Keynote Speaker
J. Peter Kissinger
President and CEO
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
J. Peter Kissinger has served as the president and chief executive officer of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety since May of 2002. Founded by AAA in 1947, the foundation is a publicly-supported charitable research and educational organization. Prior to joining the AAA Foundation, Mr. Kissinger was the senior vice president of the Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF), the research arm of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Mr. Kissinger was also employed by the National Transportation Safety Board for twelve years, serving the last eight as managing director. While there, he was influential in restructuring the board's programs to maximize their effectiveness, increase emphasis on surface transportation, and introduce enhanced safety technologies throughout the transportation system.
Overall, Mr. Kissinger has over thirty years of progressively responsible experience in research, transportation safety, and technology transfer. He has a B.S. in engineering from the Coast Guard Academy and an M.S. in operations research from The George Washington University.
