Resource Center: Safety and Design Technical Service Team

Safety and Design is one of several teams within the Federal Highway Administration’s Resource Center. The Safety and Design Team works closely with FHWA Headquarters, field offices and other Federal agencies to provide technical assistance, technology deployment and training to partners and customers.

The following table lists the areas in which the team provides technical expertise along with the names of the team members who can provide assistance. You can find the person’s contact information by clicking on the name.

Technical Areas	Primary Contact	Other Contacts
(click on name for contact information)
Every Day Counts
Data Drive Safety Data & Analysis	John McFadden	Gene Amparano, Hillary Isebrands, David Petrucci
Road Diet	Keith Harrison	Peter Eun, Craig Allred
Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian	Peter Eun
Highway Design (General)
Road Diets (Complete Streets, Context Sensitive Solutions)	Keith Harrison	Dick Albin, Mark Doctor, George Merritt, Brooke Struve
Design Discipline Champion	Keith Harrison & Brooke Struve	All Team Members
Geometric Design	Keith Harrison	Mark Doctor, Hillary Isebrands, George Merritt, Brooke Struve, Dick Albin, David Petrucci
Safety Performance	See below	Mark Doctor, Hillary Isebrands, George Merritt, Brooke Struve
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) (including Comprehensive / Strategic Highway Safety Planning)
Crash Data	John McFadden	Frank Julian, Keith Sinclair, Hillary Isebrands, John McFadden, David Petrucci
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings	Frank Julian	Frank Julian, John McFadden, George Merritt
Intersection Safety
Interchange Design and Evaluation	Mark Doctor	Keith Harrison, George Merritt, Brooke Struve, Gene Amparano
Intersection Safety and Design (incl. Roundabouts)	Tim Taylor & Hillary Isebrands	Gene Amparano, Mark Doctor, George Merritt, David Petrucci
Local, Rural and Tribal Road Safety
Local, Rural and Tribal Road Safety	Hillary Isebrands	Dick Albin, Craig Allred, Gene Amparano, Frank Julian, Peter Eun
Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety	Peter Eun	Craig Allred, Hillary Isebrands, George Merritt, Keith Sinclair, John McFadden, David Petrucci
Roadway Departure Safety (including Roadside Design)
Roadway Departure/Roadside Design	Frank Julian & Dick Albin	Gene Amparano, Keith Harrison, George Merritt
Safety Performance
Flexible Design	Keith Harrison	Dave Kopacz, Norah Ocel
Highway Safety Manual (including IHSDM)	Gene Amparano	David Petrucci, John McFadden, Mark Doctor
Performance Based Practical Design	George Merritt	Brooke Struve, Mark Doctor
Systemic Safety	Hillary Isebrands	Keith Sinclair
Safety Performance Management	Dave Kopacz	Norah Ocel
Various Other Safety Programs and Initiatives
Road Safety Audits	Craig Allred	Dick Albin, Keith Harrison, George Merritt, Keith Sinclair, Tim Taylor
Safety Discipline Champion	Keith Sinclair	All Team Members
Speed Management	Craig Allred	Keith Harrison, Hillary Isebrands, Tim Taylor
Visibility (including retroreflectivity, roadway lighting, signing and marking design)	George Merritt	Hillary Isebrands, Frank Julian, Tim Taylor, Brooke Struve

Team Members
Patrick "Pat" Hasson Safety and Design Team Manager patrick.hasson@dot.gov	Barbara Wilson Program Assistant barbara.wilson@dot.gov
Richard Albin Safety Engineer richard.albin@dot.gov	Hillary Isebrands Safety Engineer Federal Highway Administration hillary.isebrands@dot.gov
Frank Julian Safety Engineer frank.julian@dot.gov	Craig Allred Transportation Specialist craig.allred@dot.gov
John McFadden Safety Engineer John.McFadden@dot.gov	Gene Amparano Safety Engineer gene.amparano@dot.gov
George Merritt Safety Engineer george.merritt@dot.gov	Mark Doctor Safety and Design Engineer mark.doctor@dot.gov
Keith Sinclair Safety Engineer keith.sinclair@dot.gov	Peter Eun Safety Engineer peter.eun@dot.gov
Brooke Struve Safety and Design Engineer brooke.struve@dot.gov	Keith Harrison Safety and Design Engineer keith.harrison@dot.gov
Timothy Taylor Safety Engineer timothy.taylor@dot.gov	David Petrucci Safety Engineer david.petrucci@dot.gov
Norah Ocel Safety Engineer (Hybrid) norah.ocel@dot.gov	Dave Kopacz Safety Engineer (Hybrid) dave.kopacz@dot.gov