NHTSA announces annual safety awards

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently honored 14 individuals and groups from across the country for their achievements in highway safety at the 26th Annual Lifesavers conference.

More than 2000 participants attended the three-day Lifesavers conference, which focused on common-sense solutions to critical highway safety issues and is considered the leading event of its kind in the United States. Topics on this year’s conference agenda include child passenger safety, occupant protection, impaired driving, and new vehicle safety technology. At the conference NHTSA presented public service awards to 14 individuals and organizations, as follows:

• Master Police Officer Jesse F. Bowman, Fairfax County Police Department, Fairfax, Va.
• Senator Margaret Carter, Oregon State Senate, Portland, Ore.
• Lee Cohen, Assistant State Attorney in Charge of the County Court Division Office of the State Attorney, 17th Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
• Martha Collar (posthumous), Childhood Injury Prevention Manager, Oklahoma Department of Health, Oklahoma SAFE KIDS Coalition, Oklahoma City.
• Robert Crane, MD, Chair, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Ohio Regional Operations Council, Columbus, Ohio.
• William Elliott, Founder, The John R. Elliott Foundation, The HERO Campaign, Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
• Philip W. Haseltine, President (Retired), Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS), Arlington, Va.
• Nadine Milford, Citizen Advocate, Albuquerque, N.M.
• New Mexico DWI Leadership Team, New Mexico Department of Transportation, Santa Fe, N.M.
• Simera Reynolds, Executive Director, Nebraska Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Lincoln, Neb.
• Judge Douglas J. Saloom, City and Juvenile Court of Lafayette, Lafayette, La.
• Senator Christine Savage, Maine State Senator, Union, Maine.
• Representative David Schapira, Arizona House of Representatives, Tempe, Ariz.
• Utah Eliminating Alcohol Sales to Youth (E.A.S.Y.) Program, Departments of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Human Services, and Public Safety, Salt Lake City.

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