COHMED Chair
Sgt. Brad Gibson
Texas Department of Public Safety
brad.gibson@dps.texas.gov
COHMED Vice Chair
Technical Tpr. Nick Wright
Kansas Highway Patrol
nicholas.wright@ks.gov
COHMED Secretary
Rex Railsback
Railsback HazMat Safety Professionals
rex@hazmatgeek.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
William Vieweg
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles
william.vieweg@ct.gov
Region I Vice Chair
Tpr. Michael Brooks
Pennsylvania State Police
mibrooks@pa.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
Tomasz Krolak
Minnesota State Patrol
Tomasz.krolak@state.mn.us
Region III Vice Chair
Tpr. Anthony Hoaby
North Dakota Highway Patrol
awhoaby@nd.gov
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
Jeff McLaughlin
Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
jeff.mclaughlin@oakh.com
Tim Whelan
Republic Services
plt1087@comcast.net
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Liaison
Suzanne Ellis
Senior HM Transportation Specialist
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
U. S. Department of Transportation
suzanne.ellis@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