2008 Georgia Highway Safety Conference Schedule of Events

The full 2008 Georgia Highway Safety Conference Schedule and Program is now available online. Click here for the PDF download.

A tentative list of speaker bios can be found below. More will be added shortly, so check back to this page often

Elaine Armster, Special Projects Branch Chief, Department of Transportation, Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Thomas Bevan, Vice President, Research and Development, dNovus, Atlanta, Georgia

Dee Brophy, Attorney, Administrative License Suspension, Georgia State Patrol, Atlanta, Georgia.

Lieutenant Colonel Jim Champagne , former Executive Director and Governor’s Highway Safety Representative for the state of Louisiana.

W. Randall Clayton, Operations Manager, Governor’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan

Sharon Conrad, Program Operations Manager, Injury Prevention Section, Division of Public Health, Department of Human Resources.

Robert F. Dallas, Director, Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety

Mark Doctor, Safety and Geometric Design Engineer, Federal Highway Administration Resource Center, Georgia Region, Atlanta, Georgia.

Gregory C. Dozier, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Driver Services

Steve Draginis, National Distribution Manager, Barrier Systems, Rio Vista, California

Ana Everett, Injury Prevention Director, Injury Free Coalition for Kids, Grady Health System, Atlanta, Georgia.

Judge Gregory Fowler, Chief Judge of the State Court of Chatham County, Savannah, Georgia.

Shane Garrison, Vice-President of Puckett EMS, and President of EMS Technology Solutions, Austell, Georgia

Jerry Gossett, Owner, Safety Consultant, Gossett Consulting Services, LLC, Marietta, Georgia

Becky Hill, DeKalb County Public Safety

Frankie Jones, Director, University of Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute, Conyers, Georgia

John Karnowski, Director, Traffic and Transportation, Street Smarts, Duluth, Georgia

Jim Kelly, Manager, Motorcycle Safety Program, Department of Driver Services, Conyers, Georgia

Tom Kirkbride, Special Agent and Operational Federal Air Marshal (FAM), Atlanta Field

Henrietta Kuoh, Consultant, Injury Prevention Section, Division of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia.

Sgt. Pete Lamb, DUI Task Force and H.E.A.T. Team Commander, Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, Augusta, Georgia

Judge Kent Lawrence, Judge State Court of Athens-Clarke County, Athens, Georgia

Alan LeBaron, Professor of Latin American history, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia

Jeffery A. Lindley, Associate Administrator for Safety, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Harry McCann, Central Region Traffic Enforcement Liaison, Special Operations, Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, Atlanta, Georgia.

Fay McCormack, Traffic Safety Coordinator, Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia.

Chief Mark McLeod, Commanding Officer, Motor Carrier Compliance Division, Department of Public Safety, Atlanta, Georgia

Rick Meehan, H.E.A.T. Officer, Clayton County Police Department, Jonesboro, Georgia

Col. Will G. Merrill, Safety Director, U.S. Army Central Command, Atlanta, Georgia

Lee P. Oliver, III, Director of Emergency Services and Emergency Management, The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia

Dr. Patrick O'Neal, MD, Director of Preparedness, Georgia Division of Public Health

Michael Orta, Program Manager, PEDS, Atlanta, Georgia

Arleymah Raheem, Child Fatality Prevention Specialist, Child Fatality Review, Atlanta, Georgia.

Angie Rios, Data Registrar, Georgia Emergency Medical Services, Atlanta, Georgia.

Dana Robbins, Transportation Safety Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Georgia Division, Atlanta, Georgia.

Mary Ann Robinson, CPS Trainer, University of Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute, Conyers, Georgia.

Convict with a Cause - Chris Sandy

Terry Schiavone, Regional Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Southeast Region

James Shuler, Public Information Officer, Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, Atlanta, Georgia.

Alvin Shultz, Epidemiologist II, Division of Research and Evaluation, Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

Ken Smith, Ken Smith & Associates, Hampton, Georgia

Michael Smith, Safety Data Coordinator, Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, Atlanta, Georgia

Bruce Stanford, SFST/DRE Coordinator, Georgia Police Academy, Forsyth, Georgia

Courtney Terwilliger, Director EMS, Emanuel Medical Center, Swainsboro, Georgia

Randall Townley, Rural Roads Initiative