Presentations

GHSA has requested presentations from all speakers. Presentations will be posted to this page as they are received. Unless indicated, all files are in PDF format.

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GHSA Business Meeting

• Kendell Poole, Director, Tennessee Governor's Highway Safety Office, Nashville, TN
  Presentation on DDACTS [422 KB, 23 pgs.]

Workshop 1 - Impaired Driving Countermeasures that Work

• Richard Compton, Director, Office of Behavioral Safety Research, NHTSA, Washington, DC
  Download Presentation [159 KB, 82 pgs.]
• Vicki Luquette, Vice President, Institute for Public Strategies, Houston, TX
  Download Presentation [1.8 MB, 44 pgs.]

Workshop 2 - Improving Seat Belt Usage with Nighttime Belt Enforcement

• Richard Blomberg, President, Dunlap and Associates, Inc., Stamford, CT
  Download Presentation [566 KB, 17 pgs.]
  Additional Materials:
  • Speaker Notes [28 KB, 5 pgs.]
  • Campaign Comparisons [16 KB, 2 pgs.]
  • Time of Death, 2001 - 2007 [16 KB, 1 pg.]
  • Citation Comparisons, 10/07 and 5/06 [19 KB, 1 pg.]
  • Citation Comparisons, 5/08 and 5/06 [19 KB, 1 pg.]
• Jim Nichols, Principal, Nichols and Associates, Vienna, VA
  Download Presentation [116 KB, 37 pgs.]
• Michael Stout, Governor’s Representative and Director, Division of Traffic Safety, Illinois Department of Transportation, Springfield, IL
  Download Presentation [87 KB, 15 pgs.]

Workshop 3 - Using Non-Traditional Communication Strategies to Enhance Your Program

• Jim Tobin, President, Ignite Social Media, Cary, NC
  Download Presentation [2 MB, 30 pgs.]

Workshop 4 - Making Teens Safer Drivers

• Rob Foss, Senior Research Scientist and Director, Center for the Study of Young Drivers, University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC
  Download Presentation [256 KB, 23 pgs.]
• Justin McNaull, Director of State Relations, AAA, Washington, DC
  Download Presentation [218 KB, 13 pgs.]
• Arlene Greenspan, Senior Scientist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
  Download Presentation [724 KB, 24 pgs.]

Workshop 5 - Using Performance Measures in Highway Safety Programs

• Lance Neumann, President, Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Cambridge, MA
  Download Presentation [819 KB, 18 pgs.]
• Jim Hedlund, Principal, Highway Safety North, Ithaca, NY
  Download Presentation [76 KB, 26 pgs.]
• Georgia Chakiris, Regional Administrator, Region VI, NHTSA, Fort Worth, TX
  Download Presentation [68 KB, 8 pgs.]

Workshop 6 - Best Practices in DUI Courts

• David Wallace, Director, National Center for DWI Courts, National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), Alexandria, VA
  Download Presentation [958 KB, 23 pgs.]
• The Guiding Principles of DWI Court
  Download Presentation [417 KB, 11 pgs.]

Tuesday Morning General Session

• Adrian Lund, President, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, VA
  Download Presentation [939 KB, 56 pgs.]
• Susan Ferguson, Principal, Ferguson International LLC, McLean, VA
  Download Presentation [1.2 MB, 24 pgs.]
• Robyn Robertson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Traffic Injury Research Foundation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  Download Presentation [1.4 MB, 29 pgs.]

Workshop 7 - Improving Motorcycle Safety Through Effective Countermeasures

• Jim Hedlund, Principal, Highway Safety North, Ithaca, NY
  Download Presentation [51 KB, 39 pgs.]
• Pete Bodyk, Chief, Bureau of Traffic Safety, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS
  Download Presentation [76 KB, 9 pgs.]

Workshop 8 - Implementing Ignition Interlocks for DUI Offenses

• Robyn Robertson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Traffic Injury Research Foundation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  Download Presentation [1.6 MB, 31 pgs.]
• Michael Stout, Governor’s Representative and Director, Division of Traffic Safety, Illinois Department of Transportation, Springfield, IL
  Download Presentation [199 KB, 17 pgs.]

Workshop 9 - Distracted and Inattentive Driving: Data, Deterrents and Discussion

• Anne McCartt, Senior Vice President for Research, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, VA
  Download Presentation [4.1 MB, 65 pgs.]
• Pam Fischer, Governor’s Representative and Director, New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, Trenton, NJ
  Download Presentation [192 KB, 28 pgs.]

Workshop 10 - Improving the Safe Mobility of Older Drivers

• Peter Kissinger, President and Chief Executive Officer, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Washington, DC
  Download Presentation [492 KB, 30 pgs.]
• Neil Schuster, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), Arlington, VA
  Download Presentation [358 KB, 11 pgs.]
• Jane Stutts, Associate Director for Social and Behavioral Research, University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC
  Download Presentation [189 KB, 20 pgs.]

Workshop 11 - Drugged Driving Countermeasures and the DEC Program

• Charles Hayes, DEC Program Regional Operations Coordinator, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Salem, OR
  Download Presentation [147 KB, 19 pgs.]
• Dan Mulleneaux, Arizona DEC/Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Coordinator, Phoenix, AZ
  Download Presentation [186 KB, 13 pgs.]

Workshop 12 - Screening and Brief Interventions: A Promising DUI Strategy

• Ann Quinn-Zobeck, Director of Education and Training, Bacchus Network, Denver, CO
  Download Presentation [183 KB, 12 pgs.]
• Pierre Desy, Director, Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Injury Prevention Institute/EN CARE, Des Plaines, IL
  Download Presentation [532 KB, 19 pgs.]

Workshop 13 - Reducing Speeding with Automated Speed Enforcement

• Anne McCartt, Senior Vice President, Research, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, VA
  Download Presentation [1.7 MB, 36 pgs.]
• Captain Thomas Didone, District Commander, Montgomery County Police Department, Germantown, MD
  Download Presentation [316 KB, 33 pgs.]

Workshop 14 - Teen Brain Development, Underage Drinking and the NMDA

• Ralph Hingson, Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Bethesda, MD
  Download Presentation [2 MB, 76 pgs.]

Workshop 16 - Update on National Guidelines for State Information Systems

• Michael Geraci, Director, Office of Safety Programs, NHTSA, Washington, DC
  Download Presentation [351 KB, 19 pgs.]
• Chip Chidester, Director, Office of Data Acquisition, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, NHTSA, Washington, DC
  Download Presentation [292 KB, 17 pgs.]
• Elizabeth Alicandri, Director, Office of Safety Programs, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC
  Download Presentation [279 KB, 13 pgs.]

Reauthorization General Session

• Sara Vermillion, Assistant Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General Accountability Office, Washington, DC
  Download Presentation [63 KB, 11 pgs.]
• Tony Kane, Director, Engineering and Technical Services, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Washington, DC
  Download Presentation [136 KB, 16 pgs.]
• Neil Schuster, President and Chief Executive Officer, AAMVA, Arlington, VA
  Download Presentation [276 KB, 10 pgs.]