TTAP Congratulates First Graduates of the Road Safety Champion Program
Knoxville, TN – June 2025 – The Tennessee Transportation Assistance Program (TTAP) proudly congratulates 52 transportation professionals from across the country who have successfully completed the first phase of the Road Safety Champion Program (RSCP). These individuals have demonstrated a strong commitment to roadway safety and public service by completing all seven core modules of the nationally recognized certificate program.
Developed by the National Center for Rural Road Safety to build a safety-focused transportation workforce, the RSCP provides foundational knowledge on key safety issues, human factors, traffic culture, and effective roadway countermeasures. With participants from local transportation agencies, state departments of transportation, engineering firms, and other public institutions, this graduating cohort represents a diverse and dedicated cross-section of professionals committed to making our roads safer for everyone.
TTAP Director Matt Cate shared his congratulations:
“We are incredibly proud of this group of RSCP graduates. Their dedication to improving roadway safety will have a lasting impact on the communities they serve. By completing this program, they’ve taken a meaningful step toward saving lives.”
The following professionals have earned their RSCP Basic Certificate:
- Bryan Bartnik – TDOT
- Howard Blankenship – TDOT
- Kwaku Boakye – CDM Smith
- Jacob Brashear – TDOT
- Paul Brown – City of Morristown
- Peter Brown – Hamilton County Highway
- Vicky Bumgardner – Town of Coopertown
- Brenden Day – Nashville DOT
- Lisa Dunn – TDOT
- Timothy Elsea – City of Kingsport
- James Ensley – T-Square Engineering, Inc
- Sharees Fife – TDOT
- Chris Foster – T-Square Engineering, Inc
- Assaye Gabre – Maryland DOT State Highway Administration
- Curt Gibbs – TDOT
- Aaron Hascher – Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority
- Logan Haynes – City of Knoxville
- Jonathan Hemenway – Town of Smyrna
- Robert Hope – TDOT
- Michelle Hunt – TDOT
- Robert Jacks – Ajax Engineering, LLC
- Jesse Jacobsen – Summers-Taylor, Inc
- Cal Joy – Buchart Horn
- Hunter Joyner – TDOT
- Nolan King – TDOT
- Ryan Lindsay – TDOT
- Aaron Lynch – Virginia DOT
- Jeff McCormick – City of Goodlettsville
- Kendra McCoy – Gresham Smith
- David Metzger – City of Bristol TN
- Michael Miner – TDOT
- James Pittman – City of Chattanooga
- Randy Plummer – TDOT
- Humayra Kabir Priyanka – HNTB
- Alexandria Pruett – TDOT
- Erin Rakus – TDOT
- John Ramirez IV – Metra Rail IL
- Rudolfo Reyes – University of Tennessee
- Kristen Rice – City of Lebanon
- Brandon Richardson – SSR-Inc
- Sunny Sarna – City of Fairfax VA
- Austin Scott – Barge Design Solutions
- Amy Shaffer – Washington State DOT
- Laura Smith – East Tennessee Development District
- Nicholas Stephens – TDOT
- Daniel Swain – Nashville DOT
- Marie Swaney – Anderson County Roads & Bridges SC
- Randall Tatum – City of Memphis
- Elisa Taylor – TDOT
- Coby Webster – City of Knoxville
- Jonathan West – City of Chicago IL
- Di Zhu – TDOT