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State Contacts

Updated: November 7, 2012

Following is a list of agencies and individuals who may be contacted for information on child passenger safety (CPS) training opportunities in each State and U.S. Territory. These contacts can also provide general information on CPS programs and activities in their respective States and Territories. Select a State to go directly to the contact for that State.

This information is based on state child passenger safety training contact information compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Additional information is based on feedback and reports of changes and corrections to the list as reported to the National Child Passenger Safety Board.

Jump to Child Passenger Safety Training and Information Contacts for:
Alabama	Guam	Massachusetts	North Carolina	Texas
Alaska	Hawaii	Michigan	North Dakota	Utah
American Samoa	Idaho	Minnesota	Northern Mariana Island	Vermont
Arizona	Illinois	Mississippi	Ohio	Virgin Islands
Arkansas	Indian Nations	Missouri	Oklahoma	Virginia
California	Indiana	Montana	Oregon	Washington
Colorado	Iowa	Nebraska	Pennsylvania	West Virginia
Connecticut	Kansas	Nevada	Puerto Rico	Wisconsin
Delaware	Kentucky	New Hampshire	Rhode Island	Wyoming
District of Columbia	Louisiana	New Jersey	South Carolina
Florida	Maine	New Mexico	South Dakota
Georgia	Maryland	New York	Tennessee

Alabama Mike James Statewide CPS Coordinator 1228 Chesser Dr. Huntsville, AL 35803 Phone: 256-509-3674 bwg@hiwaay.net
Alaska Peggy Hayashi Alaska Injury Prevention Center 3701 E. Tudor Road, Suite 105 Anchorage, AK 99507 Phone: 907-929-3939 / 907-688-5090 Fax: 907-929-3940 mhayashi@gci.net	Beth Schuerman Project Director Alaska Injury Prevention Center 3701 East Tudor Road, Suite 105 Anchorage, AK, 99507 Phone: 907-929-3939 Fax: 907-929-3940 Beth.Schuerman@alaska-ipc.org
American Samoa David Bird Office of Highway Safety Government of American Samoa P.O. Box 1086 Pago Pago, AS 96799 Phone: 684-633-7634 Fax: 684-633-7296 fetuoleafiaf98@yahoo.com	Arizona Liz Pena Project Coordinator Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety 3030 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1550 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Phone: 602-255-3209 Fax: 602-255-1265 lpena@azgohs.gov
Arkansas Steve Rountree Arkansas State Police Highway Safety Program One State Police Plaza Drive Little Rock, AR 72209 Phone: 501-618-8486 Fax: 501-618-8124 Steve.Rountree@arkansas.gov	California Donna Black Regional Coordinator Office of Traffic Safety 2208 Kausen Drive Suite 300 Elk Grove CA, 95758 Phone: 916-509-3015 Fax: 916-509-3055 Donna.Black@ots.ca.gov
Colorado Corporal Heather Cobler Child Passenger Safety Program Colorado State Patrol - HQ 700 Kipling Street Lakewood, CO 80215 Phone: 303-239-4537 Heather.Cobler@cdps.state.co.us	Susan Yates Colorado Child Passenger Safety Training Coordinator The Children’s Hospital Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute 13123 East 16th Avenue, B922 Aurora, CO 80045 Phone: 720-777-8414 susan.yates@childrenscolorado.org
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Connecticut Juliette Little State Coordinator Department of Transportation Division of Highway Safety 2800 Berlin Turnpike P.O. Box 317546 Newington, CT 06131-7546 Phone: 860-549-2364 Fax: 860-594-2374 juliet.little@po.state.ct.us	Patricia Zainc CPS Field Coordinator Community Relations Waterbury Police Department 240 Bank Street Waterbury, CT 06702 Phone: 203-346-3908 Fax: 203-346-3926 PZainc@wtbypd.org
Delaware Nadine Holleger Fitting Station Coordinator 6471 Griffith Lake Road Milford, DE 19963 Phone: 302-744-2749 Mobile: 302-387-2324 Nadine.Holleger@state.de.us	District of Columbia Karen Gay District Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office 55 M Street SE, 5th Floor Washington, DC 20003 Phone: 202-673-6835 Fax: 202-727-7502 Karen.gay@dc.gov
