Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | Hilton Austin Airport | Austin, Texas
8:30 AM – 4:15 PM
Program
View the program for the 2025 Texas Impaired Driving Forum.
Presentations
Opening Plenary: Pause for Purpose – Brian Swift, National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID)
Addressing Impaired Driving with Health Prevention Framework
Lisa Minjares-Kyle, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Crossfading in Texas: A Critical Threat to Our Roadways
Cody Stewart, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Law Enforcement Phlebotomy – A Panel Discussion
Sheriff Bill Waybourn, Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, Sergeant Ryan Huling, Austin Police Department, & Taylor Vanegas, Chief Prosecutor, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office
Moderated by Clay Abbott, Texas District & County Attorney’s Association
Disseminating Public Information and Marketing Messages
Jose Marrero, Sherry Matthews Group
Bridge That Gap: Advanced Roadside Impaired Enforcement Training in Support of Drug Recognition Experts
Carlos Champion, Texas DRE Program Manager & Sergeant Salvador Corral, Houston Police Department
Toxicology and Drug-Impaired Driving
Joseph Jones, North Louisiana Criminalistic Laboratory
24/7 Sobriety Monitoring Program
Caitlin Ossain, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Community Corrections
Moderated by Christine Adams and Cinthya Fillips, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Plea Bargains: Myths and Realities
Clay Abbott, Texas District & County Attorney’s Association
Detecting the Impaired Driver in 60 Seconds
Corporal Aaron Botts, Denver Police Department
Employer Outreach for Impaired Driver Education
April Ramos, National Safety Council
Impaired Driving Data
Brian Grubbs, LEADRS & Jim Markham, Director Crash Data and Analysis Section, TxDOT Traffic Safety Division
First Responders’ Mental Health Needs – A Panel Discussion
Anna Heil, American Warrior Association, Rick Randall, The Randall Group 911, & Rev. Heather Gates, Galveston Police Department
Moderated by Cinthya Fillips, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Speaker Bios
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