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TRANSCAER® Organization

TRANSCAER® is organized into two groups: the National TRANSCAER® Task Group, which manages the TRANSCAER® program and the Regional Approach, which implements TRANSCAER® and the nine TRANSCAER® steps.

National TRANSCAER® Task Group

Mission: To provide leadership at the National level, and resources and assistance to Regional Coordinators and State Teams.

The National TRANSCAER® Task Group (NTTG) is the managing body of the TRANSCAER® initiative. The NTTG steers the overall direction of TRANSCAER®, develops manuals and other tools to help the regional and state coordinators implement TRANSCAER®, and manages TRANSCAER® resources.

The NTTG is made up of volunteers who meet regularly. They are:

• Frank Reiner, The Chlorine Institute, Inc.
• Michael Lang, National Association of Chemical Distributors
• William Oertly, Norfolk Southern Railway
• Michael A. DeSmedt, Canadian National/Illinois Central
• Edward Patterson, Sunoco, Inc.
• Matt Forister, Association of American Railroads
• Bill Macready, NEWCENTURY TRANSPORTATION, INC.
• Chuck McCandless, Nova Chemicals
• Donna Lepik, TRANSCAER® and CHEMTREC® 
• Steve M. McNealy, Kansas City Southern Railway
• Brock Lowman, BNSF Railway, Co.
• Fritz Mead, The National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. 
• Rollie Shook, Dow Chemical
• Tim O'Brien, Union Pacific Railroad
• Romano De Simone, CSX Transportation
• Kristy Moore, Renewable Fuels Association
• Bill Spurgeon, U.S. Department of Energy
• Randy Speight, CHEMTREC®
• Dave Gleason, American Chemistry Council/Responsible Care
• Raymond P. Beaudry, DuPont
• Karen Scheel, TOTAL Petrochemicals USA, Inc
• Dave Buccolo, Central California Traction Company
• Charles Rogoff, U.S. Department of Transportation
• Chad Blake, Bayer MaterialScience, LLC
• Pam D. Guffain, The Fertilizer Institute

Regional Approach

TRANSCAER® divides the country into five regions, and then again into states. Each region has a regional coordinator and each state has a state coordinator. TRANSCAER® relies on these people to implement TRANSCAER® in their respective areas.

Each state coordinator works with communities within his or her state to help prepare them for and respond to a possible transportation hazardous materials incident. In many cases, there is a state TRANSCAER® Team. The make-up of the team varies with each state. The Team then creates a TRANSCAER® plan that best fits the needs of the state. For specific information, activities, and contacts for your state and region, visit Regional & State Information.