Florida Ralph M. Salvas Florida Department of Transportation Safety Office 605 Suwannee Street, MS-17 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450 Phone: 850-245-1526 Fax: 850-245-1553 ralph.salvas@dot.state.fl.us
Georgia Linda Bradford Governor's Office of Highway Safety 7 MartinLuther King Jr. Drive, Suite 643 Atlanta, GA 30334 Phone: 404-656-6996 Fax: 404-651-9107 lbradfor@gohs.ga.gov	Megan Grundy Governor's Office of Highway Safety 7 MartinLuther King Jr. Drive, Suite 643 Atlanta, GA 30334 Phone:404-656-6996 Fax: 404-651-9107 mgrundy@gohs.ga.gov
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Guam Therese Matanane Department of Public Works Office of Highway Safety 542 North Marine Corp Drive Tamuning, GU 96913 Phone: 671-647-5059 / 671-646-3229 Fax: 671-646-3733 therese.matanane@dpw.guam.gov	Hawaii Lee Nagano Highway Safety Specialist Safe Community Programs Department of Transportation 869 Punchbowl Street, Room 405 Honolulu, HI 96813 Phone: 808-587-6301 Fax: 808-587-6303 Lee.nagano@hawaii.gov
Idaho Lisa Losness Idaho Transportation Department Office of Highway Safety 3311 West State Street P.O. Box 7129 Boise, ID 83707-1129 Phone: 208-334-8103 Fax: 208-334-4430 lisa.losness@itd.idaho.gov	Illinois Jennifer Toney Occupant Protection Coordinator Illinois Department of Transportation Division of Traffic Safety 1340 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702 Phone: 217-782-0964 Fax: 217-782-9159 jennifer.toney@illinois.gov
Indian Nations Pat Abeyta Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Highway Safety Program 201 Third St., NW, Suite 310 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Phone: 505-245-2104 Fax: 505-245-2106
Indiana Judith Talty Automotive Safety Program Indiana University School of Medicine 575 West Drive, Room 004 Indianapolis, IN 46202 Phone: 317-944-2977 / 800-543-6227 (IN only) jtalty@iupui.edu	Angie Morris Child Passenger Safety/Young Driver Program Manager Indiana Criminal Justice Institute 101 W. Washington St., #1170E Indianapolis, IN 46204 317-232-2561 angmorris@cji.in.gov
April Brooks State Child Passenger Safety Coordinator Automotive Safety Program 575 West Drive, Room 004 Indianapolis, IN 46202 Phone: 317-944-8380 / 800-543-6227 (IN only) apbrooks@iupui.edu
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Iowa Brandi Thompson Blank Children's Hospital 1200 Pleasant Street Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone: 515-241-6293 Fax: 515-241-6732 thompsb3@ihs.org	Mark Nagel Department of Public Safety Public Safety Building, 3rd Floor 215 East 7th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Phone: 515-725-6126 Fax: 515-725-6133 nagel@dps.state.ia.us
Kansas Norraine Wingfield Project Director Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office 2930 SW Wanamaker Drive, Suite 100 Topeka, KS 66614 Phone: 800-416-2522 / 785-288-8927 Fax: 785-233-1342 nwingfield@dccca.org
Kentucky DeShaun Bailey CPS Coordinator Education Branch Office of Highway Safety 200 Mero Street, 4th Floor Frankfort, KY 40622 Phone: 502-564-1438 Fax: 502-564-0903 deshaun.bailey@ky.gov	Sharon Rengers Kosair Children's Hospital PO Box 35070 Louisville, KY 40232 Phone: 502-629-7337 Fax: 502-629-7331 sharon.rengers@nortonhealthcare.org
Louisiana Dortha Cummins Occupant Protection Coordinator Louisiana Highway Safety Commission PO Box 66336 Baton Rouge, LA 70896 Phone: 225-925-0456 Fax: 225-922-0517 dortha.cummins@dps.la.gov	Bridget S. Gardner Program Coordinator Louisiana Passenger Safety Task Force Charity Hospital Trauma Center Trauma Program West 402 1532 Tulane Avenue New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: 504-903-8592 BGARDN@lsuhsc.edu
