Team Category: Board Member

M. Kimberly Brown is a Senior Attorney at the National District Attorneys Association’s National Traffic Law Center in Arlington, Virginia. She serves as presenter and faculty at state, regional, and national conferences and training courses pertaining to impaired driving and other traffic safety issues. She also participates in the development of and updates to trial advocacy curriculum as well as the creation of new written resource materials for prosecutors and law enforcement.

Prior to her employment at NDAA/NTLC, she served as the Chief of the Criminal Section at the District of Columbia’s Office of the Attorney General (DC OAG). The DC OAG’s Criminal Section maintains responsibility for the prosecution of all adult traffic misdemeanor offenses and the majority of quality of life offenses. While Chief, she was uniquely positioned to help lead the District’s response to numerous impaired driving issues including problems related to miscalibration of breath test equipment, failures to follow scientific procedure and protocol, and new impaired driving legislation. As a result of these issues, she also helped develop an entirely new breath testing program for the District. She also collaborated with both local and national law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to address high level issues relating to prosecution within the District’s multi-jurisdictional criminal justice system. Other previous legal experience includes work at the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office in Pontiac, Michigan; the Michigan Attorney General’s High-Tech Crime Unit in Livonia, Michigan; civil litigation work at Covington & Burling in Washington, DC; and criminal defense work in Michigan and Washington, DC.

Scott is currently the Executive Director for SADD | Students Against Destructive Decisions. He has spent over 20 years in the nonprofit space where prior to SADD, Scott was the Chief Development and Communications Officer for Engineers Without Borders USA. The vast majority of his experience has been in various leadership roles, advancing mission-oriented organizations through strategic fundraising and communications strategies and building collaborative community partnerships while engaging stakeholders around revenue generation. Scott began his career in youth development, including being a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC) for residential and outpatient youth treatment centers, and has worked for small and large, local, national, and international nonprofits. He holds a master’s degree and several certificates and credentials, including being an advanced certified nonprofit professional (ACNP).

Not only is Scott passionate about education, mental health awareness, and helping to create and mentor the next generation of leaders, but he also believes in being active in the community, which sees him dedicating his time to several nonprofit and community boards, such as the Advocacy Council for the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Central Arkansas, his undergraduate alma mater, and the Advisory Board for the National Parents Organization. A proud and active dad to three daughters and a resident of Saint Charles, Missouri, he enjoys family time with his wife and kids, golfing, skiing, and cheering on his favorite sports teams, especially the Kansas City Chiefs.

Matt Myers is the founder of DrugImpairment.com, an e-learning platform designed to connect toxicologists, law enforcement officers, and other forensic practitioners with industry-leading instruction on drug impairment. In addition to 20+ years as a law enforcement officer and service as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Instructor, Matt has completed a master’s degree in clinical toxicology from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy and extensive additional education in pharmacology and toxicology at other academic and forensic science institutions, including the Center for Forensic Science Research & Education and the Harvard Medical School Extension.

Matt serves as a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Roadway Safety Committee and chairs the Scientific Working Group of the DRE Technical Advisory Panel, which oversees the scientific direction, curriculum, and standards of the NHTSA sobriety testing curricula. He is also a past Chair of the IACP DRE Section, a member of the National Safety Council’s Alcohol, Drugs and Impairment Division, a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences’ Forensic Toxicology Standards Board, and a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Impairment in Transportation.

Sabra Jones, PhD, is a Forensic Toxicologist and board-certified as a Diplomate by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology. Sabra is the Regional Toxicology Liaison (RTL) for the United States (US) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Region 5, serving the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Sabra has worked in transportation safety at the US Federal Aviation Administration, driving impairment, in addition to other areas of forensic toxicology at the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office. Prior to becoming one of the first US RTLs, she served as an Assistant Professor and graduate student mentor at Boston University School of Medicine’s Biomedical Forensic Sciences program. She conducts research in the areas of forensic toxicology, analytical chemistry, and impairment.

Sabra obtained her PhD at Oklahoma State University, Center for Health Science in Forensic Science. Her Master of Science degrees in Drug Chemistry (M.S.) and Forensic Toxicology (M.S.) from the University of Florida as well as undergraduate (B.A.) and graduate (M.A.) degrees in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Oklahoma.

She serves as the Immediate Past Chair and on the Executive Board of the National Safety Council’s Alcohol, Drugs, and Impairment Division. She serves as Vice-Chair of the US Academy Standards Board’s Toxicology Consensus Body. Sabra is active in several professional organizations such as the Society of Forensic Toxicologists, Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists, and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences where she is a past chair of the Toxicology Section. Sabra was appointed by the US Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s Governor Charles Baker to serve on the Forensic Oversight Board and the Special Commission on Operating Under the Influence and Impaired Driving.

Jerry Miller is the Executive Director of the Institute for Traffic Safety Management & Research, University at Albany SUNY. He has been with the Institute for 8 years. The Institute was established in 1978 to provide a link between the State University of New York and New York State government to facilitate the application of academic expertise to the mitigation of traffic safety issues. From its inception, the Institute has played a key role in developing legislative and programmatic countermeasures for major highway safety issues.

Prior to joining the Institute, Jerry worked in various capacities for the State of New York for 15 years. The majority of that time was at the NYS Division of Criminal Justice, Office of Public Safety. He was a Program Manager within the law enforcement training division overseeing the development of curriculum and the delivery of training statewide. Jerry was also employed within the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles, Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee where he oversaw the State’s impaired driving program and was the State Coordinator of the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program.

Jerry began his professional career as a Police Officer from 1993 – 2001 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. His education consists of a Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, and a Master of Public Administration.