Staff / Board
Staff
Ruth Harshfield
Executive Director
ruthh@actsoregon.org
Kate Murphy
Community Traffic Safety Program Coordinator
katem@actsoregon.org
Gayle Watts
Child Passenger Safety Program Coordinator
gaylew@actsoregon.org
Sandy Holt
Child Passenger Safety Technician Coordinator
sandyh@actsoregon.org
Board List
Tammy Franks, President
Hillsboro
TFranks@LHS.org
Tammy Franks earned her Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Technician and Instructor
certification in 1999 and her certification as an instructor of "Safe Travel for All Children," a
course focusing on special needs transportation in 2006. She is currently employed by
Legacy Health System, Providence Health System and Tuality Healthcare coordinating CPS
programs.
Stephen Manning
Keizer
stephen687@earthlink.net
Lucie Drum, Secretary
Portland
Lucie_drum@amr-ems.com
Lucie Drum is the Community Education/Injury Prevention Specialist with American Medical Response (AMR) Northwest. Lucie Drum is responsible for the coordination of community education and injury programs at AMR. Under her direction, AMR offers an extensive array of health safety education and injury prevention programs for all age groups. Ms. Drum is a spokesperson and information resource to the public and to the media on timely health and safety topics. She is a certified Child Passenger Safety Instructor. She has over 26 years of experience in emergency medical services and injury prevention.
Daniel Marcisz, Treasurer
Medford
MarcisDE@jacksoncounty.org
Dan Marcisz is an Engineer with the Medford Fire Department. Along with some expertise in the Fire Service and EMS, Dan has a passion for children riding safely in vehicles. As a Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor he helps manage his departments active "Car Seat Program", and participates with the local Rogue Valley SAFE KIDS Chapter. These duties include planning checkup clinics, offering car seat checks by appointment, public education classes, and formal classes for installers, and participating in SAFE KIDS activities. After over 31 years with the department he still has a drive to get the message out.
Larry Christianson
McMinneville
dejaceo@msn.com
Larry Christianson is the owner of Deja Program Development, a safety research, training
and program development firm located in McMinnville, OR. Larry retired from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) after 27 years of service. He is currently a Defensive
Driving Teacher for rural transit drivers and an instructor for the Technology Transfer (T2)
Center of ODOT, teaching various road maintenance courses to public works staff around the state. He is also contracting with ODOT’s Local Government Section to develop a training program for local agencies on topics related to federal aid road project delivery. Mr.
Christianson served ODOT for thirteen years in construction project surveying, office management, and for fourteen years developing statewide traffic safety programs such
as the safety corridor, Give ‘Em A Brake and work zone enforcement programs. He also
has experience in grant management of minor engineering projects.
John Naccarato
Oregon City
johnnac@co.clackamas.or.us
John Naccarato has been Supervisor for the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Traffic
Unit for 5 years, is a Crash Re-constructionist, a Police Academy Instructor on Crash Investigations and the Multi-Agency Carrier Enforcement coordinator. John is a staff
member on the Clackamas County Traffic Safety Commission.
Ed Simon
Newport
simonsez@actionnet.net
Michael Stupfel
Salem
michaelstupfel@state.or.us