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Maine Janet Cummings CPS Coordinator Bureau of Highway Safety 164 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0164 Phone: 207-626-3840 Fax: 207-287-3430 janet.cummings@maine.gov	Maryland Tracy Whitman MD Kids in Safety Seats 201 W. Preston Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: 410-767-1363 Fax: 410-333-5385 Tracy.Whitman@maryland.gov
Massachusetts Cindy Campbell Highway Safety Division Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Ten Park Plaza, Suite 3720 Boston, MA 02116-3933 Phone: 617-725-3351 Fax. 617-725-0260 cynthia.campbell@state.ma.us	Don Dupray 181 Boxford Road Rowley, MA 01969 Phone: 978-852-8478 triadtraffic@verizon.net
Michigan Alyson Kechkaylo Occupant Protection Program Coordinator Office of Highway Safety Planning 333 South Grand Avenue. PO Box 30634 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-241-2546 Fax: 517-241-2501 kechkayloa@michigan.gov	Minnesota Heather Darby CPS Coordinator Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety 444 Cedar Street Suite 150, Town Square Saint Paul, MN 55101-5150 Phone: 651-201-7068 Fax: 651-297-4844 heather.darby@state.mn.us
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Mississippi Twyla Jennings Governor's Office of Highway Safety Department of Public Safety 3750 I-55 N Frontage Rd Jackson, MS 39211 Phone: 601-987-4990 Fax: 601-987-4154 tjennings@dps.ms.gov	Michael Hughes Safe Kids Mississippi Outreach Coordinator 1304 Vine Street Jackson, MS 39202 Phone: 601-360-0531 Fax:601-360-0537 mhughesskms@bellsouth.net
Missouri Pam Hoelscher Missouri Department of Transportation Division of Highway Safety P.O. Box 270 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone: 800-800-2358 / 573-751-4161 Fax: 573-634-5977 pamela.hoelscher@modot.mo.gov
Montana Pam Buckman State Highway Traffic Safety Bureau 2701 Prospect Ave PO Box 201001 Helena, MT 59620-1001 Phone: 406-444-0809 Fax: 406-444-9409 pbuckman@mt.gov	Lonie Hutchison Missoula City-County Health Department 301 West Alder Missoula, MT 59801 Phone: 406-258-3880 Fax: 406-258-3610 hutchisonl@ho.missoula.mt.us
Nebraska Tim Jasnosh Traffic Safety Specialist Nebraska Office of Highway Safety 301 Centennial Mall South PO Box 94612 Lincoln, NE 68509-4612 Phone: 402-471-2515 Fax: 402-471-3865 tim.jasnoch@nebraska.gov	Jason Kerkman Injury Prevention Program/Safe Kids Coordinator Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services 301 Centennial Mall South PO Box 95026 Lincoln, NE 68509 Phone: 402-471-8749 / 800-745-9311 Fax: 402-471-6446 jason.kerkman@nebraska.gov
Nevada Traci Pearl Highway Safety Coordinator Nevada Office of Traffic Safety Department of Public Safety 107 Jacobsen Way Carson City, NV 89701 Phone: 775-684-7476 Fax: 775-684-7482 tpearl@dps.state.nv.us	Masha Wilson Occupant Protection Program Manager Nevada Office of Traffic Safety Department of Public Safety 107 Jacobsen Way Carson City, NV 89701 Phone: 775-684-7469 / 775-443-7930 Fax: 775-684-7482 mwilson@dps.state.nv.us
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New Hampshire Deb Garvin State Coordinator NH Highway Safety Agency Pine Inn Plaza 117 Manchester Street Concord, NH 03301 Phone: 603-271-2131 Fax: 603-271-3790 dgarvin@nhhsa.state.nh.us	Jo-Ellen Courtney Field/Training Coordinator N. H. Injury Prevention Center One Medical Center Drive Lebanon, NH 03756 Phone: 877-783-0432 Fax: 603-653-1139 jo-ellen.courtney@dartmouth.edu
New Jersey Fred Lyle Department of Law & Public Safety Division of Highway Traffic Safety PO Box 048 Trenton, NJ 08625-0048 Phone: 609-633-9300 Fax: 609-633-9020 fred.lyle@lps.state.nj.us
New Mexico David Lapington State Highway & Transportation Department P.O. Box 1149 Santa Fe, NM 87504-1149 Phone: 505-827-0427 Fax: 505-827-0431 david.lapington@state.nm.us	Lisa Kelloff President Safer New Mexico Now 9400 Holly Ave., NE, Suite 201 Albuquerque, NM 87122 Phone: 505-856-6100 Fax: 505-332-7757 lkelloff@safernm.org
