Welcome
to the Webcast Launch Page.
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here to watch the archived video of the Webcast
Featured Speakers:
JUDITH
LEE STONE (President) and JACKIE GILLAN (Vice President),
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), an alliance
of consumer, medical, safety and major insurance companies
and organizations working together to advance state and federal
highway and vehicle safety laws, programs and policies.
SHERRY
CHAPMAN (Hartford, CT), co-founder Mourning Parents Act
(!MPACT) after her son Ryan Ramirez, age 19, was killed as
a passenger in a crash caused by a teen driver on December
7, 2002. Ms. Chapman is a board member of the Connecticut
Governor's Task Force on Teen Driving Safety and the Connecticut
Teen Driving Safety Partnership. She is writing a memoir with
the working title, "Unfathomable Loss: A Mother's Grief
Journey."
TODD
WAYMON (Silver Spring, MD), whose son Matt, age 16, was
killed in a multiple fatal crash caused by a newly-licensed
teen driver on July 14, 1998. In response, Todd lobbied the
Maryland Legislature to enact new landmark teen driving safety
laws and founded COA-MATT (Coming of Age - May All Teens Thrive)
to help teens and their families transition to adulthood with
activities to develop life skills and responsible behavior.
STEPHEN
HARGARTEN, MD, MPH (Milwaukee, WI), Chair of Emergency
Medicine Department at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr.
Hargarten serves as Director of its Injury Research Center.
Dr. Hargarten also is past chair of the Wisconsin Medical
Society's Injury Prevention Committee and Wisconsin Seat Belt
Coalition.
STATE
SENATOR JOHN CULLERTON (Chicago, IL), Majority Caucus
Whip of the Illinois State Senate and chair of the Senate
Judiciary Civil Law Committee. Senator Cullerton has been
a leading traffic safety advocate during his 27 years in the
Illinois House and Senate. The father of five children, Senator
Cullerton sponsored Illinois' child passenger safety, primary
seat belt and teen driving safety laws.
STATE
DELEGATE JOLENE IVEY (Cheverly, MD), member of the Maryland
House of Delegates and co-founder of Mocha Moms, a nationwide
support group for at-home mothers of color. Delegate Ivey
is the mother of five boys, including one teen driver.
Any
questions, please contact Jaime Alvis, Legislative Manager:
202-408-1711, jalvis@saferoads.org.
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