COHMED Chair
Sgt. Brad Gibson
Texas Department of Public Safety
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COHMED Vice Chair
Technical Tpr. Nick Wright
Kansas Highway Patrol
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COHMED Secretary
Rex Railsback
Railsback HazMat Safety Professionals
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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
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Region I Vice Chair
Tpr. Michael Brooks
Pennsylvania State Police
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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
Joe Berrong
North Carolina State Highway Patrol
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Region II Vice Chair
Tpr. Scott Shropshire
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
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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
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Region III Vice Chair
Tpr. Anthony Hoaby
North Dakota Highway Patrol
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Region IV Jurisdictions
Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Mexico, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
Region IV Chair
Jim Farley
Nevada Highway Patrol
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Region IV Vice Chair
Mariah Perry
Montana Department of Transportation
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Region V
Please note that the Region V jurisdictions have been assigned 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
John Pittmon
Peak Rentals
[email protected]
Tim Whelan
Republic Services
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Liaison
Wiliam Bensmiller
Acting Chief, Hazardous Materials Division
U. S. Department of Transportation
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
Transport Canada Liaison
Roberto Bruni
Chief, Inspection Standards
Transportation Dangerous Goods Directorate
[email protected]