New York Barbara Formica Child Passenger Safety Coordinator Governor's Traffic Safety Committee 6 Empire State Plaza, Room 414 Albany, NY 12228 Phone: 518-474-6407 Fax: 518-473-6946 Barbara.Formica@dmv.ny.gov
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North Carolina Joshua DeFisher Highway Safety Specialist Governor’s Highway Safety Program 215 East Lane Street Raleigh, NC 27601-1508 Phone: 919-733-3083 Fax: 919-733-0604 jsdefisher@ncdot.gov	Bill Hall UNC Highway Safety Research Center 730 Martin Luther King Blvd., Suite 300 CB# 3430 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Phone: 919-962-8721 / 800-672-4527 (in NC) Fax: 919-962-8710 bill_hall@unc.edu
Bevan Kirley UNC Highway Safety Research Center 730 Martin Luther King Blvd., Suite 300 CB# 3430 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Phone: 919-962-5836 / 800-672-4527 (in NC) Fax: 919-962-8710 kirley@hsrc.unc.edu
North Dakota Carol Thurn North Dakota Department of Transportation 608 East Boulevard Avenue Bismarck, ND 58505-0700 Phone: 701-328-4354 Fax: 701-328-2435 cthurn@nd.gov	Dawn Mayer Child Passenger Safety Program North Dakota Department of Health 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept.301 Bismarck, ND 58505 Phone: 701-328-4533 Fax: 701-328-1412 drmayer@nd.gov
Northern Mariana Island Leo T. Duenas Department of Public Safety Office of Grants and Special Programs P.O. Box 791 Garapan, 3rd Floor Family Building Saipan, MP 96950 Phone: 670-664-9121 Fax: 670-664-9141 Lduenas@dps.gov.mp
Ohio Bob Painter Regional Program Manager Ohio Traffic Safety Office Office of Criminal Justice Services 1970 West Broad Street Columbus, OH 43223 614-466-3250 614-752-4646 (fax) bpainter@dps.state.oh.us	Christy Beeghly Administrator Violence and Injury Prevention Program Ohio Department of Health 246 N. High Street, 8th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: 614-728-4116 Fax: 614-564-2409 Christy.Beeghly@odh.ohio.gov
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Oklahoma Samantha Harcrow Occupant Protection Program Manager Oklahoma Highway Safety Office 3223 N. Lincoln Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Phone: 405-523-1578 Fax: 405-523-1586 SHarcrow@dps.state.ok.us	Sabrina Mackey Program Manager Oklahoma Highway Safety Office 3223 N. Lincoln Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Phone: 405-523-1577 Fax: 405-523-1586 smackey@dps.state.ok.us
Beth Washington Safe Kids Tulsa 5353 E. 68th Street Tulsa, OK 74136 Phone: 918-494-7233 Fax: 918-494-6495 bawashington@saintfrancis.com	Lauren Farrah Safe Kids Oklahoma City 900 N. Portland Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73107 Phone: 405-945-6709 lauren@safekidsok.org
Oregon Sandy Holt Child Safety Seat Resource Center ACTS Oregon 8059 SW Cirrus Dr. Beaverton, OR 97008 Toll Free: 800-772-1315 (in Oregon) Phone: 503-643-5620 ext. 106 Fax: 503-643-5680 sandyh@actsoregon.org
Pennsylvania Angela Osterhuber Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project Rose Tree Corporate Center II 1400 N. Providence Rd. Suite 3007 Media, PA 19063 Phone: 484-446-3036 Fax: 484-446-3255 aosterhuber@paaap.org	Puerto Rico Vivian Pedraza Coordinator Traffic Safety Commission Minillas Station PO Box 41289 Santurce, PR 00940 Phone: 787-723-3590 Fax: 787-727-8040 vpedraza@cst.gobierno.pr
Rhode Island James Barden State Coordinator Rhode Island Department of Transportation Office on Highway Safety 2 Capitol Hill, Suite 106 Providence, RI 02909-1052 Phone: 401-222-2023 ext. 4059 Fax: 401-222-1856 james.barden@dot.ri.gov	Dina Morrissey Program Coordinator Injury Prevention Center Rhode Island Hospital 55 Claverick Street, 2nd Floor Providence, RI 02903 Phone: 401-444-5018 Fax: 401-444-2249 dmorrissey@lifespan.org
