Pam Shadel Fischer believes that everyone has a right to the road and has made that her priority during her nearly 40-year career in traffic safety. She is a partnership builder, working collaboratively with public, private and nonprofit organizations to make highway safety a national priority. As a former state highway safety office director, she leverages that expertise to help GHSA’s members maximize their resources to develop and implement impactful highway safety plans and programs, as well as build successful task forces and coalitions.
A prolific writer, Fischer has authored or contributed to many GHSA best practice publications addressing speeding; impaired, distracted and drowsy driving; pedestrian, bicyclist, teen driver and micromobility safety; automated vehicles; and telematics data. She is recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on teen driver safety and is the co-author of “Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving,” now in its 3rd edition.
Fischer got her start in traffic safety at AAA New Jersey (now AAA Northeast), where she served in management roles for two decades. In 2007, she was named Governor’s Representative and Director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety and in 2011 established her own consulting firm to help state and federal agencies and nonprofits address the risky driving behaviors that put all road users at risk. She joined the GHSA staff in 2020 but was no stranger to the association, having been a member and Board member, as well as consultant. In the latter role, she partnered with GHSA’s CEO to establish the Consulting Services Initiative, a member program which continues under her stewardship today.
Fischer holds a B.A. in English from Lebanon Valley College, an M.A. in Leadership and Public Administration from Centenary University, and a Certificate in Advanced Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She prefers to walk rather than drive and believes that everything is within walking distance if you have the time.
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