State Child Passenger Safety Contacts
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State Child Passenger Safety Contacts can provide technical information on the use of child safety seats and provide names of local child passenger safety technicians available to give hands-on assistance in the proper use of child safety seats in motor vehicles. They also coordinate training of child passenger safety technicians within the state.
Alabama
Mike James
Alabama SAFE KIDS
2727 Triana Blvd
Huntsville, AL 35805
Phone: 256-536-4115
Alaska
Peggy Hiyashi
Alaska Safe Kids
Providence Medical Center
P.O. Box 196604
Anchorage, Alaska 99519
Phone: 907-261-3164
Arizona
Pat Andrews
Arizona Governor's Office
of Highway Safety
3030 North Central, Suite 1550
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Phone: 602-255-3216
Arkansas
Mike Selig
Highway Safety Program
Highway & Transportation Department
P.O. Box 2261
11300 Baseline Road
Little Rock, AR 72203
Phone: 501-569-2648
California
Lisa Hershey
California Department
of Health Services
State and Injury Control Section
P.O. Box 942732
Mail Stop 39A
Sacramento, CA 94234-7320
Phone: 916-323-3487
Colorado
Susan Yates
South Metro Fire Rescue
7900 East Berry Place
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Phone: 303-773-8282
Email:
smy@southmetro.org
Connecticut
James Moffett
Highway Safety Program
Department of Transportation
2800 Berlin Turnpike
P.O. Box 317546
Newington, CT 06131-7546
Phone: 860-594-2363
Delaware
Jana Simpler
Office of Highway Safety
P.O. Box 1321
Dover, DE 19903-1321
Phone: 302-739-3295
District of Columbia
Ron Mitchell
Department of Public Works
Frank D. Reeves Center
2000 14th Street, NE
6th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202-939-8115
Florida
Barbara Powell
Department of Transportation
605 Suwannee Street, MS 17
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450
Phone: 850-408-9546
Georgia
Michael George
Statewide Occupant Safety
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service
P.O. Box 631
Lithonia, GA 30058
Phone: 770-388-5765
Guam
Catherine Borja
Guam Office of Highway Safety
Department of Public Works
542 North Marine Drive
Tamuning, GU 96911
Phone: 671-646-3211 or
671-646-3214
Hawaii
Karen Tessier
Hawaii Department of Health
Injury Prevention & Control Program
1250 Punchbowl Street Room 214
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-586-5940
Idaho
Sherry Garey
Idaho Transportation Department
P.O. Box 7129
3311 West State Street
Boise, ID 83707-1129
Phone: 208-334-8130
Email:
sgarey@itd.state.id.us
Illinois
Susan Hocker
Division of Traffic Safety
Illinois Department of Transportation
3215 Executive Park Drive
P.O. Box 19245
Springfield, IL 62794-9245
Phone: 217-785-5544
Indian Nations
Charles Jaynes or
Larry Archambeau
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Highway Safety Program
Department of the Interior
505 Marquette, NW, Suite 1705
Phone: 505-248-5060 ext. 19
505-248-5053 ext. 16
Indiana
Lynn McCreary
Automotive Safety Program
Indiana University
575 West Drive, Room 004
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-274-3595
Email:
lmcCreary@iupui.edu
Iowa
Lisa Lutz
Iowa Department of Public Health
Bureau of EMS
Lucas State Office Building
6th Floor
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
PHONE: 515-281-4560
Email: llutz@idph.state.ia.us
Kansas
Sherri Cannon
Kansas Safety Belt
Education Office
DCCCA
3312 Clinton Parkway
Lawrence, KS 66047
Phone: 785-841-2880
Email:
ksbeo@midusa.net
Kentucky
Tina Cox
Kentucky State Police
Highway Safety Branch
919 Versailles Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-695-6356
Email:
tcox1@mail.state.ky.us
Louisiana
Jim Dickerson
Louisiana Highway Safety Commission
P.O. Box 66336
Baton Rouge, LA 70896
Phone: 225-925-3927
Email:
jdickers@dpsmail.dps.state.la.us
Maine
Debbie Dodge
Department of Human Services
Bureau Of Health
Division of Community & Family Health
11 State House Station
(331 Water Street - Gannett Bldg.)
