The mission of the National Child Passenger Safety Board is to oversee and maintain the technical quality, standardization and relevance of the curriculum which is part of the National Child Passenger Safety Certification Training Program throughout the United States. The program was created to train people to become certified child passenger safety (CPS) technicians and instructors in order to provide assistance to families and caregivers for the safe transportation of children.
The Board works with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), who has the responsibility to assure the technical accuracy of the curriculum, and with Safe Kids CPS Certification, who has responsibility, authority and liability for the certification and re-certification processes. The Board provides input and perspectives from their representative organizations and field, and to their representative constituencies, on ways to ensure the ongoing significance of the National Child Passenger Safety Certification Training Program in keeping children safe.
In the mid-1990s, a small team of child passenger safety professionals was tasked by NHTSA to look at the national state of child passenger safety. The group, the Patterns for Life Team, recommended a standardized national curriculum and a national certification process for technicians. A standardized curriculum was created and AAA became the initial national certifying body.
This still left a need for input from those out in the field, and a group of CPS stakeholders including representatives from national and local organizations, vehicle and car seat manufacturers and injury prevention professionals. The group was formalized and the National Child Passenger Safety Board was created. The Board currently oversees the certification curriculum and makes recommendations to both NHTSA and the certifying body, now Safe Kids Worldwide.
Thank you for your interest in applying for membership to the National Child Passenger Safety Board.
The National Child Passenger Safety Board will not be accepting applications for membership during 2018. Information on this page will be updated as new membership information becomes available.
Injury Prevention/Public Health:
Mandi Seethaler
Alaska Injury Prevention Center
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Public Safety/Fire/EMS:
Cpt. Randy Chhabra
Austin-Travis County EMS
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Child Passenger Safety Advocate:
Mike Chappell
South Kingstown Police Department
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Vehicle Manufacturers Representative:
Jennifer Pelky
Toyota Motor North America
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Public Safety/Law Enforcement:
Lt. Lonny Haschel
Texas Highway Patrol, Staff Lieutenant
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NHTSA Headquarters:
Laura Dunn
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Chairperson
Dina Burstein
Vice-Chairperson
Tammy Franks
Immediate Past Chairperson
Sarah Tilton
NHTSA Headquarters
Laura Dunn
Certifying Body
Kerry Chausmer
Board Secretariat
Amy Artuso
AAA
Diana Imondi Dias
American Academy of Pediatrics
Marilyn J. Bull, MD
At-Large
Sarah Tilton
At-Large
Charles Vits
Child Passenger Safety Advocate
Tammy Franks
Child Passenger Safety Advocate
Amber Kroeker
Child Passenger Safety Advocate
Mike Chappell
Child Restraint Manufacturer
Terry Emerson
Diversity
Krystal Heinzen, J.D.
Governors Highway Safety Association
Bob Stevens
Injury Prevention/Healthcare
Dina Burstein, MD
Injury Prevention/Public Health
Mandi Seethaler
National Safety Council
Ron Kremer
NHTSA Regions
Meg Miller
Public Safety/Fire/EMS
Cpt. Randy Chhabra
Public Safety/Law Enforcement
Lt. Lonny Haschel
Safe Kids Worldwide
Alexis Kagiliery
Vehicle Manufacturers Representative
Jennifer Pelky
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