box 270
Jefferson City, MO 65109
573-751-5420
800-800-2358
Fax: 573-634-5977
MONTANA
MT DOT
Jennifer S. Wilson
Occupant Protection Planner – Rail, Transit, & Planning
2701 Prospect Avenue
Helena, MT 59602-1001
406-444-0809
Tri-County Buckle Up Montana
Tracie V.M. Kiesel, Coordinator
815 Front Street
Helena, MT 59601
406-324-1072
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Dept of Health and Human Services
Jason Kerkman
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509
402-471-8749
Fax: 402-471-6446
Nebraska Department of Transportation
Highway Safety Office
David Young
Federal Aid Administrator II
5001 S 14th Street
Lincoln, NE 68512
402-471-2017
NEVADA
Nevada Office of Traffic Safety
Johnean J. Morrison
107 Jacobsen Way
Carson City, NV 89711
775-684-7479
Nevada Office of Traffic Safety
Judith Mata
Child Passenger Safety & Outreach Coordinator
4615 W. Sunset Road
Las Vegas, NV 89118
702-432-5124
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Tom D Leach
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03745
603-308-2256
NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety
Suzanne O'Hearn
P. O. Box 048
Trenton, NJ 08625-0080
609-633-9048
Safe Kids New Jersey
Porsha Moody
Program Manager
30 Silverline Drive
2nd Floor, Suite 1
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
609-255-0999 Office
732-937-5540 Cell
NEW MEXICO
Safer New Mexico Now
Jerremy Manzanares
9400 Holly Avenue NE.
Suite 201
Albuquerque, NM 87122
505-471-3965
Safer New Mexico Now
Lisa Kelloff
9400 Holly Avenue NE.
Suite 201
Albuquerque, NM 87122
505-856-6100
505-350-8477
NEW YORK
Governors Traffic Safety Committee
Aubrey Feldman
6 Empire State Plaza
Room 410B
Albany, NY 12228
518-474-2279
NORTH CAROLINA
Office of State Fire Marshal-NC Department of Insurance
Allan Buchanan
325 N Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
919-218-7855
UNC Highway Safety Research Center
Bevan Kirley
730 Martin Luther King Blvd., Suite 300
CB#3430
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-962-5836
Fax: 919-962-8710
UNC Highway Safety Research Center
Kristel Robison
730 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Suite 300
CB# 3430
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-962-6404
NC GHSP
Emily Moore
750 N Greenfield Parkway
Garner, NC 27529
919-814-3660
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota Department of Transportation
Carol Thurn
608 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505
701-328-4354
North Dakota Department of Health
Dawn Mayer
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505
701-328-4533
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Department of Public Safety
Conrad Castro
Highway Safety Office
P.O. Box 791
Saipan, MP 96950
670-664-9125 or 670-483-5817
Fax: 670-664-9141
OHIO
Ohio Department of Health
Tiffany Boykins
Violence and Injury Prevention Program
35 E. Chestnut St
Columbus, OH 43215
614-466-1663
OKLAHOMA
The Childrens' Center
Julie Koelsch
SKO CPS Coordinator
6800 N.W. 39th Expressway
Bethany, OK 73008
405 789-7611 X 2401
Safe Kids Tulsa Area
Beth Washington
5353 E. 68th Street
Tulsa, OK 74136
918-494-7233
Fax: 918-494-6495
Safe Kids Tulsa Area
Austin Raska, CPSTI
5353 E. 68th Street
Tulsa, OK 74136
918-494-8256
Fax: 918-494-6495
Safe Kids Oklahoma
Elizabeth Koldoff, PhD, RN
Director
405-789-6711
OREGON
Doernbecher Children's Hospital
Adrienne Gallardo
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239
503-720-1547
Doernbecher Children's Hospital
Michelle Nichols
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97239
971-221-9200
DMV Transportation Safety Office
Kelly Mason
1905 Lana Avenue, NE
Salem, OR 97314
503-986-4199
kelley.m.mason@odot.orgeon.gov
PENNSYLVANIA
PA Traffic Injury Prevention Project
Angela Osterhuber, Ed.M
Rose Tree Corporate Center II
1400 North Providence Road, Suite 4000
Media, PA 19063
484-446-3036
Fax: 484-446-3036
PA Department of Transportation Bureau of Operations
Division of Highway Safety & Traffic Operations
Christy Timbrell
400 North Street, 6th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-783-4577
Fax: 717-783-8012
PUERTO RICO
Traffic Safety Commission
Vivian Pedraza
POB 41289, Minillas Station
Santurce, PR 00940
787-723-3590
Fax: 787-723-8040
RHODE ISLAND
RI DOT Office on Highway Safety
Kelsey Santos
Two Capitol Hill, Suite 150
Providence, RI 02903
401-222-3024, ext. 4406
Fax: 401-222-1856
SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
Kevin Poore
Director, Safe Kids South Carolina
Division of Injury and Substance Abuse Prevention
2100 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
803-898-2767
Connect: www.scdhec.gov
SOUTH DAKOTA
Division of Child Care Services
Abby Roderick
3900 W. Technology Circle, Suite 1
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Office: 605-367-5444 x10000439
TENNESSEE
iCUBE
Julie Brewer, Associate Director
Tennessee Tech University
P.O. Box 5103
Lib-369
Cookesville, TN 38505
931-372-3318
Fax: 931-372-6737
TEXAS
Traffic Safety Division, TXDOT
Anna Red
13301 Gateway Boulevard West
El Paso, TX 79928
915-790-4248
Office of Injury Prevention, MC1923
Texas Department of State Health Services
Marissa Rodriguez
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3119
817-874-6745
marissa.rodriguez@dshs.texas.gov
UTAH
Utah Highway Safety Office
Kerilee Burton
4501 S 2700 W
Building #3 - 2nd floor
Taylorsville, UT 84129
801-505-3315
Fax: 801-366-6044
VERMONT
VT Agency of Transportation
State Highway Safety Office
Susan McAvoy
Highway Safety Program Coordinator
2178 Airport Road, Unit A
Berlin, VT 05641
802-522-4582
VT Department of Health
Sid Bradley
Child Passenger Safety Program
280 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671-8330
802-734-0510
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Virgin Islands Office of Highway Safety
Denise L Gomes
Occupant Protection Program Coordinator
33B & 33BA Estate Smithfield
Frederiksted, VI 00840
340-772-3025
VIRGINIA
VA Department of Motor Vehicles
Michael Nash
804-381-1242
WASHINGTON
Bonney Lake Police Department/ CPS
Cesi Velez
18421 Veterans Memorial Dr. E.
Bonney Lake, WA 98391
253-447-3257
WEST VIRGINIA
Governor's Highway Safety Program
Amy Boggs
5707 MacCorkle Avenue SE
Charleston, WV 25317
304-352-5754
Fax: 304-926-3880
WISCONSIN
WisDOT - Division of State Patrol
Tim Dies
4822 Madison Yards Way
Madison, WI 53705
608-709-0085
Children's Wisconsin
Libbe Slavin
705 S. 24th Avenue, Suite 400
Wausau, WI 54401
715-843-1890
Children's Wisconsin
Jim Savage
620 S. 76th Street, Suite 120
Milwaukee, WI 53214
414-316-8058
WYOMING
Wyoming HSO
Karson James
5300 Bishop Blvd
Cheyenne, WY 82009
307-777-4200