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
Phone: 207-287-4288
Email:
debra.j.dodge@state.me.us
Maryland
Meg Gobrecht
State Highway Administration
Office of Traffic Safety
7991 Connelley Drive
Hanover, MD 21076
Phone: 410-787-4077
Massachusetts
Andrea Worrall
Governor's Highway Safety Bureau
10 Park Plaza, Suite 5220
Boston, MA 02116-5220
Phone: 617-973-8910
Michigan
Patricia (Pat) Eliason
Office of Highway Safety Planning
4000 Collins Road
P.O. Box 30633
Lansing, MI 48909-8133
Phone: 517-333-5318
Email:
eliasonp@state.mi.us
Minnesota
Julie Prom
Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Office of Traffic Safety
444 Cedar Street, Suite 150
St. Paul, MN 55101-5150
Phone: 651-215-9093
Email:
julic.prom@state.mn.us
Mississippi
Becky Webster
Division of Public Safety Planning
Office of Highway Safety
Department of Public Safety
P.O. Box 23039
401 North West Street
8th Floor
Jackson, MS 39225-3039
Phone: 601-359-7842
Missouri
Kari Blaeuer
Division of Highway Safety
P.O. Box 104808
Jefferson City, MO 65110-4808
Phone: 573-751-4161
Toll Free: 1-800-800-2358
Email:
kblaeuer@mdhs.state.mo.us
Montana
Priscilla Sinclair
Transportation Safety Bureau
Department of Transportation
2701 Prospect Avenue
Helena, MT 59620-1001
Phone: 406-444-7301
Email:
psinclair@state.mt.us
Nebraska
Cathy Meyer
Nebraska Office of Highway Safety
P.O. Box 94612
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: 402-471-2017
Email:
cmeyer@mail.state.ne.us
Nevada
Jan Robertson
Office of Traffic Safety
Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety
555 Wright Way
Carson City, NV 89711
Phone: 775-687-5720
New Hampshire
Ed Crabtree
Highway Safety Agency
Pine Inn Plaza
117 Manchester Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-271-2131
New Jersey
Edward O'Connor
Division of Highway Traffic Safety
Department of Law &
Public Safety
P.O. Box 048
Trenton, NJ 08625-0048
Phone: 609-633-9300
New Mexico
Joyce Johnson
State Highway & Transportation Department
P.O. Box 1149
Sante Fe, NM 87504-1149
Phone: 505-827-0429
New York
Deborah Lotito
Governor's Traffic Safety Committee
6 Empire State Plaza
Room 414
Albany, New York 12228
Phone: 518-473-7708
Email:
dloti@dmv.state.ny.us
North Carolina
Ann Ringland
Governor's Highway Safety Program
215 East Lane Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: 919-733-3083
North Dakota
Carol Holzer
North Dakota Department of Health
600 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200
Phone: 701-328-4537
Email:
cholzer@state.nd.us
Ohio
Anita Watkins
Office of the Governor's Highway Safety Representative
Ohio Department of Public Safety
P.O. Box 182081
Columbus, OH 43218-2981
Phone: 614-466-3250
Oklahoma
Cecilia Alsobrook
Highway Safety Office
3223 North Lincoln
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: 405-521-3314
Oregon
Ruth Harshfield
ACTS Oregon
Child Safety Seat Resource Center
450 West Arlington
Gladstone, Oregon 97045
Phone: 503-657-7207
Toll Free: 1-800-772-1315
Email:
actsoregon@aol.com
Pennsylvania
Dianna J. Reed
Safety Management Division
Bureau of Highway Safety & Traffic Engineering
555 Walnut Street 7th Floor
P.O. Box 2047
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2047
Phone: 717-787-6853
Email:
djreed@penndot.state.pa.us
Angela Osterhuber
Pennsylvania Traffic Injury
Prevention Project
919 Conestoga Road
Building 2, #307
Rosemont, PA 19010-1353
Phone: 610-520-9123
Puerto Rico
Vivian Pedraza
Traffic Safety Commission
POB 41289, Minillas Station
Santurce, PR 00940
Phone: 787-723-3590
Rhode Island
David Schiapo
Governor's Office on Highway Safety
543 Harris Avenue
Providence, RI 02909
Phone: 401-222-3024
South Carolina
Ginger Patterson
South Carolina Department of Public Safety
5400 Broad River Road
Modular #9
Columbia, SC 29212
Phone: 803-896-8715
South Dakota
Marianne Gabriel
Department of Commerce & Regulation
Office of Highway Safety
118 West Capital
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605-773-4493
Email:
Marianne.Gabriel@state.sd.us
Tennessee
Jackie Brown
Governor's Highway
Safety Office
Department of Transportation
505 Deaderick Street
Suite 600
James K. Polk State
Office Building
Nashville, TN 37243-0341
Phone: 615-741-7500
Texas
Jeanne Swanson
Texas Department of Transportation
125 East 11th Street
Austin, TX 78701-2483
Phone: 512-416-3169
Johnny Humphries
Safe Riders Progam
Department of Health
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
Phone: 1-800-252-8255
Utah
Kristy K. Rigby
Department of Public Safety
Utah Highway Safety
5263 South Commerce Drive Suite 202
Salt Lake City, UT 84107
Phone: 801-293-2480
Email:
krigby@dps.state.ut.us
Vermont
J. Michelle Laberge
Governor's Highway Safety Program
Department of Public Safety
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05701-2101
Phone: 802-244-1317
Virgin Islands
Linda Peters
Office of Highway Safety
Lagoon Street Complex, F'sted
St. Croix, VI 00840
Phone: 340-772-3025
Virginia
Marcia Franchock-Hill
Virginia Department of Health- Office of Injury Prevention
1500 East Main Street
Room 105
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Phone: 804-786-5993
Washington
Kathy Kruger
Washington State Safety Restraint Commission
917 Kirkland Avenue
Kirkland, WA 98033-6326
Phone: 425-828-8975
Email:
wssrc@bigfoot.com
West Virginia
Melissa Taylor
Charleston PD
P.O. Box 2749
Charleston, WV 25330
Phone: 304-348-1091
Wisconsin
Don Hagen
Bureau of Transportation Safety
Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 7936
4802 Sheboyghan Avenue
Suite 809
Madison, WI 53707
Phone: 608-267-7520
Email:
don.hagen@dot.state.wi.us
Wyoming
Anna Thompson
Wyoming Transportation Department
P.O. Box 1708
Cheyenne, WY 82003-1708
Phone: 307-777-4199
Email:
athomp@state.wy.us
 

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