ADTSEA Excellence in Driver and Traffic Safety Education Award (TEA)

The American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association’s (ADTSEA) Teacher Excellence Award (TEA) sponsored by The National Road Safety Foundation (NRSF), honors outstanding driver and traffic safety educators.

The non-profit National Road Safety Foundation has been a strong supporter of driver education throughout its more than 45 years. NRSF produces and distributes at no charge educational films, teaching manuals and public service campaigns for use by professionals in driver education, traffic safety, public health and law enforcement. More than a million copies of the Foundation's films and materials have been distributed nationwide. Based in New York City, NRSF was founded in 1962 by Fraydun Manocherian, who as a teen lost two friends to a drunk driver. For more information, visit www.nrsf.org  or contact David Reich at 212 573-6000.

Past Recipients

1999

  • Robin A. Bordner, MI

2000

  • Duane L. “Dewey” Mettler, MN

2001

  • Chuck Filippini, WA

2001

  • Lindsay Townsend, VT

2003

  • Debbie Cottonware, WA

2004

  • John Knippel, CA

2005

  • Harold Laird, MT

2006

  • Richard Hanson, OR
  • Mark Lee, MN

2007

  • Greg Brown, MI
  • John Duffy, VA
  • William Mayville, VT
  • Gary L. Holobek, KY
  • Joseph Christensen, MN

2008

  • Joe Barch, VT
  • David Barnum, MN
  • Donn Davidson, MI
  • Gary Davis, NC
  • Romona Maxim, TX
  • Warren Hisashi Miyasaki, HI
  • William “Bill” Warner, OR

2009

  • Sammy Lee, HI
  • Larry Fosness, MN
  • John Lynch, VT
  • Charles Mason, NC

2011