Tammy Franks has worked in the injury prevention field for over 25 years. She is an NSC subject matter expert on causes of preventable death at home, in communities and on the road.

Her current responsibilities include developing and updating curriculum in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Child Passenger Safety Board to support transportation safety for children. This includes child passenger safety awareness courses, a curriculum for school bus safety and children in wheelchairs, and the National Child Passenger Safety Technician Certification Training curriculum.

Before joining NSC, Franks worked as the child passenger safety coordinator for a multistate hospital system. In this role, she developed and coordinated inpatient, outpatient and community outreach child passenger safety services. Additionally, she served as the state-wide child passenger safety training coordinator.

A nationally certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor since 1999, Franks serves as the curriculum representative on the NCPSB and as co-chairperson of KIDZ IN MOTION, Inc., which annually offers a national child passenger safety conference.

Tammy holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and German from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and a master’s degree in international politics from the University of North Texas in Denton. She is based in Portland, where she lives with her family.