CEO of MADD named to lead highway safety agency

Chuck Hurley, Chief Executive Officer of Mothers Against Drunk Driving since 2005, has been nominated to be the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to the White House Web site.

Prior to joining MADD, Hurley held senior leadership positions with the National Safety Council and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety over the last 30 years. In addition to his work on drunk driving issues, he has worked with law enforcement on air bag and seat belt issues, teen driving, and child passenger safety. In 2003 he worked with President Obama, then an Illinois state senator, to strengthen that state's seat belt, teen driving, child passenger safety and racial profiling laws.

Vernon Betkey, chairman of the Governors Highway Safety Association, told the Associated Press that Hurley is a “passionate safety advocate whose career has been dedicated to reducing motor vehicle deaths and injuries.”