COHMED Conference

January 27-31, 2025

Costa Mesa, California

COHMED Leadership

COHMED Chair
Sgt. Robert “Joey” Daniels
California Highway Patrol
rodaniels@chp.ca.gov

COHMED Vice Chair
Sgt. Brad Gibson
Texas Department of Public Safety
brad.gibson@dps.texas.gov

COHMED Secretary
Sarah Walter
MV Transportation
sarah.walter@mvtransit.com

Region I Jurisdictions
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Puerto Rico, Quebec, Rhode Island, US Virgin Islands and Vermont.

Region I Chair
Sgt. Carl Huddleston
New Hampshire State Police
carl.huddleston@dos.nh.gov

Region I Vice Chair
William Vieweg
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles
william.vieweg@ct.gov

Region II Jurisdictions
Alabama, American Samoa, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

Region II Chair
Sgt. Bill Collier
Tennessee Highway Patrol
william.collier@tn.gov

Region II Vice Chair
Joe Berrong
North Carolina State Highway Patrol
joe.berrong@ncshp.gov

Region III Jurisdictions
Alberta, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ohio, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Yukon.

Region III Chair
Nicholas Wright
Kansas Highway Patrol
Nicholas.Wright@KS.GOV

Region III Vice Chair
Tomasz Krolak
Minnesota State Patrol
Tomasz.krolak@state.mn.us

Region IV Jurisdictions
Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Mexico, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

Region IV Chair
Kris Kelsey
Utah Department of Transportation
kskelsey@utah.gov

Region IV Vice Chair
Jim Farley
Nevada Highway Patrol
james.farley@dps.state.nv.us

Region V
Please note that the Region V jurisdictions have been reassigned to Regions I through IV according to geographic proximity to those regions. This was done at the request of the Region V liaisons.

Industry Liaisons
Adam Balk
Wilbur-Ellis Company
DOT Compliance Specialist
ABalk@wilburellis.com

Jeff McLaughlin
Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
jeff.mclaughlin@oakh.com

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Liaison
Melissa Williams
General Engineer, Hazardous Materials Division
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
U. S. Department of Transportation
melissa.williams@dot.gov

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Liaison
Norm Winningham
Chief, National Training and Qualification Branch
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
U. S. Department of Transportation
norman.winningham@dot.gov

Transport Canada Liaison
Roberto Bruni
Chief, Inspection Standards
Transportation Dangerous Goods Directorate
roberto.bruni@tc.gc.ca