SMSA Executive Committee Biographies

Andrew Krajewski SMSA Chair Term Expires August 2012	ANDREW KRAJEWSKI Andrew is the Director of Driver Safety at the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration.  As the Director he and his staff advise the MVA Executive Team and the Driver Program Divisions on best practices and research that can be incorporated in policies and improve driver safety, including motorcycle safety, in Maryland.  Andrew taught his first rider education course in 1972.  From 1977 to 1983 he was an Education Manager and Regional Director for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.  From 1983 to 1998 he was the MVA's Motorcycle Safety Program Coordinator.  He has served on several State Motorcycle Safety Assessment Teams, been involved with several motorcycle safety research and licensing projects and recently helped create the NHTSA Coordinating a Comprehensive Motorcycle Safety Program course.  He has a B.S. from Penn State University and an M.S. from the University of Central Missouri.
Despina Metakos* SMSA Vice-Chair Eastern Regional Representative Term Expires August 2012	DESPINA METAKOS Despina is a Highway Safety Program Coordinator with the RIDOT Office on Highway Safety.  The Motorcycle Safety program is one of five programs she administers.  Upon being hired as the Motorcycle Safety Coordinator, in 2006, she immediately took the BRC, and has enjoyed riding ever since.  Prior to joining the Office on Highway Safety Despina was a Traffic Engineer with the RIDOT specializing in the design and construction of closed loop traffic signal systems.
Sunshine Gillett SMSA Secretary Western Regional Representative Term Expires August 2012	SUNSHINE GILLETT Sunshine Gillett is the Training Manager for the Idaho STAR Motorcycle Safety Program.  As the STAR Program's Training Manager, she manages the recruitment, training, and professional development of Instructors, Mentors, and Trainers statewide.  She also monitors and promotes program quality assurance and adherence to professional standards.  Sunshine is active in curriculum development for rider training.  She has also created and delivered leadership and professional development workshops and training seminars for a wide range of audiences.  She holds a bachelor's degree from Boise State University and has plans to continue a graduate program in the near future.
Jim Kelly SMSA Treasurer Eastern Regional Representative Term Expires August 2013	JIM KELLY In 1975, Jim Kelly fell head-over-heels in love with motorcycling . . . just after flying head-over-heels-and-handlebars of his best friend's dirt bike.  The bike stopped.  Jim did not.  Emerging from a dust cloud, spitting dirt, he said, "This is great. Let's buy real motorcycles."  The two friends promptly borrowed some money and bought two Honda's and cruised away the summers.  In 1988, Jim took a motorcycle instructor training course and humbly learned that for 13 years he had only been hanging on.  He also found his passion: to introduce motorcycling to new riders in a more positive, and safer, way than his own first experience.  Since then, as a nationally certified Motorcycle Safety Instructor, RiderCoach, Rider Education Instructor, Site Trainer, RiderCoach Trainer, Commercial Driving School Instructor, and Corporate Driver Trainer, Jim has taught thousands of people the street-survival skills and strategies of professional drivers and riders.  He has managed rider education sites at several colleges, worked with two of the country's largest driver training organizations, and led transportation safety projects for the Connecticut Department of Transportation, the Connecticut Governor's Office of Highway Safety, the Massachusetts Governor's Highway Safety Bureau, the National Safety Council, Shell Oil Company, American Honda, the New England Traffic & Safety Education Association and others.  Currently, Jim serves as the State Coordinator for the Georgia Department of Driver Services' Motorcycle Safety Program.
Photo Coming Soon!   Craig Breshears Eastern Regional Representative Term Expires August 2013	CRAIG BRESHEARS Biography Coming Soon!
Photo coming soon   John Milliken Central Region Representative	John Milliken  State Coodinator Tennessee Motorcycle Rider Education Program since July 2004. Prior to that the Metro Nashville - Davidson County police department from Jan 1 1969 to retirement in June 2004. Motorcycle officer and Sergeant from 1974 to retirement. Was the department's Police Motorcycle Instructor after attending Northwestern certification. B/S Univ. of Tennessee and graduate F.B.I. National Academy  Session 140, 1985. Have been riding motorcycles for a living and for my own enjoyment since the 1960's. Tennessee Rider Education Program has (31) thirty one training sites across the state and is a part of the Tennessee Highway Patrol with offices in Nashville. Our Training season is year round depending on weather conditions and we do a required annual update for all coaches at a state park in Jan. of each year. In addition we award and administer two grants to state wide motorcycle groups/clubs for awareness each year.