Media Contacts
GHSA Media Contacts
The following GHSA representatives are available to speak to reporters covering highway safety issues:
Troy E. Costales
GHSA Chairman
Administrator, Oregon Transportation Safety Division
Biography
Barbara Harsha
GHSA Executive Director
Biography
To speak with a GHSA representative, contact Jonathan Adkins, GHSA Communications Director, at 202-789-0942, ext. 13 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 Department of Economic and Community Affairs |
334-242-5560 |
| Alaska | Cindy Cashen, Administrator, Statewide Planning Division Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities Highway Safety Office |
907-465-4374 |
| Arkansas | Ann Whitehead, PI&E Program Manager Highway Safety Office |
501-618-8133 |
| Arizona | Alberto Gutier, Director Governor’s Office of Highway Safety |
602-255-3216 |
| California | Chris Cochran, Assistant Director for Marketing and
Public Affairs Office of Traffic Safety |
916-509-3063 |
| Colorado | Heather Halpape, Public Relations Manager for Safety Programs Department of Transportation |
303-757-9484 |
| Connecticut | Judd Everhart, Director of Communications Department of Transportation |
860-594-3062 |
| Kevin Nursick Department of Transportation |
860-594-3003 | |
| Delaware | Alison Kirk,
Community Relations Officer Office of Highway Safety |
302-744-2743 |
| D.C. | Erik Linden Department of Transportation |
202-671-2004 |
| Florida | Dick Kane, Communications Director Department of Transportation |
850-414-4590 |
| Georgia | Katie Fallon, Director of Public Affairs Governor's Office of Highway Safety |
404-657-9105 |
| Guam | Cecilia Javier, Highway Safety Coordinator Department of Public Works, Office of Highway Safety |
671-647-4343 |
| Hawaii | Daniel T. Meisenzahl, Chief of Communications Department of Transportation |
808-587-2160 |
| Idaho | Brent Jennings, Highway Safety Manager Office of Highway Operations & Safety, Transportation Department |
208-334-8557 |
| Illinois | Josh Kauffman Department of Transportation |
217-558-0517 |
| Indiana | Mica Perry, Communications Director Governor's Council on Impaired & Dangerous Driving, Criminal Justice Institute |
317-232-1292 |
| Iowa | Larry Sauer, Director Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau Department of Public Safety |
515-725-6120 |
| Kansas | Pete Bodyk, Jr., Chief Bureau of Traffic Safety Department of Transportation |
785-296-3756 |
| Kentucky | Erin G. Eggen Office of Highway Safety |
502-564-1438 or 888-374-8768 |
| Louisiana | Jaime Ainsworth, Program Coordinator Highway Safety Commission Department of Public Safety |
225-925-6998 |
| Maine | Lauren V. Stewart, Director Bureau of Highway Safety Department of Public Safety |
207-626-3840 |
| Maryland | Jeremy Gunderson, Communications Coordinator Highway Safety Office |
410-787-4072 |
| Massachusetts | Sheila Burgess, Director Highway Safety Division, Office of Grants and Research |
617-725-3307 |
| Michigan | Anne Readett, Communications Manager Office of Highway Safety Planning |
517-241-2569 |
| Minnesota | Nathan Bowie Office of Communications Department of Public Safety |
651-201-7571 |
| Mississippi | Mark Allen, Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Public Safety Division of Public Safety Planning | 601-987-4155 |
| Missouri | Sandy Hentges, Melissa Black and Laura Holloway Department of Transportation |
573-526-4141 |
| Montana | Lori Ryan, Public Information Officer Department of Transportation |
406-444-6821 |
| Nebraska | Fred E. Zwonechek, Administrator Office of Highway Safety |
402-471-2515 |
| Nevada | Gail E. Powell, Public Information Officer Department of Public Safety |
775-687-0325 |
| New Hampshire | Peter Thomson, Coordinator Highway Safety Agency |
603-271-2131 |
| New Jersey | Maureen Sczpanski, Public Information Officer Division of Highway Traffic Safety Department of Law & Public Safety |
609-984-2529 |
| New Mexico | Manon Arnett, Chief Public Information Officer Department of Transportation |
505-827-5526 |
| New York | Jackie McGinnis, Associate Commissioner Office of Communications Department of Motor Vehicles |
518-473-7000 |
| North Carolina | Beth Horner, Public Information Officer Governor’s Highway Safety Program |
919-733-3083 |
| North Dakota | Peggy Anderson, Communication Division Director Department of Transportation |
701-328-2671 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
Major Juan S. Salas Department of Public Safety |
670-664-9120 |
| Ohio | Kristen Castle, Public Information Officer Traffic Safety Office |
614-728-4623 |
| Oklahoma | Alice Collinsworth, Communications Manager Highway Safety Office |
405-523-1570 |
| Oregon | Shelley Snow Transportation Safety Division Department of Transportation |
503-986-3438 |
| Pennsylvania | Jan McKnight or Craig Yetter, Press Officers Pennsylvania Safety Administration |
717-787-0485 |
| Puerto Rico | Zoriemy Rivera, Executive Director Traffic Safety Commission |
787-723-3590 |
| Rhode Island | Dana Alexander Nolfe, Chief Public Affairs Officer Department of Transportation |
401-222-1362 x4450 |
| South Carolina | Sid Gaulden, Director of Executive Affairs Department of Public Safety |
803-896-8409 or |
| South Dakota | Terry Woster, Public Information Officer Department of Public Safety |
605-773-3178 |
| Tennessee | Linda Crosslin Governor’s Highway Safety Office Department of Transportation |
615-532-9953 |
| Texas | Jim Hollis Traffic Safety Section Department of Transportation |
512-416-3168 |
| Chris Willrich, Program Manager Driver Education and Behavior |
512-416-3178 | |
| Utah | Sergeant Jeff Nigbur, Public Information Officer Department of Public Safety |
801-965-4669 |
| Vermont | Betsy Ross, Public Information Officer Governor's Highway Safety Program Department of Public Safety |
802-241-5511 |
| Virginia | Pam Goheen, Communications Director Department of Motor Vehicles |
804-367-1519 |
| Melanie Stokes, Media and Public Relations Manager Department of Motor Vehicles |
804-367-6623 | |
| Washington | M.J. Haught, Communications Manager Traffic Safety Commission |
360-725-9879 |
| West Virginia | Natalie D. Harvey, Public Affairs and Media Relations Governor’s Highway Safety Program |
304-926-2509 x13 |
| Wisconsin | Steve Olson Office of Public Affairs Department of Transportation |
608-261-5896 |
| Wyoming | Stephanie Lucero, Media Grants Coordinator Highway Safety Program Department. of Transportation |
307-777-4198 |