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Members of the NORA Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities Sector Council

NOTE: This page is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being maintained or updated.

The Council has two co-chairs, one a NIOSH Program Manager and one a stakeholder representative. The NIOSH Program Coordinator and Assistant Coordinator facilitate the work of the Council. Members attend meetings and are the core of the group. Corresponding members are kept informed of Council activities, have opportunities to provide input on topics to be discussed, and may join workgroups. Contact the Sector Coordinator or the NORA Coordinator with questions or comments or to volunteer.

Current Members

Name Organization
Dawn Castillo
Co-Chair
NIOSH
Eric Wood
Co-Chair
The University of Utah
Karl Sieber
Program Coordinator
Former Corresponding Member
NIOSH
Jennifer E. Lincoln
Assistant Coordinator
NIOSH
Albert Alvarez Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Michael H. Belzer Wayne State University; Sound Science, Inc.
Jan Birdsey
Former Program Coordinator
NIOSH
Guang-X. Chen NIOSH
Michelle Chervak U.S. Army Institute for Public Health
Robin M. Gillespie
Former Corresponding Member
RMGillespie Consulting
Edward M. (Ted) Hitchcock NIOSH
Gerald P. Krueger Krueger Ergonomics Consultants
Maria Lioce NIOSH
Scott Madar Mercer LLC
Rammohan V. Maikala Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety
Gabor Mezei Electric Power Research Institute
Judith Murawski Association of Flight Attendants – CWA
Mary O’Connor NIOSH
Stephen Popkin Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Jack Sahl J. Sahl Associates
Penny Sofranko
Former Corresponding Member
Sofranko Group
Boyd Stephenson American Trucking Associations
Mike Trusty Wal-Mart

Current Corresponding Members

Name Organization
Clayton F. Abernathy American Eagle Safety Services, LLC
Mary M. Bauer
Former Member
US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Terry Bunn University of Kentucky
Sandra G. Carson Sysco Corporation
Michael Conigliaro Transport Workers Union of America AFL-CIO Local 101
Vicki Darlington Entergy Services, Inc.
Derek Davis Oakdale Irrigation District
Renguang (Ren) G. Dong NIOSH
Amia Downes NIOSH
Jinhua Guan NIOSH
Jeffrey Hickman Virginia Tech
Louis O. Hosek American Electric Power
Stephen D. Hudock
Former Member
NIOSH
N. Joseph Hudson Northern Indiana Public Service Company
C. Joy Journeay Alaska Air Carriers Association
Mokbul Khan Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Andrew Lu American Gas Association
Michael Massoni Transport Workers Union of America AFL-CIO Local 556
Dennis W. McMickens Safety Council of Northwest Ohio
Dinkar Mokadam Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
Dave Newman New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
Ryan Olson Oregon Health & Science University
Michael Quinlan University of New South Wales
Cynthia Robinson NIOSH
Caroline Smith Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
Brad Stotler NATSO, Inc.
Ed Watt Transport Workers Union of America AFL-CIO
Tom Weakley Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Foundation
Daryl Wigington Ben E. Keith Company

A heartfelt thank you to past participants for their contributions:

(please note: affiliations listed were current as of the time of participation but may no longer be accurate)

Name Organization
Katherine B. Andrus
Former Member
Former Corresponding Member
Acanthus Consulting, LLC
Stephen Beaulieu
Former Corresponding Member
NATSO Inc.
John H. Bell
Former Corresponding Member
Kinder Morgan Material Services LLC
Brett Blowers
Former Member
Formerly with Healthy Trucking Association of America
David Bonauto
Former Corresponding Member
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
William B. Bunn
Former Corresponding Member
International Truck and Engine Corporation
Jim Burch
Former Corresponding Member
University of South Carolina
Lamont Byrd
Former Corresponding Member
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Carmen W. Daecher
Former Member
Daecher Consulting Group, Inc.
Kermit G. Davis, III
Former Corresponding Member
University of Cincinnati
Christopher Eastly
Former Corresponding Member
The HDH Group, Inc.
Ilise I.L. Feitshans
Former Corresponding Member
Digital-2000 Productions
James G. Gartland
Former Corresponding Member
Duke Energy
Jim Helmkamp
Former Program Coordinator
NIOSH
Joan Karr
Former Member
NIOSH
Leeka Kheifets
Former Corresponding Member
UCLA School of Public Health
Max Kiefer
Former Co-Chair
NIOSH
Micah D. Lueck
Former Member
American Transportation Research Institute
Joel E. MacDonald
Former Corresponding Member
 
Jan Manwaring
Former Member
NIOSH
Steven Markowitz
Former Corresponding Member
Queens College
Azita Mashayekhi
Former Corresponding Member
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
William McDonald
Former Member
American Transportation Research Institute
Lauralynn Taylor McKernan
Former Member
NIOSH
Michael Mikitka
Former Member
Warehousing Education and Research Council
Ron Millsaps
Former Corresponding Member
Alabama Power Company
Jim Newhall
Former Member
NIOSH
Racquel Pickett
Former Member
American Transportation Research Institute
Viji Potula
Former Member
NIOSH
Stephanie Pratt
Former Co-Chair
NIOSH
Audrey Reichard
Former Program Coordinator
NIOSH
James Rowe
Former Corresponding Member
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William Andy Schaudt
Former Corresponding Member
Virginia Tech
John Siebert
Former Corresponding Member
Owner Operator Independent Driver Association
Ron L. Signorino
Former Corresponding Member
The Blueoceana Company, Inc.
Ray Sinclair
Former Corresponding Member
NIOSH
Paula Sind-Prunier
Former Member
National Transportation Safety Board
Penny L. Sofranko
Former Member
Applied Technologies Corporation (contractor to TSA)
Bob Solik
Former Corresponding Member
Air Line Pilots Association, International
Peregrin Spielholz
Former Member
Bureau Veritas North America, Inc.
James R. Stiles
Former Member
 
Nancy Stout
Former Program Manager
NIOSH
Steve Tochilin
Former Corresponding Member
Delta Airlines
Gerald D. Williams
Former Corresponding Member
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Chris Witkowski
Former Corresponding Member
Association of Flight Attendants – CWA
Janice Yager
Former Member
Formerly with Electric Power Research Institute
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