Media Contacts
GHSA Media Contacts
The following GHSA representatives are available to speak to reporters covering highway safety issues:
Kendell Poole
GHSA Chairman
Director, Tennessee Governor's Highway Safety Office
Biography
John Saunders
GHSA
Vice Chairman
Director, Virginia Highway Safety Services
Biography
Barbara Harsha
GHSA Executive Director
Biography
To speak with a GHSA representative, contact Deputy Executive Director Jonathan Adkins at 202-789-0942, ext. 130 or jadkins@ghsa.org.
State Highway Safety Office Media Contacts
These are the primary media contacts for GHSA's State Highway Safety Office members. Some are located within the highway safety office itself, while several work directly for the state Department of Transportation or Public Safety.
| State | Name/Title | Phone |
| Alabama | James Plott, Public Information Specialist Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs |
334-242-5560 |
| Alaska | Tammy Kramer, Acting Director Alaska Highway Safety Office |
907-465-8944 |
| Arkansas | Ann Whitehead, Safety Program Manager Arkansas Highway Safety Office |
501-618-8133 |
| Arizona | Alberto Gutier, Director Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety |
602-255-3216 |
| California | Chris Cochran, Assistant Director, Marketing &
Public Affairs California Office of Traffic Safety |
916-509-3063 |
| Colorado | Emily Wilfong, Media and Public Relations Colorado Department of Transportation |
303-757-9484 |
| Connecticut | Judd Everhart, Director of Communications Connecticut Department of Transportation |
860-594-3062 |
| Kevin Nursick Connecticut Department of Transportation |
860-594-3003 | |
| Delaware | Alison Kirk,
Community Relations Officer Delaware Office of Highway Safety |
302-744-2743 |
| D.C. | Erik Linden D.C. Department of Transportation |
202-671-2004 |
| Florida | Karen Smith, Public Information Officer Florida State Safety Office |
850-245-1519 |
| Georgia | Katie Fallon, Public Information Officer Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety |
404-463-0611 |
| Guam | Cecilia Javier, Highway Safety Coordinator Guam Office of Highway Safety |
671-647-4343 |
| Idaho | Brent Jennings, Highway Safety Manager Idaho Office of Highway Safety |
208-334-8557 |
| Illinois | Paris Ervin, Communications Bureau Chief Illinois Department of Transportation |
217-782-5025 |
| Indiana | Mica Perry, Communications Director Indiana Traffic Safety Division |
317-232-1292 |
| Iowa | Jim Meyerdirk, Acting Bureau Chief Iowa Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau |
515-725-6125 |
| Kansas | Chris Bortz, Acting Traffic Safety Manager Kansas Department of Transportation |
785-296-3756 |
| Kentucky | Erin Eggen Kentucky Office of Highway Safety |
502-564-3419 |
| Louisiana | Ken Trull, Deputy Director Louisiana Highway Safety Commission |
225-925-6994 |
| Maine | Lauren V. Stewart, Director Maine Bureau of Highway Safety |
207-626-3840 |
| Maryland | Tim Richards Maryland Highway Safety Office |
410-787-4077 |
| Massachusetts | Sheila Burgess, Director Massachusetts Highway Safety Division |
617-725-3307 |
| Michigan | Anne Readett, Chief, Communications Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning |
517-241-2569 |
| Minnesota | Nathan Bowie, Information Officer Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety |
651-201-7571 |
| Mississippi | Shirley Thomas, Executive Director Mississippi Office of Highway Safety |
601-977-3717 |
| Missouri | Melissa Black Missouri Department of Transportation |
816-387-2481 |
| Montana | Charity Watt Montana Department of Transportation |
406-444-3439 |
| Nebraska | Fred E. Zwonechek, Administrator Nebraska Office of Highway Safety |
402-471-2515 |
| Nevada | Gail Powell, Public Information Officer Nevada Department of Public Safety |
775-687-0325 |
| New Hampshire | Peter Thomson, Coordinator New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency |
603-271-2131 |
| New Jersey | Zachariah Hosseini, Public Information Officer New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety |
609-984-2529 |
| New Mexico | Manon Arnett, Chief Public Information Officer New Mexico Department of Transportation |
505-827-5526 |
| New York | Jackie McGinnis, Associate Commissioner Office of Communications New York Department of Motor Vehicles |
518-473-7000 |
| North Carolina | Beth Horner, Public Information Officer North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program |
919-733-3083 |
| North Dakota | Peggy Anderson, Communication Division Director North Dakota Department of Transportation |
701-328-2671 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Maj. Juan S. Salas, Office of Special Services Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety |
670-664-9120 |
| Ohio | Kristen Castle, Public Information Officer Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services |
614-728-4623 |
| Oklahoma | Alice Collinsworth, Communications Manager Oklahoma Highway Safety Office |
405-523-1580 |
| Oregon | Carla Levinski, Occupant Protection Program Manager Oregon Transportation Safety Division |
503-986-4199 |
| Shelley Snow, Public Affairs Oregon Transportation Safety Division |
503-986-3438 | |
| Pennsylvania | Jan McKnight, Community Relations Coordinator PennDOT |
717-787-0485 |
| Puerto Rico | Zoriemy Rivera, Executive Director Puerto Rico Traffic Safety Commission |
787-505-3590 |
| Rhode Island | Charles St. Martin, Chief of Information and Public Affairs Rhode Island Department of Transportation |
401-222-1362 x4007 |
| Rose Amoros, Chief Public Affairs Officer Rhode Island Department of Transportation |
401-222-1362 x4450 | |
| South Carolina | Sid Gaulden, Director of Executive Affairs South Carolina Department of Public Safety |
803-896-9950 (w) |
| South Dakota | Terry Woster, Public Information Officer South Dakota Department of Public Safety |
605-773-3178 |
| Tennessee | Megan Buell Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office |
615-681-3281 |
| Texas | Jim Hollis, Traffic Safety Section Texas Department of Transportation |
512-416-3168 |
| Utah | Sgt. Jeff Nigbur, Public Information Officer Utah Department of Public Safety |
801-965-4669 |
| Vermont | Betsy Ross, Public Information Officer Vermont Governor's Highway Safety Program |
802-872-4089 |
| Virginia | Pam Goheen, Communications Director Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles |
804-367-1519 |
| Washington | MJ Haught, Communications Manager Washington Traffic Safety Commission |
360-725-9879 |
| West Virginia | Natalie Harvey, Public Affairs and Media Relations West Virginia Governor’s Highway Safety Program |
304-926-3836 |
| Wisconsin | Steve Olson, TSR Coordinator Wisconsin Department of Transportation |
608-261-5896 |
| Wyoming | Stephanie Lucero, Media Grants Coordinator Wyoming Highway Safety Program |
307-777-4198 |