South Carolina Neal Martin South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Division of Injury & Violence Prevention 1751 Calhoun Street Mills/Jarrett Complex Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: 803-898-0370 martinco@dhec.sc.gov	South Dakota Melissa Fluckey Department of Social Services Division of Child Care Services 700 Governors Drive Kneip Building Pierre, SD 57501 Phone: 605-773-4766 Fax: 605-773-7294 Melissa.Fluckey@state.sd.us
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Tennessee Deborah Scruggs Governor’s Highway Safety Ofice James K. Polk State Office Building 505 Deaderick Street, Suite 1800 Nashville, TN 37243 Phone: 615-532-3149 Fax: 615-253-5523 Deborah.Scruggs@tn.gov
Texas Shirley Ashbrook Program Manager, Occupant Protection Texas Department of Transportation 118 E. Riverside Drive Austin, TX 78704 Phone: 512-416-3261 shirley.ashbrook@txdot.gov	Frank Luera Safe Riders Program Texas Department of State Health Services 1100 W. 49th Street Austin, TX 78756 Phone: 800-252-8255 frank.luera@dshs.state.tx.us
Utah Kerilee Burton Training Coordinator Utah Department of Public Safety Highway Safety Office 5500 Amelia Earhart Drive, Suite 155 Salt Lake City, UT 84118 Phone: 801-505-3315 Fax: 801-366-6044 kburton@utah.gov	Kristy Rigby Occupant Protection Program Manager Utah Department of Public Safety Highway Safety Office 5500 Amelia Earhart Drive, Suite 155 Salt Lake City, UT 84118 Phone: 801-366-6047 Fax: 801-366-6044 krigby@utah.gov
Vermont Ann Weinstein BeSeatSmart Program Fletcher Allen Health Care 128 Lakeside Ave. Ste. 106 Burlington, VT 05401 Phone: 802-847-1215 Fax: 802-847-6545 ann.weinstein@vtmednet.org	Virgin Islands Leslie Dickinson CPS Coordinator Virgin Islands Office of Highway Safety VI Police Department Patrick Sweeney Headquarters RR Kingshill St. Croix, VI 00850 Phone: 340-778-2244 Fax: 340-772-2626 lsdickie@yahoo.co
Virginia Mary Ann Rayment Occupant Protection/Media Coordinator Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles 3551 Buckner Boulevard VA Beach, VA 23456 Phone: 757-416-1741 Fax: 757-416-1676 maryann.rayment@dmv.virginia.gov	John Messina Statewide Training Coordinator Occupant Protection for Children Virginia Commonwealth University Transportation Safety Training Center 1312 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220 Phone: 804-828-3073 Fax: 804-828-1484 jmessina@vcu.edu
Washington Cesi Velez Bonney Lake Police Department CPS Program 18421 Old Buckley Hwy. Bonney Lake, WA 98391 Phone: 253-447-3257 velezc@ci.bonney-lake.wa.us	Kathy Kruger Safety Restraint Coalition 917 Kirkland Ave. Kirkland, WA 98033 Toll Free in WA: 800-BUCK-L-UP (282-5587) Phone: 425-828-8975 Fax: 425-828-9083 office@800bucklup.org
West Virginia Trish Anderson Child Passenger Safety Coordinator/Program Manager Governor's Highway Safety Program 2 Hale Street, Suite 100 Charleston, WV 25301 Phone: 304-558-6080 Fax: 304-558-6083 Trish.A.Anderson@wv.gov
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Wisconsin John Remy Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Safety 4802 Sheboyghan Avenue, Suite 809 PO Box 7936 Madison, WI 53707 Phone: 608-267-7520 Fax: 608-267-0441 john.remy@dot.wi.gov	Patti Dickey Portage County CPS Association 52 Sunset Blvd. Stevens Point, WI 54481 Phone: 715-341-7328 Fax: 715-346-0003 wins9467@gmail.com
Wyoming Anna Thompson Wyoming Department of Transportation Highway Safety Program 5300 Bishop Blvd. Cheyenne, WY 82009-3340 Phone: 307 777-4199 Fax: 307-777-4250 Anna.Thompson@dot.state.wy.us	Stephanie Heitsch Safe Kids Wyoming Coordinator Injury Prevention Program Cheyenne Regional Medical Center 214 East 23rd Cheyenne, WY 82001 Phone: 307-633-7525 Stephanie.Heitsch@crmcwy.org
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Contact Amy Heinzen for more information.