Leadership
Melissa Wandall, President
With her natural ability to engage others, Melissa’s ingenuity sparks creativity while simultaneously aiding and supporting individuals and organizations to reach their goals. Melissa’s authentic message focuses on love, instead of loss, setting a tone for resiliency and continued momentum. Known by many transportation safety organizations, advocates, non-profits, charities, life insurance companies, government agencies, and business leaders, Melissa’s genuine spirit influences the hearts of others by spotlighting humanity and by inspiring motivation with a purpose.
In addition to serving as the President of the National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR), as an advocate, Melissa was instrumental in passing Florida’s Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act which allows Florida’s communities to utilize red light safety cameras to help curb negligent behaviors, making streets safer and saving lives. Furthermore, Melissa is an active supporter of Florida’s Target Zero initiative and the worldwide Vision Zero initiative, both of which focus on eliminating all serious injuries and deaths on our roadways.
Melissa is also dedicated to facilitating support for and uplifting youth who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or guardian. Created in memory of her late husband, Mark, and in honor of their daughter, Madisyn Grace, Melissa is the Founder of The Mark Wandall Foundation, a non-profit offering resources, programs, assistance, and hope to these grieving children, teens, and young adults. The Mark Wandall Foundation is a donor-funded non-profit, sharing an equine assisted learning program, a 3-day bereavement camp, a scholarship program, and quarterly reconnects, free of cost to all Florida youth and families served.
Melissa’s commitment to public safety and well-being is evident through her years of service and active involvement in promoting the welfare and care of her community and others.
Mission
The National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR)’s mission is to Connect and Empower survivor advocates of traffic-related tragedies with the tools and resources needed to take actions supporting an end to road violence.
We bring together policymakers, community leaders and concerned citizens in support of these life-saving technologies, advocating for their use in cities and communities across the country. We act as a clearinghouse for information about the positive impact red-light, speed and school bus stop arm safety cameras have on driving, help set best practice standards for the safety camera industry, coordinate support for them across the nation and advocate for the interests of safety cameras before legislative and administrative bodies at the national, state and local levels.
NCSR works with experts — traffic experts, engineers, law enforcement officials and others — to research and analyze red-light, speed and school bus stop arm safety cameras so that it can establish “best practices” for their use. It also engages in awareness and education promotions that help inform the public of the benefits of safety cameras. These stories demonstrate the impact of unsafe driving, attaching real faces of real victims to the research results.